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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
16-11-1 · USA
VS
Jordan Espinosa
Jordan Espinosa
15-8 · USA
March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Tim Elliott def. Jordan Espinosa by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elliott6/141/303:57
Espinosa7/130/000:00
R2
Elliott7/102/204:35
Espinosa1/30/000:00
R3
Elliott12/201/204:47
Espinosa5/90/000:00
Total
Elliott25/444/7013:19
Espinosa13/250/000:00

Scorecards

Elliott vs Espinosa

RdChris LeeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-810-910-910-8.4
R310-810-910-910-8.3
Total30-2530-2730-2730-25.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 3026 · 18 Elliott · 0 Espinosa

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Elliott-Espinosa.

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
ElliottWin probabilityEspinosa
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
22%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Elliott, blue toward Espinosa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Elliott52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%6%
Submission11%21%18%
Decision28%54%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 25
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.5)act 4
Espinosa48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%24%12%
Submission11%24%11%
Decision25%52%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1548)act 13
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R213%
R35%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Elliott
47.8%+106
Espinosa
-10650.8%
Most takedownstie 31.5%
Elliott
50.9%-290
Espinosa
+29017.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
39.2%
+152
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.4%
-152
04386
Espinosa
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
39.8%
+151
Under 35.5
60.2%
-151
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.9%
-102
Exactly 1
23.0%
push
Under 1
38.1%
+102
035
Espinosa
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+225
Under 0.5
69.3%
-225
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 10.3 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
Elliott52.1%54.8%−2.7-135
Espinosa47.9%45.2%+2.7+111
By method
Elliott by KO/TKO12.7%6.1%+6.6+1200
Elliott by submission11.7%18.2%−6.5+333
Elliott by decision27.7%23.2%+4.5+240
Espinosa by KO/TKO11.7%12.1%−0.4+550
Espinosa by submission10.7%10.5%+0.2+650
Espinosa by decision25.5%30.0%−4.5+163
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.9%72.6%−1.7-350
Over 2.5 rds58.5%62.5%−4.0-200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.2%57.7%−4.5-163

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
69.4Striking76.2
Espinosa +6.8
74.1Grappling43.9
Elliott +30.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElliottEspinosa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1481
Pound-for-pound
1502
1466
Divisional
1485
1503
Striking offense
1495
1512
Striking defense
1513
1522
Grappling offense
1473
1483
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.50
Strikes landed / min
4.70
46%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.64
Strikes absorbed / min
2.76
60%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.92
49%
Takedown accuracy
38%
58%
Takedown defense
80%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
36%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
20%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
234
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Elliott
  • WRyan BenoitU-DEC R3
    Close -1418mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -1629mo before
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 2mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R1
    Close +1551y 5mo before
  • WMark De La RosaSUB R2
    Close -1903y 2mo before
Jordan Espinosa
  • LDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close -1126mo before
  • WMark De La RosaU-DEC R3
    Close -1679mo before
  • LAlex PerezSUB R1
    Close +2101y 1mo before
  • LMatt SchnellSUB R1
    Close -1551y 7mo before
  • WEric SheltonU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 11mo before
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 16-11-1

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, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 5 losses
W
38% of wins
L
45% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
44% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
5win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(44%) 4
4 (80%)Decision(56%) 5
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Espinosa — win / loss by method
Record: 15-8-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 4 losses
W
47% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (100%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
13win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (54%)Submission(40%) 2
4 (31%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Elliott
Espinosa
14
UFC fights
5
168.1 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
48.9 min · 9.8 avg
17y 3m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elliott
Espinosa
179W–48L · 78.9%
Overall
76W–21L · 78.4%
50W–19L · 72.5%
Wins
23W–9L · 71.9%
129W–29L · 81.6%
Losses
53W–12L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elliott
Espinosa
115W–53L · 68.5%
Overall
94W–53L · 63.9%
112W–48L · 70.0%
Wins
72W–40L · 64.3%
3W–5L · 37.5%
Losses
22W–13L · 62.9%
Distance striking
Elliott
Espinosa
4.97
Landed / min
4.53
37.8%
Accuracy
42.9%
63.0%
Defense
63.5%
0.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.6%
Time at distance
76.3%
Grappling & control
Elliott
Espinosa
4.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.92
48.9%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
58.1%
Takedown defense
80.0%
1.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
52.5%
Control share
36.3%
Strike target map
Elliott
  • Head60%(356)div 62%
  • Body21%(122)div 22%
  • Legs19%(111)div 15%
Espinosa
  • Head57%(131)div 62%
  • Body17%(40)div 22%
  • Legs26%(59)div 15%

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jordan Espinosa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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