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UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
18-2 · USA
VS
James Vick
James Vick
13-1 · USA
August 25, 2018 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Justin Gaethje def. James Vick by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:27
Gaethje7/150/010:04
Vick10/200/000:00
Total
Gaethje7/150/010:04
Vick10/200/000:00

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
GaethjeWin probabilityVick
80.3%19.7%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
13%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 15.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gaethje80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO57%71%
Submission8%10%
Decision15%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes105 (60136)act 7
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Vick20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%36%
Submission5%27%
Decision8%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes89 (51116)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~194 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R212%
R325%
R414%
R510%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Gaethje
57.4%-137
Vick
+13742.0%
Most takedownstie 68.6%
Gaethje
19.1%-155
Vick
+15512.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 104.9
105
Over 105
42.1%
+136
Exactly 105
0.6%
push
Under 105
57.3%
-136
0132263
Vick
Expected: 89.0
89
Over 89
42.1%
+136
Exactly 89
0.8%
push
Under 89
57.1%
-136
0112223
Takedowns — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
20.8%
+380
Under 0.5
79.2%
-380
035
Vick
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
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 15.6 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
Gaethje80.3%43.8%+36.5+120
Vick19.7%56.2%−36.5-140

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
68.5Striking68.4
Gaethje +0.1
22.2Grappling42.5
Vick +20.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GaethjeVick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1637
1541
Divisional
1637
1502
Striking offense
1511
1483
Striking defense
1516
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'3"
70"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.67
Strikes landed / min
4.11
55%
Strike accuracy
38%
10.68
Strikes absorbed / min
3.02
54%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
0%
Takedown accuracy
33%
80%
Takedown defense
57%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
90%
-2
Win/loss streak
+4
33%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
188
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Gaethje
  • LDustin PoirierKO/TKO R4
    Close +1054mo before
  • LEddie AlvarezKO/TKO R3
    Close -1709mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1451y 2mo before
James Vick
  • WFrancisco TrinaldoU-DEC R3
    Close -2106mo before
  • WJoe DuffyKO/TKO R2
    Close +13510mo before
  • WMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -3551y 3mo before
  • WAbel TrujilloSUB R3
    Close -1351y 7mo before
  • LBeneil DariushKO/TKO R1
    Close +1202y 3mo before
Gaethje — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
15 wins, 2 losses
W
83% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (6%)Submission() 0
2 (12%)Decision() 0
Vick — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
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
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
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
Gaethje
Vick
3
UFC fights
10
39.3 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
93.6 min · 9.4 avg
14y 11m
Career length
15y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gaethje
Vick
67W–21L · 76.1%
Overall
132W–27L · 83.0%
17W–11L · 60.7%
Wins
120W–25L · 82.8%
50W–10L · 83.3%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gaethje
Vick
244W–97L · 71.6%
Overall
7W–7L · 50.0%
244W–97L · 71.6%
Wins
7W–7L · 50.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gaethje
Vick
8.32
Landed / min
4.88
51.1%
Accuracy
36.2%
56.1%
Defense
66.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.64
85.9%
Time at distance
75.1%
Grappling & control
Gaethje
Vick
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
80.0%
Takedown defense
56.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.80
55.9%
Control share
25.1%
Strike target map
Gaethje
  • Head55%(187)div 63%
  • Body9%(31)div 20%
  • Legs36%(123)div 17%
Vick
  • Head66%(253)div 63%
  • Body24%(94)div 20%
  • Legs10%(38)div 17%

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

Justin Gaethje
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.