Using BeautifulSoup we scrape the fighter data from the UFCStats website:
The record of every fighter who fought in the UFC.
First Name Last Name Nickname Height Weight Reach Stance Wins Losses Draws
0 Tom Aaron -- 155 lbs. -- 5 3 0
1 Danny Abbadi The Assassin 5' 11" 155 lbs. -- Orthodox 4 6 0
2 Nariman Abbasov Bayraktar 5' 8" 155 lbs. 66.0" Orthodox 28 4 0
3 David Abbott Tank 6' 0" 265 lbs. -- Switch 10 15 0
4 Hamdy Abdelwahab The Hammer 6' 2" 264 lbs. 72.0" Southpaw 5 0 0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4035 Dave Zitanick -- 170 lbs. -- 5 7 0
4036 Alex Zuniga -- 145 lbs. -- 6 3 0
4037 George Zuniga 5' 9" 185 lbs. -- 3 1 0
4038 Allan Zuniga Tigre 5' 7" 155 lbs. 70.0" Orthodox 13 1 0
4039 Virgil Zwicker RezDog 6' 2" 205 lbs. 74.0" 15 6 1
[4040 rows x 10 columns]
The fight data since UFC2.
Event Date Winner Loser Knockdown # W Knockdown # L ... Submission # L Weightclass Result Method Round Time
0 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana June 10, 2023 Amanda Nunes Irene Aldana 0 0 ... 0 Women's Bantamweight U-DEC U-DEC 5 5:00
1 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana June 10, 2023 Charles Oliveira Beneil Dariush 1 0 ... 0 Lightweight KO/TKO Punches 1 4:10
2 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana June 10, 2023 Mike Malott Adam Fugitt 1 0 ... 0 Welterweight SUB GuillotineChoke 2 1:06
3 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana June 10, 2023 Dan Ige Nate Landwehr 1 0 ... 0 Featherweight U-DEC U-DEC 3 5:00
4 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana June 10, 2023 Marc-Andre Barriault Eryk Anders 1 0 ... 0 Middleweight U-DEC U-DEC 3 5:00
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
7162 UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 1994 Orlando Wiet Robert Lucarelli 0 0 ... 1 Open Weight KO/TKO KO/TKO 1 2:50
7163 UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 1994 Frank Hamaker Thaddeus Luster 0 0 ... 0 Open Weight SUB Keylock 1 4:52
7164 UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 1994 Johnny Rhodes David Levicki 0 0 ... 0 Open Weight KO/TKO Punches 1 12:13
7165 UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 1994 Patrick Smith Ray Wizard 0 0 ... 0 Open Weight SUB GuillotineChoke 1 0:58
7166 UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 1994 Scott Morris Sean Daugherty 0 0 ... 0 Open Weight SUB GuillotineChoke 1 0:20
[7167 rows x 17 columns]
Fights' data with betting odds and most statistics about each fight (event's data, finishing's data, stiking, takedown, submission attemps' data, ...).
R_fighter B_fighter R_odds B_odds R_ev B_ev date ... total_fight_time_secs r_dec_odds b_dec_odds r_sub_odds b_sub_odds r_ko_odds b_ko_odds
0 Thiago Santos Johnny Walker -150.0 130 66.666667 130.000000 2021-10-02 ... 1500.0 800.0 900.0 2000.0 1600.0 -110.0 175.0
1 Alex Oliveira Niko Price 170.0 -200 170.000000 50.000000 2021-10-02 ... 900.0 450.0 350.0 700.0 1100.0 550.0 120.0
2 Misha Cirkunov Krzysztof Jotko 110.0 -130 110.000000 76.923077 2021-10-02 ... 900.0 550.0 275.0 275.0 1400.0 600.0 185.0
3 Alexander Hernandez Mike Breeden -675.0 475 14.814815 475.000000 2021-10-02 ... 80.0 175.0 900.0 500.0 3500.0 110.0 1100.0
4 Joe Solecki Jared Gordon -135.0 115 74.074074 115.000000 2021-10-02 ... 900.0 165.0 200.0 400.0 1200.0 900.0 600.0
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4891 Duane Ludwig Darren Elkins -155.0 135 64.516129 135.000000 3/21/2010 ... 44.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
4892 John Howard Daniel Roberts -210.0 175 47.619048 175.000000 3/21/2010 ... 121.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
4893 Brendan Schaub Chase Gormley -260.0 220 38.461538 220.000000 3/21/2010 ... 47.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
4894 Mike Pierce Julio Paulino -420.0 335 23.809524 335.000000 3/21/2010 ... 900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
4895 Eric Schafer Jason Brilz 140.0 -160 140.000000 62.500000 3/21/2010 ... 900.0 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN
[4896 rows x 119 columns]
Several notebooks explore and visualize interesting patterns in the data
Machine learning to predict winner of future fights.
fight-prediction-baseline-model.ipynb contains a simple baseline model to predict the winner of a fight: 58% accuracy.
fight-prediction-random-forest-log-regression-model.ipynb contains two classification models to predict the winner of a fight with a 66% accuracy.