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Brian Bowles vs George Roop

UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2 ·MGM Grand Garden Arena

Statlab take

baseline
Clear edge Confidence: High
Brian Bowles
George Roop
64% 36%
Why
70"
Reach
Δ 2"
72"
33
Age
Δ 1y
32
10-4
Career record
Δ 18 pp
16-13-1
L1
Current streak
W1
3
UFC fights in our DB
5

Logistic-regression model trained on ~5,000 UFC/DWCS fights since 2016 (71.9% test accuracy). The "Why" panel shows interpretable inputs; the headline probability comes from the model.

Statlab projections

Method classifier: 0.55 accuracy on 2083 fights
Actual result
KO/TKO · Round 2
Bowles: 24 sig / 0 TD · Roop: 44 sig / 0 TD
Brian Bowles
George Roop
27
Sig strikes landed
31
67
Sig strikes attempted
67
45
Total strikes landed
48
1.1
Takedowns landed
1.1
3.0
Takedowns attempted
1.7
0.20
Knockdowns
0.30
151s
Control time
134s
Method
Decision
44%
KO/TKO
40%
Submission
16%

Stat regressor (GBT MultiOutput) trained on 8348 fighter-fight rows. Per-stat MAE vs naive-mean baseline: SigStrikesLanded: 25.4 (naive 28.2); SigStrikesAttempted: 52.3 (naive 59.4); TakedownsLanded: 1.1 (naive 1.3); TakedownsAttempted: 2.5 (naive 3.0); Knockdowns: 0.3 (naive 0.3); ControlTimeSeconds: 113.9 (naive 131.8); TotalStrikesLanded: 33.8 (naive 37.1).

Red corner
L1

Brian Bowles

10-4
Career record
Height
67"
Reach
71"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
33
In our database 3 fights · 2-1
Last 3
L UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson
W UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber
W UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann
Blue corner
W1

George Roop

16-13-1
Career record
Height
73"
Reach
72"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
32
In our database 5 fights · 2-3
Last 5
W UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz
L UFC on FOX: Evans vs Davis
L UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz
W The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesn…
L UFC Fight Night: Fight for the …