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UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Imavov
Jamal Pogues
Jamal Pogues
10-4 · USA
VS
Thomas Petersen
Thomas Petersen
8-1 · USA
February 3, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.5lb
Weigh-in
261.5lb
Jamal Pogues def. Thomas Petersen by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pogues24/430/000:00
Petersen9/171/201:41
R2
Pogues22/350/000:00
Petersen22/320/201:06
R3
Pogues19/460/000:04
Petersen27/370/200:00
Total
Pogues65/1240/000:04
Petersen58/861/602:47

Scorecards

Pogues vs Petersen

RdAnthony ManessChris LeeMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R39-1010-99-109.4-9.6
Total29-2830-2729-2828.5-28.5

Media (12 cards) · avg 2928 · 12 Pogues · 0 Petersen

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pogues-Petersen.

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
PoguesWin probabilityPetersen
58.8%41.2%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
15%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Pogues, blue toward Petersen. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pogues59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%39%
Submission8%14%
Decision28%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 65
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Petersen41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%56%
Submission7%16%
Decision11%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 58
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.7)act 1
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R214%
R310%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Pogues
49.0%+101
Petersen
-10149.5%
Most takedownstie 16.6%
Pogues
8.4%+893
Petersen
-89375.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pogues
Expected: 30.3
30.5
Over 30.5
39.4%
+154
Under 30.5
60.6%
-154
03876
Petersen
Expected: 30.3
30.5
Over 30.5
39.5%
+153
Under 30.5
60.5%
-153
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Pogues
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.7%
+323
Under 0.5
76.3%
-323
035
Petersen
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.2%
+126
Under 2.5
55.8%
-126
047

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 9.1 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
Pogues58.8%40.1%+18.7+140
Petersen41.2%59.9%−18.7-165

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoguesPetersen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1527
1517
Divisional
1527
1494
Striking offense
1482
1497
Striking defense
1500
1495
Grappling offense
1561
1510
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.30
Strikes landed / min
35%
Strike accuracy
4.40
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
42%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jamal Pogues
  • LMick ParkinU-DEC R3
    Close -1486mo before
  • WJosh ParisianU-DEC R3
    Close -26911mo before
Thomas Petersen
No prior UFC fights.
Pogues — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
Petersen — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
88% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pogues
Petersen
2
UFC fights
0
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
10y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Pogues
Petersen
21W–5L · 80.8%
Overall
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pogues
Petersen
51W–6L · 89.5%
Overall
54W–46L · 54.0%
38W–6L · 86.4%
Wins
49W–46L · 51.6%
13W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Pogues
Petersen
2.61
Landed / min
30.2%
Accuracy
51.3%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
69.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pogues
Petersen
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
41.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
85.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Pogues
  • Head74%(51)div 65%
  • Body10%(7)div 20%
  • Legs16%(11)div 16%
Petersen
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Jamal Pogues
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thomas Petersen

No UFC fights on record.

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