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Belal Muhammad
Belal Muhammad
19-3 · USA
VS
Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
16-5-1 · USA
December 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Belal Muhammad def. Stephen Thompson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Muhammad44/723/403:07
Thompson10/160/000:45
R2
Muhammad10/162/204:11
Thompson7/110/000:00
R3
Muhammad4/72/304:39
Thompson2/50/100:07
Total
Muhammad58/957/9011:57
Thompson19/320/100:52

Scorecards

Muhammad vs Thompson

RdDouglas CrosbyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-810-910-8.4
R210-910-910-910-8.6
R310-910-810-89.9-8.4
Total30-2630-2530-2629.9-25.4

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.4 · 14 Muhammad · 0 Thompson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Muhammad-Thompson.

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
MuhammadWin probabilityThompson
65.7%34.3%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
1%
Decision
84%
Expected fight time: 13.9 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 Muhammad, blue toward Thompson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Muhammad66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%11%6%
Submission1%1%8%
Decision58%88%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (2889)act 58
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 7
Thompson34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%23%20%
Submission0%1%3%
Decision26%76%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (2993)act 19
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~134 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R26%
R36%
Distance84%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Muhammad
47.9%+107
Thompson
-10751.4%
Most takedownstie 44.8%
Muhammad
48.4%-710
Thompson
+7106.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Muhammad
Expected: 65.5
65.5
Over 65.5
39.8%
+152
Under 65.5
60.2%
-152
082164
Thompson
Expected: 68.5
68.5
Over 68.5
39.8%
+151
Under 68.5
60.2%
-151
086172
Takedowns — over/under
Muhammad
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.7%
-107
Under 0.5
48.3%
+107
035
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.6%
Exactly 0
88.4%
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 13.9 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
Muhammad65.7%34.0%+31.7+180
Thompson34.3%66.0%−31.7-225
By method
Muhammad by KO/TKO9.7%6.3%+3.4+1230
Muhammad by submission0.8%8.4%−7.6+886
Muhammad by decision55.2%19.4%+35.8+329
Thompson by KO/TKO5.1%19.9%−14.8+318
Thompson by submission0.4%3.1%−2.7+2542
Thompson by decision28.9%42.9%−14.0-107
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds95.7%76.6%+19.1-450
Over 2.5 rds90.3%69.3%+21.0-283
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision84.1%65.6%+18.5-236

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
67.8Striking69.7
Thompson +1.9
48.9Grappling42.6
Muhammad +6.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MuhammadThompson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1643
Pound-for-pound
1612
1641
Divisional
1606
1509
Striking offense
1526
1497
Striking defense
1541
1493
Grappling offense
1431
1550
Grappling defense
1586
Physical
33 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.61
Strikes landed / min
4.06
43%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
60%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
28%
Takedown accuracy
45%
91%
Takedown defense
74%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
69%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
20%
Finish rate
45%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Belal Muhammad
  • WDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close -2146mo before
  • WDhiego LimaU-DEC R3
    Close -44810mo before
  • WLyman GoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1301y 6mo before
  • WTakashi SatoSUB R3
    Close -3902y 3mo before
  • WCurtis MillenderU-DEC R3
    Close -1552y 8mo before
Stephen Thompson
  • LGilbert BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -1625mo before
  • WGeoff NealU-DEC R5
    Close -1031y before
  • WVicente LuqueU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 2mo before
  • LAnthony PettisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4302y 9mo before
  • LDarren TillU-DEC R5
    opp missedClose -1503y 7mo before
Muhammad — win / loss by method
Record: 19-3-0, 1 NC

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
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 2 losses
W
74% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (80%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (67%)Decision() 0
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-1

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
11win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Muhammad
Thompson
14
UFC fights
17
182.8 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
247.3 min · 14.5 avg
13y 11m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Muhammad
Thompson
222W–64L · 77.6%
Overall
270W–79L · 77.4%
189W–53L · 78.1%
Wins
185W–53L · 77.7%
33W–11L · 75.0%
Losses
85W–26L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Muhammad
Thompson
70W–28L · 71.4%
Overall
12W–9L · 57.1%
70W–28L · 71.4%
Wins
12W–9L · 57.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Muhammad
Thompson
5.63
Landed / min
4.76
40.8%
Accuracy
42.0%
61.9%
Defense
63.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
71.8%
Time at distance
76.9%
Grappling & control
Muhammad
Thompson
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
28.2%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
91.4%
Takedown defense
73.7%
0.16
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.8%
Control share
36.8%
Strike target map
Muhammad
  • Head74%(628)div 63%
  • Body13%(110)div 20%
  • Legs12%(105)div 16%
Thompson
  • Head67%(675)div 63%
  • Body23%(230)div 20%
  • Legs10%(99)div 16%

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

Belal Muhammad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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