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Ben Rothwell
Ben Rothwell
37-12 · USA
VS
Ovince Saint Preux
Ovince Saint Preux
24-13 · USA
May 13, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.0lb
Weigh-in
240.5lb
Ben Rothwell def. Ovince Saint Preux by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rothwell7/141/101:35
Saint Preux9/190/000:00
R2
Rothwell19/410/201:30
Saint Preux13/270/010:22
R3
Rothwell30/550/002:44
Saint Preux20/360/000:00
Total
Rothwell56/1101/305:49
Saint Preux42/820/010:22

Scorecards

Rothwell vs Saint Preux

RdDave TirelliDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109.5-9.5
R310-910-99-109.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2828-2929-28

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 16 Rothwell · 0 Saint Preux

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rothwell-Saint Preux.

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
RothwellWin probabilitySaint Preux
36.3%63.7%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
9%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Rothwell, blue toward Saint Preux. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rothwell36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%73%
Submission2%6%
Decision7%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 56
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Saint Preux64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%57%
Submission7%10%
Decision21%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 42
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R227%
R312%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Rothwell
53.7%-119
Saint Preux
+11945.0%
Most takedownstie 67.5%
Rothwell
22.6%-230
Saint Preux
+2309.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rothwell
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.7%
+134
Under 42.5
57.3%
-134
054107
Saint Preux
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
41.3%
+138
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
57.0%
-138
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Rothwell
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.3%
+311
Under 0.5
75.7%
-311
035
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
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 8.6 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
Rothwell36.3%45.3%−9.0+112
Saint Preux63.7%54.7%+9.0-132

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
51.4Striking55.3
Saint Preux +3.9
39.1Grappling44.9
Saint Preux +5.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RothwellSaint Preux
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1578
1569
Divisional
1521
1517
Striking offense
1495
1484
Striking defense
1506
1504
Grappling offense
1519
1528
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
38 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
78"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.56
Strikes landed / min
2.49
44%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.32
43%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
30%
Takedown accuracy
32%
57%
Takedown defense
67%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
86%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
158
Days since last fight
228
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ben Rothwell
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R2
    Close -1505mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -17510mo before
  • LBlagoy IvanovU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 2mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close -1054y 1mo before
  • WJosh BarnettSUB R2
    Close +1204y 3mo before
Ovince Saint Preux
  • WMichal OleksiejczukSUB R2
    Close +2457mo before
  • LNikita KrylovSUB R2
    Close +1151y 1mo before
  • LDominick ReyesU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 7mo before
  • WTyson PedroSUB R1
    Close +1251y 11mo before
  • LIlir LatifiSUB R1
    Close -1652y 3mo before
Rothwell — win / loss by method
Record: 37-12-0

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
28 wins, 4 losses
W
76% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
30win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
24 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (13%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (7%)Decision(33%) 2
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 24-13-0

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
15% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
23% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 8 losses
W
21% of wins
L
62% of losses
UFC
12win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
5 (42%)Submission(38%) 3
2 (17%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Rothwell
Saint Preux
13
UFC fights
20
133.0 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
185.0 min · 9.2 avg
25y 7m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rothwell
Saint Preux
250W–93L · 72.9%
Overall
307W–70L · 81.4%
165W–56L · 74.7%
Wins
173W–47L · 78.6%
85W–37L · 69.7%
Losses
134W–23L · 85.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rothwell
Saint Preux
509W–183L · 73.6%
Overall
151W–55L · 73.3%
472W–168L · 73.8%
Wins
105W–47L · 69.1%
37W–15L · 71.2%
Losses
46W–8L · 85.2%
Distance striking
Rothwell
Saint Preux
4.17
Landed / min
3.34
39.6%
Accuracy
38.1%
44.9%
Defense
49.8%
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
65.4%
Time at distance
55.3%
Grappling & control
Rothwell
Saint Preux
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
30.4%
Takedown accuracy
31.8%
56.5%
Takedown defense
67.1%
0.45
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.49
59.7%
Control share
39.1%
Strike target map
Rothwell
  • Head73%(347)div 66%
  • Body14%(68)div 19%
  • Legs12%(59)div 15%
Saint Preux
  • Head68%(312)div 66%
  • Body22%(100)div 19%
  • Legs10%(48)div 15%

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

Ben Rothwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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