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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori
Ilia Topuria
Ilia Topuria
9-0 · GEO
VS
Damon Jackson
Damon Jackson
18-3-1 · USA
December 5, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Ilia Topuria def. Damon Jackson by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:38
Topuria31/630/010:03
Jackson16/520/000:13
Total
Topuria31/630/010:03
Jackson16/520/000:13

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
TopuriaWin probabilityJackson
67.0%33.0%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
26%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Topuria, blue toward Jackson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Topuria67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%16%
Submission15%23%
Decision41%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 31
Takedowns2.2 (0.05.6)act 0
Jackson33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%21%
Submission11%33%
Decision15%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1033)act 16
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~3.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R213%
R36%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Topuria
58.8%-148
Jackson
+14839.6%
Most takedownstie 15.8%
Topuria
60.1%-249
Jackson
+24924.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Topuria
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
39.5%
+153
Under 33.5
60.5%
-153
04284
Jackson
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
40.2%
+149
Under 24.5
59.8%
-149
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Topuria
Expected: 2.2
2
Over 2
44.2%
-120
Exactly 2
19.0%
push
Under 2
36.8%
+120
047
Jackson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.5%
+111
Exactly 1
20.7%
push
Under 1
41.8%
-111
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 10.7 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
Topuria67.0%69.5%−2.5-275
Jackson33.0%30.5%+2.5+210

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
65.0Striking52.8
Topuria +12.2
100.0Grappling50.1
Topuria +49.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TopuriaJackson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1546
Pound-for-pound
1535
1546
Divisional
1551
1482
Striking offense
1475
1502
Striking defense
1506
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'11"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
0.87
Strikes landed / min
2.20
39%
Strike accuracy
37%
1.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.05
68%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
56%
Takedown accuracy
20%
100%
Takedown defense
36%
5.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
25%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
56
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ilia Topuria
  • WYoussef ZalalU-DEC R3
    Close +13056d before
Damon Jackson
  • WMirsad BekticSUB R3
    Close +2773mo before
  • DLevan MakashviliM-DEC R3
    Close +2804y 10mo before
  • LYancy MedeirosSUB R2
    Close +1056y 3mo before
Topuria — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-1, 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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
13 (76%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Topuria
Jackson
1
UFC fights
4
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
36.8 min · 9.2 avg
11y 4m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Topuria
Jackson
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
22W–5L · 81.5%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Wins
13W–3L · 81.3%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Topuria
Jackson
23W–8L · 74.2%
Overall
165W–66L · 71.4%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Wins
141W–65L · 68.4%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–1L · 96.0%
Distance striking
Topuria
Jackson
3.04
Landed / min
4.46
40.0%
Accuracy
25.9%
70.0%
Defense
57.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
26.3%
Time at distance
25.0%
Grappling & control
Topuria
Jackson
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
55.6%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
35.7%
5.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.86
73.8%
Control share
50.0%
Strike target map
Topuria
  • Head54%(7)div 64%
  • Body46%(6)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Jackson
  • Head59%(48)div 64%
  • Body32%(26)div 20%
  • Legs9%(7)div 16%

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

Ilia Topuria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Damon Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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