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Thomas Gifford
Thomas Gifford
17-7 · USA
April 27, 2019 · Sunrise, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Roosevelt Roberts def. Thomas Gifford by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Roberts19/311/203:42
Gifford10/230/000:00
R2
Roberts20/310/003:10
Gifford13/330/000:00
R3
Roberts14/231/202:19
Gifford7/141/101:41
Total
Roberts53/852/409:11
Gifford30/701/101:41

Scorecards

Roberts vs Gifford

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.7

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 15 Roberts · 0 Gifford

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Roberts-Gifford.

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
RobertsWin probabilityGifford
76.6%23.4%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
19%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Roberts77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%35%
Submission13%17%
Decision37%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 53
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Gifford23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%28%
Submission6%28%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 30
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R211%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Roberts
51.0%-107
Gifford
+10747.6%
Most takedownstie 49.5%
Roberts
23.3%+117
Gifford
-11727.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 39.9
40
Over 40
41.5%
+137
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.8%
-137
050100
Gifford
Expected: 38.5
38.5
Over 38.5
42.4%
+136
Under 38.5
57.6%
-136
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.1%
+232
Under 0.5
69.9%
-232
035
Gifford
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.6%
+198
Under 0.5
66.4%
-198
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 9.8 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
Roberts76.6%79.7%−3.1-470
Gifford23.4%20.3%+3.1+375

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RobertsGifford
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1511
1539
Divisional
1511
1499
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1500
1507
Grappling offense
1500
1507
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.31
Strikes landed / min
46%
Strike accuracy
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
70%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
3.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
148
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roosevelt Roberts
  • WDarrell HorcherSUB R1
    Close -3405mo before
Thomas Gifford
No prior UFC fights.
Roberts — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Gifford — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0, 2 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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 3 losses
W
76% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
13 (76%)Submission(43%) 3
1 (6%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Roberts
Gifford
1
UFC fights
0
4.8 min · 4.8 avg
Octagon time
9y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Roberts
Gifford
13W–3L · 81.3%
Overall
13W–3L · 81.3%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Roberts
Gifford
33W–20L · 62.3%
Overall
172W–71L · 70.8%
33W–20L · 62.3%
Wins
107W–42L · 71.8%
0W–0L
Losses
65W–29L · 69.1%
Distance striking
Roberts
Gifford
4.18
Landed / min
45.5%
Accuracy
74.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
74.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Roberts
Gifford
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
3.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
8.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Roberts
  • Head63%(10)div 63%
  • Body25%(4)div 20%
  • Legs13%(2)div 17%
Gifford
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Roosevelt Roberts
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thomas Gifford

No UFC fights on record.

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