Some similar work is in the very early stages for MMA. I won't say much more than that, but if you're interested and willing to live in the Washington, D.C. area, FightMetric is hiring.

Don't be fooled by the job title - I started here building Rails apps and wound up building things that are ... decidedly not Rails apps.

http://blog.fightmetric.com/2014/01/fightmetric-is-hiring-fu...

There is a guy who built a model similar to this and used it to beat Vegas: http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dollars/post/_/id/2935/meet...

I've been looking for statistics in a format that I can use programmatically for NFL, NBA, and NHL to try and use for daily fantasy. I haven't been able to find anything under several hundred dollars, wonder if anyone knows of a decent source that isn't super expensive.