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Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
14-4-1 · USA
VS
Vicente Luque
Vicente Luque
17-6-1 · USA
November 2, 2019 · New York City, New York, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.4lb
Weigh-in
170.2lb
Stephen Thompson def. Vicente Luque by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thompson32/500/000:00
Luque38/670/000:01
R2
Thompson51/910/000:00
Luque25/610/000:00
R3
Thompson55/1010/010:11
Luque14/470/000:00
Total
Thompson138/2420/010:11
Luque77/1750/000:01

Scorecards

Thompson vs Luque

RdDerek ClearyDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.4-9.7
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-810-810-810-8.2
Total30-2630-2629-2729.4-26.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.227.5 · 13 Thompson · 0 Luque

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Thompson-Luque.

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
ThompsonWin probabilityLuque
25.3%74.7%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
2%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 12.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Thompson25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission0%0%
Decision19%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 138
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Luque75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%36%
Submission1%2%
Decision47%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 77
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~149 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R212%
R314%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Thompson
48.2%+106
Luque
-10651.0%
Most takedownstie 68.5%
Thompson
6.4%+395
Luque
-39525.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 73.5
73.5
Over 73.5
42.5%
+135
Under 73.5
57.5%
-135
092184
Luque
Expected: 75.7
75.5
Over 75.5
42.7%
+134
Under 75.5
57.3%
-134
095190
Takedowns — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.1%
Exactly 0
91.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Luque
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.4%
+278
Under 0.5
73.6%
-278
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 12.7 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
Thompson25.3%51.1%−25.8-115
Luque74.7%48.9%+25.8-105

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
68.7Striking69.1
Luque +0.4
44.3Grappling59.3
Luque +15.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThompsonLuque
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1622
1590
Divisional
1621
1525
Striking offense
1551
1537
Striking defense
1496
1455
Grappling offense
1507
1573
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
36 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.52
Strikes landed / min
5.19
42%
Strike accuracy
56%
2.54
Strikes absorbed / min
4.72
60%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.39
Takedowns / 15 min
0.95
45%
Takedown accuracy
50%
78%
Takedown defense
65%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
83%
-2
Win/loss streak
+6
20%
Last-5 win rate
100%
56%
Finish rate
90%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stephen Thompson
  • LAnthony PettisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4307mo before
  • LDarren TillU-DEC R5
    opp missedClose -1501y 5mo before
  • WJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close -1902y before
  • LTyron WoodleyM-DEC R5
    Close -1402y 8mo before
  • DTyron WoodleyM-DEC R5
    Close -2003y before
Vicente Luque
  • WMike PerryS-DEC R3
    Close -2503mo before
  • WDerrick KrantzKO/TKO R1
    Close -11006mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4708mo before
  • WJalin TurnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -7001y 1mo before
  • WChad LapriseKO/TKO R1
    Close -2351y 5mo before
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-1

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Luque — win / loss by method
Record: 17-6-1

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
7win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Thompson
Luque
14
UFC fights
12
192.3 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
94.4 min · 7.9 avg
16y 6m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thompson
Luque
221W–67L · 76.7%
Overall
138W–42L · 76.7%
155W–45L · 77.5%
Wins
122W–39L · 75.8%
66W–22L · 75.0%
Losses
16W–3L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thompson
Luque
12W–9L · 57.1%
Overall
71W–19L · 78.9%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
26W–5L · 83.9%
0W–0L
Losses
45W–14L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Thompson
Luque
4.04
Landed / min
7.57
40.3%
Accuracy
52.8%
67.4%
Defense
55.8%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.11
76.6%
Time at distance
56.8%
Grappling & control
Thompson
Luque
0.39
Takedowns / 15 min
0.95
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
78.1%
Takedown defense
64.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.11
47.9%
Control share
44.2%
Strike target map
Thompson
  • Head63%(426)div 63%
  • Body25%(166)div 20%
  • Legs12%(84)div 16%
Luque
  • Head66%(324)div 63%
  • Body12%(57)div 20%
  • Legs22%(109)div 16%

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

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vicente Luque
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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