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UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2
Nathaniel Wood
Nathaniel Wood
13-3 · GBR
VS
Andre Ewell
Andre Ewell
14-4 · USA
December 29, 2018 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Nathaniel Wood def. Andre Ewell by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 4:12
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Wood20/520/010:49
Ewell12/430/000:00
R2
Wood33/451/104:35
Ewell2/100/000:00
R3 · 4:12
Wood8/171/203:13
Ewell1/50/000:00
Total
Wood61/1142/318:37
Ewell15/580/000:00

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
WoodWin probabilityEwell
82.3%17.7%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
8%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Wood82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%41%
Submission7%8%
Decision42%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 61
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 2
Ewell18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%36%
Submission1%7%
Decision10%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 15
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R217%
R313%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Wood
66.6%-205
Ewell
+20532.5%
Most takedownstie 45.4%
Wood
46.8%-598
Ewell
+5987.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Wood
Expected: 65.9
66
Over 66
41.9%
+136
Exactly 66
1.0%
push
Under 66
57.0%
-136
083165
Ewell
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.0%
+134
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.5%
-134
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Wood
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.6%
+153
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-153
035
Ewell
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.0%
Exactly 0
87.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.2 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
Wood82.3%52.2%+30.1-120
Ewell17.7%47.8%−30.1+100

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
57.7Striking66.0
Ewell +8.3
50.0Grappling41.1
Wood +8.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodEwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1541
1542
Divisional
1542
1501
Striking offense
1502
1500
Striking defense
1504
1507
Grappling offense
1498
1507
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.52
Strikes landed / min
3.53
34%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.07
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
58%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
40%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
211
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nathaniel Wood
  • WJohnny EduardoSUB R2
    Close -2457mo before
Andre Ewell
  • WRenan BaraoS-DEC R3
    Close +1703mo before
Wood — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Ewell — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Wood
Ewell
1
UFC fights
1
7.3 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 6m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Wood
Ewell
28W–11L · 71.8%
Overall
34W–6L · 85.0%
28W–11L · 71.8%
Wins
34W–6L · 85.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Wood
Ewell
99W–56L · 63.9%
Overall
63W–87L · 42.0%
77W–45L · 63.1%
Wins
46W–85L · 35.1%
22W–11L · 66.7%
Losses
17W–2L · 89.5%
Distance striking
Wood
Ewell
5.08
Landed / min
5.48
34.0%
Accuracy
43.3%
59.3%
Defense
68.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
89.0%
Time at distance
63.2%
Grappling & control
Wood
Ewell
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
2.05
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
93.2%
Control share
8.6%
Strike target map
Wood
  • Head61%(20)div 63%
  • Body9%(3)div 21%
  • Legs30%(10)div 16%
Ewell
  • Head77%(41)div 63%
  • Body21%(11)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%

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

Nathaniel Wood
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andre Ewell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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