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Steve Erceg
Steve Erceg
13-4 · AUS
VS
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
21-13-1 · USA
May 2, 2026 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Steve Erceg def. Tim Elliott by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Erceg24/550/000:00
Elliott39/912/300:18
R2
Erceg47/851/200:29
Elliott27/780/400:16
R3
Erceg65/1140/100:00
Elliott24/920/400:00
Total
Erceg136/2541/300:29
Elliott90/2612/1100:34

Scorecards

Erceg vs Elliott

RdClemens WernerDarryl RansomMark ChristieCommunity
R19-109-109-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.4-27.6

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Erceg · 0 Elliott

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

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
ErcegWin probabilityElliott
53.7%46.3%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
24%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Erceg, blue toward Elliott. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Erceg54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%37%7%
Submission13%23%15%
Decision21%40%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 136
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Elliott46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%28%8%
Submission12%25%10%
Decision21%47%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1345)act 90
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 2
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R218%
R37%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Erceg
52.2%-112
Elliott
+11246.5%
Most takedownstie 28.7%
Erceg
16.4%+336
Elliott
-33654.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Erceg
Expected: 36.4
36.5
Over 36.5
39.6%
+153
Under 36.5
60.4%
-153
04691
Elliott
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
39.3%
+151
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.2%
-151
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Erceg
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.6%
+227
Under 0.5
69.4%
-227
035
Elliott
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
41.6%
-125
Exactly 1
25.2%
push
Under 1
33.2%
+125
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 9.4 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
Erceg53.7%62.3%−8.6-189
Elliott46.3%37.7%+8.6+152
By method
Erceg by KO/TKO17.7%7.5%+10.2+1031
Erceg by submission13.0%14.8%−1.8+471
Erceg by decision23.1%39.4%−16.3+115
Elliott by KO/TKO15.2%7.8%+7.4+987
Elliott by submission11.2%10.5%+0.7+709
Elliott by decision19.9%20.1%−0.2+322
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.5%77.3%−9.8-480
Over 2.5 rds49.9%67.2%−17.3-258
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.9%62.5%−19.6-202

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
63.9Striking67.8
Elliott +3.9
41.1Grappling70.6
Elliott +29.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ErcegElliott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1544
1530
Divisional
1515
1499
Striking offense
1500
1498
Striking defense
1509
1487
Grappling offense
1541
1514
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
30 yrs
Age
39 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
3.37
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.65
52%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
28%
Takedown accuracy
48%
63%
Takedown defense
59%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
48%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
30%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Erceg
  • WOde OsbourneU-DEC R3
    Close -5679mo before
  • LBrandon MorenoU-DEC R5
    Close +2071y 1mo before
  • LKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R1
    Close -2981y 8mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R5
    Close +1532y before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R2
    Close -4742y 2mo before
Tim Elliott
  • WKai AsakuraSUB R2
    Close +2659mo before
  • W SumudaerjiSUB R1
    Close -1572y 5mo before
  • LMuhammad MokaevSUB R3
    Close +3362y 6mo before
  • WVictor AltamiranoU-DEC R3
    Close -1812y 11mo before
  • WTagir UlanbekovU-DEC R3
    Close +1894y 2mo before
Erceg — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 21-13-1

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
14% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 6 losses
W
38% of wins
L
46% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 6 losses
W
48% of wins
L
46% of losses
UFC
10win11loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(45%) 5
7 (70%)Decision(55%) 6
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Erceg
Elliott
7
UFC fights
21
104.5 min · 14.9 avg
Octagon time
254.8 min · 12.1 avg
10y 5m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Erceg
Elliott
135W–47L · 74.2%
Overall
282W–71L · 79.9%
62W–23L · 72.9%
Wins
127W–40L · 76.0%
73W–24L · 75.3%
Losses
155W–31L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Erceg
Elliott
47W–29L · 61.8%
Overall
115W–53L · 68.5%
44W–28L · 61.1%
Wins
112W–48L · 70.0%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
3W–5L · 37.5%
Distance striking
Erceg
Elliott
4.95
Landed / min
5.16
42.8%
Accuracy
37.0%
55.8%
Defense
61.3%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.12
69.9%
Time at distance
41.1%
Grappling & control
Erceg
Elliott
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
27.6%
Takedown accuracy
47.7%
62.9%
Takedown defense
59.0%
0.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.12
48.6%
Control share
58.0%
Strike target map
Erceg
  • Head69%(288)div 63%
  • Body21%(87)div 22%
  • Legs10%(43)div 16%
Elliott
  • Head59%(504)div 63%
  • Body20%(174)div 22%
  • Legs21%(180)div 16%

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

Steve Erceg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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