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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
Phil Rowe
Phil Rowe
8-3 · USA
VS
Jason Witt
Jason Witt
19-7 · USA
February 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Phil Rowe def. Jason Witt by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rowe2/70/000:00
Witt3/112/303:46
R2 · 2:15
Rowe6/100/010:01
Witt5/112/401:25
Total
Rowe8/170/010:01
Witt8/224/705:11

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
RoweWin probabilityWitt
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
18%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Rowe, blue toward Witt. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rowe48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%53%29%
Submission8%16%14%
Decision15%31%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 8
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Witt52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%11%
Submission10%19%11%
Decision26%50%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 8
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.6)act 4
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R220%
R39%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Rowe
52.2%-113
Witt
+11346.2%
Most takedownstie 24.7%
Rowe
13.4%+463
Witt
-46362.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rowe
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
38.8%
+154
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.6%
-154
03978
Witt
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
39.0%
+152
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.3%
-152
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Rowe
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.7%
+261
Under 0.5
72.3%
-261
035
Witt
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
50.7%
-103
Under 1.5
49.3%
+103
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 9.5 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
Rowe48.0%56.4%−8.4-144
Witt52.0%43.6%+8.4+119
By method
Rowe by KO/TKO19.9%28.6%−8.7+183
Rowe by submission8.4%14.4%−6.0+459
Rowe by decision19.7%11.8%+7.9+587
Witt by KO/TKO21.6%11.3%+10.3+618
Witt by submission9.1%10.6%−1.5+665
Witt by decision21.3%23.4%−2.1+246
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.9%57.2%+12.7-159
Over 2.5 rds49.7%43.4%+6.3+116
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.0%37.3%+3.7+148

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
64.8Striking62.1
Rowe +2.7
35.2Grappling86.8
Witt +51.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RoweWitt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1530
1514
Divisional
1530
1509
Striking offense
1498
1494
Striking defense
1500
1498
Grappling offense
1501
1495
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'10"
80"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.61
Strikes landed / min
2.63
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.78
Strikes absorbed / min
3.10
55%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.23
Takedowns / 15 min
6.46
33%
Takedown accuracy
45%
50%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Rowe
  • WOrion CosceKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1456mo before
  • LGabe GreenU-DEC R3
    Close +1171y before
Jason Witt
  • WBryan BarberenaM-DEC R3
    Close +2146mo before
  • LMatthew SemelsbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close +10411mo before
  • WCole WilliamsSUB R2
    Close -1481y 3mo before
  • LTakashi SatoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2151y 7mo before
Rowe — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Witt — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

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, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
7 (41%)Submission(40%) 2
6 (35%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Rowe
Witt
2
UFC fights
4
24.4 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
23.2 min · 5.8 avg
11y 10m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rowe
Witt
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
48W–14L · 77.4%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
26W–9L · 74.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
22W–5L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rowe
Witt
15W–13L · 53.6%
Overall
177W–84L · 67.8%
14W–13L · 51.9%
Wins
138W–68L · 67.0%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
39W–16L · 70.9%
Distance striking
Rowe
Witt
9.11
Landed / min
3.74
45.1%
Accuracy
42.4%
60.6%
Defense
58.6%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
32.9%
Time at distance
41.4%
Grappling & control
Rowe
Witt
1.23
Takedowns / 15 min
6.46
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
50.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.29
37.8%
Control share
92.3%
Strike target map
Rowe
  • Head65%(57)div 63%
  • Body24%(21)div 20%
  • Legs11%(10)div 16%
Witt
  • Head75%(46)div 63%
  • Body16%(10)div 20%
  • Legs8%(5)div 16%

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

Phil Rowe
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Witt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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