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UFC Fight Night: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
Paul Felder
Paul Felder
15-4 · USA
VS
James Vick
James Vick
13-2 · USA
February 17, 2019 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Paul Felder def. James Vick by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Felder20/470/000:31
Vick22/490/000:03
R2
Felder12/320/000:03
Vick19/310/001:39
R3
Felder23/400/000:39
Vick20/410/000:32
Total
Felder55/1190/001:13
Vick61/1210/002:14

Scorecards

Felder vs Vick

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellRaul PorrataCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.427.7 · 20 Felder · 0 Vick

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Felder-Vick.

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
FelderWin probabilityVick
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
10%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Felder52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%40%
Submission3%5%
Decision28%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (3068)act 55
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Vick48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%
Submission7%14%
Decision31%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 61
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R214%
R310%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Felder
46.9%+111
Vick
-11152.1%
Most takedownstie 60.9%
Felder
19.3%+103
Vick
-10319.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Felder
Expected: 52.3
52.5
Over 52.5
42.2%
+137
Under 52.5
57.8%
-137
066131
Vick
Expected: 55.3
55.5
Over 55.5
42.3%
+137
Under 55.5
57.7%
-137
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Felder
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.8%
+338
Under 0.5
77.2%
-338
035
Vick
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+329
Under 0.5
76.7%
-329
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 11.7 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
Felder51.7%47.8%+3.9+100
Vick48.3%52.2%−3.9-120

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
64.1Striking68.4
Vick +4.4
37.8Grappling42.4
Vick +4.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FelderVick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1617
1595
Divisional
1617
1519
Striking offense
1513
1507
Striking defense
1509
1475
Grappling offense
1490
1517
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'3"
70"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.52
Strikes landed / min
4.16
44%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.96
Strikes absorbed / min
3.05
51%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
33%
Takedown accuracy
33%
59%
Takedown defense
57%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
82%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
71%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
225
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paul Felder
  • LMike PerryS-DEC R3
    Close -1707mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close +1151y 3mo before
  • WStevie RayKO/TKO R1
    Close +1601y 7mo before
  • WAlex RicciKO/TKO R1
    Close -3702y before
  • LFrancisco TrinaldoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1352y 5mo before
James Vick
  • LJustin GaethjeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1406mo before
  • WFrancisco TrinaldoU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y before
  • WJoe DuffyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1351y 3mo before
  • WMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -3551y 9mo before
  • WAbel TrujilloSUB R3
    Close -1352y before
Felder — 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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Vick — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Felder
Vick
11
UFC fights
11
126.3 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
95.0 min · 8.6 avg
14y 8m
Career length
15y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Felder
Vick
187W–63L · 74.8%
Overall
150W–29L · 83.8%
124W–44L · 73.8%
Wins
120W–25L · 82.8%
63W–19L · 76.8%
Losses
30W–4L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Felder
Vick
33W–19L · 63.5%
Overall
7W–7L · 50.0%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
7W–7L · 50.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Felder
Vick
4.04
Landed / min
4.93
35.9%
Accuracy
36.5%
53.7%
Defense
66.0%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.63
54.3%
Time at distance
75.4%
Grappling & control
Felder
Vick
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
59.1%
Takedown defense
56.8%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.79
41.8%
Control share
25.1%
Strike target map
Felder
  • Head56%(249)div 63%
  • Body22%(97)div 20%
  • Legs22%(98)div 17%
Vick
  • Head65%(256)div 63%
  • Body25%(99)div 20%
  • Legs10%(40)div 17%

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

Paul Felder
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Vick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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