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UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews
15-4 · AUS
VS
Emil Meek
Emil Meek
9-4 · NOR
February 22, 2020 · Auckland, New Zealand
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jake Matthews def. Emil Meek by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Matthews10/191/113:57
Meek2/140/000:00
R2
Matthews9/122/203:54
Meek15/300/000:04
R3
Matthews14/421/400:37
Meek33/740/100:00
Total
Matthews33/734/718:28
Meek50/1180/100:04

Scorecards

Matthews vs Meek

RdBarry FoleyHowie BoothMark RodgersCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28

Media (9 cards) · avg 2927.7 · 9 Matthews · 0 Meek

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Matthews-Meek.

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
MatthewsWin probabilityMeek
78.2%21.8%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
23%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Matthews78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%26%
Submission20%26%
Decision38%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 33
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 4
Meek22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%44%
Submission2%12%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R212%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Matthews
57.5%-140
Meek
+14041.0%
Most takedownstie 31.3%
Matthews
59.6%-660
Meek
+6609.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Meek
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
42.5%
+135
Under 32.5
57.5%
-135
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.1%
+127
Under 1.5
55.9%
-127
035
Meek
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.2%
Exactly 0
80.8%
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 9.9 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
Matthews78.2%64.3%+13.9-200
Meek21.8%35.7%−13.9+170

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
71.9Striking50.8
Matthews +21.1
56.3Grappling54.5
Matthews +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MatthewsMeek
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1505
1569
Divisional
1505
1485
Striking offense
1508
1536
Striking defense
1497
1511
Grappling offense
1499
1507
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
2.24
46%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
2.64
63%
Strike defense
32%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
39%
Takedown accuracy
50%
67%
Takedown defense
48%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
33%
63%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
580
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Matthews
  • WRostem AkmanU-DEC R3
    Close -4705mo before
  • LAnthony Rocco MartinSUB R3
    Close -1501y 3mo before
  • WShinsho AnzaiSUB R1
    Close -6001y 8mo before
  • WLi JingliangU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y before
  • WBojan VelickovicS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 3mo before
Emil Meek
  • LBartosz FabinskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 7mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +5252y 1mo before
  • WJordan MeinU-DEC R3
    Close +1503y 2mo before
Matthews — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Meek — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0, 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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Matthews
Meek
12
UFC fights
3
127.9 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 10m
Career length
15y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Matthews
Meek
154W–35L · 81.5%
Overall
53W–13L · 80.3%
110W–28L · 79.7%
Wins
29W–10L · 74.4%
44W–7L · 86.3%
Losses
24W–3L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Matthews
Meek
18W–10L · 64.3%
Overall
78W–46L · 62.9%
18W–10L · 64.3%
Wins
71W–43L · 62.3%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–3L · 70.0%
Distance striking
Matthews
Meek
3.44
Landed / min
7.31
36.1%
Accuracy
28.6%
71.4%
Defense
42.7%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.1%
Time at distance
17.6%
Grappling & control
Matthews
Meek
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.33
38.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
48.5%
0.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.33
66.0%
Control share
23.8%
Strike target map
Matthews
  • Head72%(281)div 63%
  • Body15%(58)div 20%
  • Legs14%(54)div 16%
Meek
  • Head64%(65)div 63%
  • Body25%(25)div 20%
  • Legs11%(11)div 16%

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

Jake Matthews
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Emil Meek
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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