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Karl Williams
Karl Williams
8-1 · VIR
VS
Chase Sherman
Chase Sherman
16-11 · USA
May 13, 2023 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
239.5lb
Weigh-in
254.0lb
Karl Williams def. Chase Sherman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Williams19/431/301:41
Sherman11/390/000:00
R2
Williams23/630/200:23
Sherman13/560/000:00
R3
Williams28/590/500:31
Sherman30/630/000:12
Total
Williams70/1651/1002:35
Sherman54/1580/000:12

Scorecards

Williams vs Sherman

RdAndrew Hopper Jr.Bobby HarrisJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.3-9.7
R310-910-910-99.5-9.5
Total30-2730-2729-2828.7-28.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 2928 · 14 Williams · 0 Sherman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Williams-Sherman.

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
WilliamsWin probabilitySherman
72.8%27.2%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
12%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 7.8 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 Williams, blue toward Sherman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Williams73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%53%34%
Submission10%13%14%
Decision25%34%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 70
Takedowns2.4 (0.06.0)act 1
Sherman27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%77%10%
Submission2%9%4%
Decision4%14%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1136)act 54
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R219%
R37%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Williams
61.3%-164
Sherman
+16437.3%
Most takedownstie 17.7%
Williams
80.6%-4847
Sherman
+48471.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Williams
Expected: 39.0
39
Over 39
39.2%
+152
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.6%
-152
04998
Sherman
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
38.5%
+155
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.7%
-155
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Williams
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
45.7%
+119
Under 2.5
54.3%
-119
048
Sherman
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.6%
Exactly 0
94.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.8 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
Williams72.8%77.4%−4.6-426
Sherman27.2%22.6%+4.6+324
By method
Williams by KO/TKO43.2%34.4%+8.8+142
Williams by submission8.7%13.7%−5.0+510
Williams by decision20.8%27.8%−7.0+200
Sherman by KO/TKO16.2%10.1%+6.1+724
Sherman by submission3.3%3.6%−0.3+2207
Sherman by decision7.8%10.4%−2.6+706
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds55.1%59.8%−4.7-178
Over 2.5 rds36.1%44.8%−8.7+109
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision28.6%40.1%−11.5+134

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
69.2Striking63.5
Williams +5.7
75.0Grappling41.8
Williams +33.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WilliamsSherman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1450
1535
Divisional
1450
1488
Striking offense
1533
1499
Striking defense
1461
1506
Grappling offense
1461
1504
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
33 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
79"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.53
Strikes landed / min
6.30
66%
Strike accuracy
46%
1.73
Strikes absorbed / min
6.85
43%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
8.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.10
62%
Takedown accuracy
50%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
29%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Karl Williams
  • WLukasz BrzeskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2502mo before
Chase Sherman
  • LWaldo Cortes AcostaU-DEC R3
    Close +1946mo before
  • WJared VanderaaKO/TKO R3
    Close +18010mo before
  • LAlexandr RomanovSUB R1
    Close +9911y before
  • LJake CollierSUB R1
    Close +1141y 4mo before
  • LParker PorterU-DEC R3
    Close -2011y 9mo before
Williams — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (57%)Decision(0%) 0
Sherman — win / loss by method
Record: 16-11-0

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
15 wins, 4 losses
W
94% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
1 win, 5 losses
W
6% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
4win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Williams
Sherman
1
UFC fights
14
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
145.3 min · 10.4 avg
5y 5m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Williams
Sherman
8W–2L · 80.0%
Overall
181W–64L · 73.9%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Wins
57W–22L · 72.2%
0W–0L
Losses
124W–42L · 74.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Williams
Sherman
37W–18L · 67.3%
Overall
47W–59L · 44.3%
25W–14L · 64.1%
Wins
45W–58L · 43.7%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Williams
Sherman
5.82
Landed / min
6.77
64.7%
Accuracy
44.9%
45.0%
Defense
54.1%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
25.2%
Time at distance
84.9%
Grappling & control
Williams
Sherman
8.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.10
61.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
95.5%
Control share
36.1%
Strike target map
Williams
  • Head82%(31)div 65%
  • Body11%(4)div 20%
  • Legs8%(3)div 15%
Sherman
  • Head55%(505)div 65%
  • Body21%(189)div 20%
  • Legs24%(221)div 15%

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

Karl Williams
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chase Sherman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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