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UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion
Jens Pulver
Jens Pulver
3-0 · USA
VS
Alfonso Alcarez
Alfonso Alcarez
1-0 · USA
September 24, 1999 · Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Lightweight · 2 rounds
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pulver34/540/104:14
Alcarez7/160/000:05
R2
Pulver14/270/002:29
Alcarez27/461/202:01
Total
Pulver48/810/106:43
Alcarez34/621/202:06

Scorecards

Pulver vs Alcarez

RdJeff MullenRod PrejeanSkip HallCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---9.8-9.2
Total0-00-00-019.8-18.2

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pulver-Alcarez.

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
PulverWin probabilityAlcarez
76.9%23.1%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
33%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pulver77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%28%
Submission26%34%
Decision29%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 48
Takedowns1.1 (0.12.9)act 0
Alcarez23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%27%
Submission7%31%
Decision10%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 34
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R29%
R35%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Pulver
58.1%-144
Alcarez
+14440.4%
Most takedownstie 13.9%
Pulver
81.5%-1773
Alcarez
+17734.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pulver
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-137
04895
Alcarez
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-134
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Pulver
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
47.5%
-690
Exactly 1
45.6%
push
Under 1
6.9%
+690
035
Alcarez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
21.5%
Exactly 0
78.5%
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 8.4 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

No market on record for this bout.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1502
1508
Divisional
1502
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'3"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jens Pulver
No prior UFC fights.
Alfonso Alcarez
No prior UFC fights.
Pulver — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Alcarez — win / loss by method
Record: 1-0-0

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
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pulver
Alcarez
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Pulver
Alcarez
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pulver
Alcarez
1W–1L · 50.0%
Overall
0W–0L
1W–1L · 50.0%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pulver
Alcarez
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pulver
Alcarez
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Pulver
  • Head0%(0)div 55%
  • Body0%(0)div 27%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Alcarez
  • Head0%(0)div 55%
  • Body0%(0)div 27%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Jens Pulver

No UFC fights on record.

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

Alfonso Alcarez

No UFC fights on record.

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