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UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Sean Woodson
Sean Woodson
10-1-1 · USA
VS
Charles Jourdain
Charles Jourdain
15-6-1 · CAN
January 20, 2024 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Sean Woodson def. Charles Jourdain by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Woodson31/720/000:00
Jourdain18/510/100:05
R2
Woodson28/510/100:00
Jourdain22/460/201:08
R3
Woodson21/451/200:39
Jourdain20/590/100:45
Total
Woodson80/1681/300:39
Jourdain60/1560/401:58

Scorecards

Woodson vs Jourdain

RdDeclan WoodsDerek ClearyPatricia VanderMeerCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.8-9.2
R310-99-1010-99.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2828-2929.1-27.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 14 Woodson · 0 Jourdain

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Woodson-Jourdain.

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
WoodsonWin probabilityJourdain
41.6%58.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
16%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.1 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 Woodson, blue toward Jourdain. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Woodson42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%20%11%
Submission3%9%4%
Decision30%71%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2374)act 80
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 1
Jourdain58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%32%23%
Submission12%21%12%
Decision27%47%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2167)act 60
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~104 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R216%
R37%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Woodson
52.7%-114
Jourdain
+11446.4%
Most takedownstie 45.8%
Woodson
29.7%-121
Jourdain
+12124.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Woodson
Expected: 54.7
54.5
Over 54.5
39.9%
+150
Under 54.5
60.1%
-150
069137
Jourdain
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
39.6%
+153
Under 49.5
60.4%
-153
062124
Takedowns — over/under
Woodson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.2%
+169
Under 0.5
62.8%
-169
035
Jourdain
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.4%
+209
Under 0.5
67.6%
-209
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 11.1 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
Woodson41.6%35.2%+6.4+172
Jourdain58.4%64.8%−6.4-210
By method
Woodson by KO/TKO11.3%11.1%+0.2+648
Woodson by submission6.5%3.9%+2.6+2040
Woodson by decision23.8%22.0%+1.8+277
Jourdain by KO/TKO15.9%23.1%−7.2+260
Jourdain by submission9.1%12.2%−3.1+582
Jourdain by decision33.4%27.7%+5.7+200
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.5%70.2%+9.3-301
Over 2.5 rds63.8%56.6%+7.2-154
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.2%52.4%+4.8-127

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
71.4Striking72.5
Jourdain +1.0
59.8Grappling27.7
Woodson +32.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodsonJourdain
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1550
1578
Divisional
1570
1517
Striking offense
1515
1502
Striking defense
1512
1494
Grappling offense
1482
1513
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'9"
78"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
5.84
Strikes landed / min
5.71
47%
Strike accuracy
50%
4.25
Strikes absorbed / min
4.21
58%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.10
80%
Takedown accuracy
17%
85%
Takedown defense
48%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
55%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
25%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Woodson
  • WDennis BuzukjaU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1836mo before
  • DLuis SaldanaS-DEC R3
    Close -3821y 5mo before
  • WCollin AnglinKO/TKO R1
    Close -3372y 2mo before
  • WYoussef ZalalS-DEC R3
    Close -1722y 8mo before
  • LJulian ErosaSUB R3
    Close -4553y 7mo before
Charles Jourdain
  • WRicardo RamosSUB R1
    Close -1434mo before
  • WKron GracieU-DEC R3
    Close -1729mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 5mo before
  • LShane BurgosM-DEC R3
    Close +1471y 6mo before
  • WLando VannataSUB R1
    Close -1191y 9mo before
Woodson — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-1

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, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Jourdain — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-1

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
13% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
6win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(20%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Woodson
Jourdain
6
UFC fights
12
77.2 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
147.7 min · 12.3 avg
9y 10m
Career length
10y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Woodson
Jourdain
60W–20L · 75.0%
Overall
178W–59L · 75.1%
37W–12L · 75.5%
Wins
80W–27L · 74.8%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Losses
98W–32L · 75.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Woodson
Jourdain
21W–13L · 61.8%
Overall
55W–29L · 65.5%
21W–13L · 61.8%
Wins
49W–27L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Woodson
Jourdain
8.60
Landed / min
6.52
45.3%
Accuracy
44.6%
60.0%
Defense
61.0%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
62.9%
Time at distance
64.4%
Grappling & control
Woodson
Jourdain
0.78
Takedowns / 15 min
0.10
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
85.1%
Takedown defense
47.7%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.51
30.0%
Control share
42.0%
Strike target map
Woodson
  • Head71%(321)div 63%
  • Body16%(73)div 20%
  • Legs13%(57)div 16%
Jourdain
  • Head56%(472)div 63%
  • Body26%(223)div 20%
  • Legs18%(149)div 16%

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

Sean Woodson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Jourdain
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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