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Justin Willis
Justin Willis
7-1 · USA
VS
Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt
13-13-1 · NZL
December 1, 2018 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
263.5lb
Weigh-in
264.0lb
Justin Willis def. Mark Hunt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Willis6/210/000:00
Hunt9/210/000:00
R2
Willis22/300/000:00
Hunt6/170/000:00
R3
Willis31/520/000:00
Hunt4/220/000:00
Total
Willis59/1030/000:00
Hunt19/600/000:00

Scorecards

Willis vs Hunt

RdAnthony DimitriouEvan FieldHowie BoothCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 16 Willis · 0 Hunt

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Willis-Hunt.

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
WillisWin probabilityHunt
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
8%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Willis82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%52%
Submission7%8%
Decision33%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 59
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Hunt18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%68%
Submission1%6%
Decision5%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 19
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R213%
R310%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Willis
67.6%-220
Hunt
+22030.7%
Most takedownstie 56.8%
Willis
30.8%-248
Hunt
+24812.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Willis
Expected: 36.2
36
Over 36
41.9%
+134
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.3%
-134
04691
Hunt
Expected: 23.8
24
Over 24
40.5%
+140
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
56.8%
-140
03060
Takedowns — over/under
Willis
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
035
Hunt
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
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 8.9 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
Willis82.4%50.0%+32.4-110
Hunt17.6%50.0%−32.4-110

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
74.9Striking58.3
Willis +16.6
34.2Grappling46.6
Hunt +12.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WillisHunt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1540
1555
Divisional
1540
1508
Striking offense
1523
1499
Striking defense
1522
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
44 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.61
Strikes landed / min
2.47
61%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.69
Strikes absorbed / min
3.27
58%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
67%
Takedown accuracy
54%
Takedown defense
66%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
33%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Willis
  • WChase ShermanU-DEC R3
    Close -2907mo before
  • WAllen CrowderKO/TKO R1
    Close -2301y before
  • WJames MulheronU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 5mo before
Mark Hunt
  • LAleksei OleinikSUB R1
    Close -1203mo before
  • LCurtis BlaydesU-DEC R3
    Close +16510mo before
  • WDerrick LewisKO/TKO R4
    Close +1301y 6mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R3
    Close +1101y 9mo before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close -1502y 8mo before
Willis — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Hunt — win / loss by method
Record: 13-13-1, 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
10 wins, 5 losses
W
77% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 7 losses
W
0% of wins
L
54% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
8win7loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(29%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Willis
Hunt
3
UFC fights
17
32.5 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
185.9 min · 10.9 avg
14y 2m
Career length
22y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Willis
Hunt
31W–7L · 81.6%
Overall
327W–87L · 79.0%
31W–7L · 81.6%
Wins
168W–51L · 76.7%
0W–0L
Losses
159W–36L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Willis
Hunt
26W–11L · 70.3%
Overall
199W–52L · 79.3%
25W–11L · 69.4%
Wins
78W–29L · 72.9%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
121W–23L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Willis
Hunt
5.08
Landed / min
3.49
58.2%
Accuracy
40.6%
62.4%
Defense
58.4%
0.92
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.73
64.7%
Time at distance
59.6%
Grappling & control
Willis
Hunt
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
Takedown defense
65.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.08
70.6%
Control share
28.7%
Strike target map
Willis
  • Head86%(129)div 66%
  • Body11%(16)div 19%
  • Legs3%(5)div 15%
Hunt
  • Head82%(375)div 66%
  • Body9%(40)div 19%
  • Legs10%(45)div 15%

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

Justin Willis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mark Hunt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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