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UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
Diego Lopes
Diego Lopes
25-6 · BRA
VS
Brian Ortega
Brian Ortega
16-3 · USA
September 14, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Diego Lopes def. Brian Ortega by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lopes29/571/102:03
Ortega15/450/000:00
R2
Lopes22/460/000:07
Ortega16/480/100:00
R3
Lopes55/1030/000:35
Ortega32/1020/100:06
Total
Lopes106/2061/102:45
Ortega63/1950/200:06

Scorecards

Lopes vs Ortega

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-810-910-8.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2630-2730-26.5

Media (19 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 19 Lopes · 0 Ortega

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lopes-Ortega.

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
LopesWin probabilityOrtega
60.7%39.3%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
20%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lopes61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%46%
Submission12%20%
Decision21%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 106
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Ortega39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%35%
Submission8%20%
Decision17%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 63
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R221%
R39%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Lopes
56.7%-134
Ortega
+13442.2%
Most takedownstie 36.6%
Lopes
18.3%+247
Ortega
-24745.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 47.0
47
Over 47
39.2%
+152
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.8%
-152
059118
Ortega
Expected: 37.4
37.5
Over 37.5
39.7%
+152
Under 37.5
60.3%
-152
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.7%
+237
Under 0.5
70.3%
-237
035
Ortega
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.8%
+135
Exactly 1
20.7%
push
Under 1
45.6%
-135
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 9.2 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
Lopes60.7%64.5%−3.8-205
Ortega39.3%35.5%+3.8+170

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
60.6Striking50.9
Lopes +9.8
53.7Grappling49.0
Lopes +4.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LopesOrtega
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1621
1576
Divisional
1614
1513
Striking offense
1515
1509
Striking defense
1479
1516
Grappling offense
1525
1508
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.61
Strikes landed / min
4.07
56%
Strike accuracy
39%
4.02
Strikes absorbed / min
6.54
39%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
25%
Takedown accuracy
27%
55%
Takedown defense
58%
3.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
67%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
75%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Lopes
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -2913mo before
  • WSodiq YusuffKO/TKO R1
    Close -1525mo before
  • WPat SabatiniKO/TKO R1
    Close +11010mo before
  • WGavin TuckerSUB R1
    Close -1701y 1mo before
  • LMovsar EvloevU-DEC R3
    Close +6241y 4mo before
Brian Ortega
  • WYair RodriguezSUB R3
    Close +1367mo before
  • LYair RodriguezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1862y 2mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1543y before
  • WChan Sung JungU-DEC R5
    Close +1603y 11mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R4
    Close -1105y 9mo before
Lopes — win / loss by method
Record: 25-6-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
11 (52%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (10%)Decision(60%) 3
Ortega — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0, 1 NC

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lopes
Ortega
5
UFC fights
12
34.6 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
153.3 min · 12.8 avg
13y 11m
Career length
16y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopes
Ortega
78W–16L · 83.0%
Overall
222W–59L · 79.0%
62W–16L · 79.5%
Wins
164W–52L · 75.9%
16W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
58W–7L · 89.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopes
Ortega
166W–86L · 65.9%
Overall
30W–23L · 56.6%
136W–75L · 64.5%
Wins
30W–23L · 56.6%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lopes
Ortega
4.46
Landed / min
4.59
46.2%
Accuracy
36.1%
51.0%
Defense
51.1%
1.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.49
46.6%
Time at distance
77.0%
Grappling & control
Lopes
Ortega
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.3%
54.5%
Takedown defense
57.7%
3.47
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.17
33.3%
Control share
51.5%
Strike target map
Lopes
  • Head74%(93)div 63%
  • Body13%(16)div 20%
  • Legs13%(16)div 16%
Ortega
  • Head71%(446)div 63%
  • Body18%(112)div 20%
  • Legs11%(66)div 16%

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

Diego Lopes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brian Ortega
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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