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Paige VanZant
Paige VanZant
7-3 · USA
January 14, 2018 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Jessica-Rose Clark def. Paige VanZant by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Clark12/251/203:40
VanZant7/160/100:04
R2
Clark15/221/101:58
VanZant19/290/102:29
R3
Clark28/510/000:00
VanZant28/730/000:00
Total
Clark55/982/305:38
VanZant54/1180/202:33

Scorecards

Clark vs VanZant

RdBrian PuccilloChris LeeJustin BrownCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.4-9.7
Total29-2829-2830-2729.3-27.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 14 Clark · 0 VanZant

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Clark-VanZant.

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
ClarkWin probabilityVanZant
29.7%70.3%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
25%
Decision
46%
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 Clark, blue toward VanZant. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Clark30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%25%
Submission7%24%
Decision15%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 55
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 2
VanZant70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%30%
Submission18%26%
Decision31%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 54
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R214%
R310%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Clark
42.6%+131
VanZant
-13155.9%
Most takedownstie 33.9%
Clark
35.2%-114
VanZant
+11430.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Clark
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.5%
+135
Under 34.5
57.5%
-135
04487
VanZant
Expected: 39.9
40
Over 40
41.5%
+137
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.9%
-137
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Clark
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.0%
+168
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
50.5%
-168
035
VanZant
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.6%
+200
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
55.1%
-200
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
Clark29.7%47.8%−18.1+100
VanZant70.3%52.2%+18.1-120

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
77.4Striking66.5
Clark +10.8
56.8Grappling48.2
Clark +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ClarkVanZant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1532
1517
Divisional
1505
1504
Striking offense
1503
1497
Striking defense
1508
1503
Grappling offense
1496
1500
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
30 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
64"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.73
Strikes landed / min
3.44
58%
Strike accuracy
53%
4.33
Strikes absorbed / min
2.52
55%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.72
67%
Takedown accuracy
38%
33%
Takedown defense
42%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
57
Days since last fight
393
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jessica-Rose Clark
  • WBec RawlingsS-DEC R3
    Close +11057d before
Paige VanZant
  • LMichelle Waterson-GomezSUB R1
    Close -1101y 1mo before
  • WBec RawlingsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2101y 5mo before
  • LRose NamajunasSUB R5
    Close -1402y 1mo before
  • WAlex ChambersSUB R3
    Close -15002y 4mo before
  • WFelice HerrigU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y 9mo before
Clark — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 4
VanZant — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Clark
VanZant
1
UFC fights
6
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
70.0 min · 11.7 avg
13y 7m
Career length
14y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Clark
VanZant
7W–6L · 53.8%
Overall
41W–17L · 70.7%
7W–6L · 53.8%
Wins
25W–11L · 69.4%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–6L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Clark
VanZant
67W–22L · 75.3%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
38W–16L · 70.4%
Wins
0W–0L
29W–6L · 82.9%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Clark
VanZant
12.28
Landed / min
4.97
54.4%
Accuracy
32.8%
57.6%
Defense
52.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
46.7%
Time at distance
17.6%
Grappling & control
Clark
VanZant
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.72
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
38.1%
33.3%
Takedown defense
41.7%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.86
69.3%
Control share
50.6%
Strike target map
Clark
  • Head60%(61)div 67%
  • Body16%(16)div 15%
  • Legs24%(24)div 17%
VanZant
  • Head64%(154)div 67%
  • Body25%(60)div 15%
  • Legs11%(27)div 17%

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

Jessica-Rose Clark
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paige VanZant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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