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UFC 32: Showdown in the Meadowlands
Tony DeSouza
Tony DeSouza
3-0 · PER
VS
Paul Rodriguez
Paul Rodriguez
6-3-1 · USA
June 29, 2001 · East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
168.0lb
Tony DeSouza def. Paul Rodriguez by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 1:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:05
DeSouza1/30/000:32
Rodriguez2/20/100:00
Total
DeSouza1/30/000:32
Rodriguez2/20/100:00

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
DeSouzaWin probabilityRodriguez
51.0%49.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
30%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward DeSouza, blue toward Rodriguez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
DeSouza51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%
Submission14%27%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 1
Takedowns1.9 (0.24.1)act 0
Rodriguez49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission16%33%
Decision23%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R28%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
DeSouza
41.6%+137
Rodriguez
-13756.9%
Most takedownstie 8.3%
DeSouza
88.9%-3160
Rodriguez
+31602.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
DeSouza
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.8%
+133
Under 33.5
57.2%
-133
04385
Rodriguez
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
41.3%
+138
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
57.1%
-138
050100
Takedowns — over/under
DeSouza
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
38.1%
-106
Exactly 2
26.0%
push
Under 2
35.9%
+106
036
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.1%
Exactly 0
84.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.9 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
DeSouza51.0%58.6%−7.6-160
Rodriguez49.0%41.4%+7.6+130

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DeSouzaRodriguez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1500
1520
Divisional
1500
1474
Striking offense
1500
1510
Striking defense
1500
1556
Grappling offense
1500
1553
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.87
Strikes landed / min
58%
Strike accuracy
0.13
Strikes absorbed / min
89%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
56
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tony DeSouza
  • WSteve BergerU-DEC R3
    56d before
Paul Rodriguez
No prior UFC fights.
DeSouza — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-1

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
DeSouza
Rodriguez
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
25y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

DeSouza
Rodriguez
12W–5L · 70.6%
Overall
12W–5L · 70.6%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
DeSouza
Rodriguez
0W–0L
Overall
60W–17L · 77.9%
0W–0L
Wins
41W–16L · 71.9%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–1L · 95.0%
Distance striking
DeSouza
Rodriguez
0.29
Landed / min
16.7%
Accuracy
88.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
23.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
DeSouza
Rodriguez
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
89.9%
Control share
Strike target map
DeSouza
  • Head96%(27)div 63%
  • Body4%(1)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
Rodriguez
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Tony DeSouza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Paul Rodriguez

No UFC fights on record.

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.