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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje
Jack Hermansson
Jack Hermansson
18-4 · SWE
VS
David Branch
David Branch
22-5 · USA
March 30, 2019 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Jack Hermansson def. David Branch by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:49
Hermansson3/101/200:10
Branch1/60/000:04
Total
Hermansson3/101/200:10
Branch1/60/000:04

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
HermanssonWin probabilityBranch
60.0%40.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
38%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hermansson60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%34%
Submission23%38%
Decision16%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 3
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Branch40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%18%
Submission15%38%
Decision18%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 1
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R212%
R310%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Hermansson
60.4%-160
Branch
+16037.7%
Most takedownstie 46.3%
Hermansson
20.1%+168
Branch
-16833.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.7%
+134
Under 31.5
57.3%
-134
04080
Branch
Expected: 24.5
24.5
Over 24.5
42.6%
+135
Under 24.5
57.4%
-135
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.6%
+263
Under 0.5
72.4%
-263
035
Branch
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.9%
+145
Under 0.5
59.1%
-145
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 8.3 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
Hermansson60.0%58.0%+2.0-150
Branch40.0%42.0%−2.0+130

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
84.6Striking62.0
Hermansson +22.6
59.7Grappling39.6
Hermansson +20.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HermanssonBranch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1585
Pound-for-pound
1535
1586
Divisional
1535
1507
Striking offense
1475
1510
Striking defense
1505
1509
Grappling offense
1510
1498
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
30 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.92
Strikes landed / min
1.67
57%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.77
Strikes absorbed / min
1.89
64%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
47%
Takedown accuracy
33%
73%
Takedown defense
43%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
80%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jack Hermansson
  • WGerald MeerschaertSUB R1
    Close -1503mo before
  • WThales LeitesKO/TKO R3
    Close -13011mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1101y 5mo before
  • WBrad ScottKO/TKO R1
    Close -2751y 8mo before
  • WAlex NicholsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1651y 10mo before
David Branch
  • LJared CannonierKO/TKO R2
    Close -3255mo before
  • WThiago SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +14011mo before
  • LLuke RockholdKO/TKO R2
    Close +4001y 6mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoS-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 11mo before
  • LRousimar PalharesSUB R2
    Close +1408y 1mo before
Hermansson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 1
Branch — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (28%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (39%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (33%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hermansson
Branch
7
UFC fights
8
49.6 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
81.5 min · 10.2 avg
16y 0m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hermansson
Branch
108W–35L · 75.5%
Overall
114W–25L · 82.0%
83W–25L · 76.9%
Wins
62W–12L · 83.8%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
52W–13L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hermansson
Branch
133W–47L · 73.9%
Overall
221W–64L · 77.5%
122W–45L · 73.1%
Wins
211W–60L · 77.9%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
10W–4L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Hermansson
Branch
4.44
Landed / min
2.33
41.9%
Accuracy
27.3%
69.5%
Defense
69.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.18
43.6%
Time at distance
35.3%
Grappling & control
Hermansson
Branch
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
32.6%
73.3%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.0%
Control share
73.3%
Strike target map
Hermansson
  • Head68%(166)div 63%
  • Body13%(31)div 19%
  • Legs19%(47)div 18%
Branch
  • Head47%(64)div 63%
  • Body30%(41)div 19%
  • Legs23%(31)div 18%

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

Jack Hermansson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

David Branch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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