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Steven Peterson
Steven Peterson
16-7 · USA
VS
Matt Bessette
Matt Bessette
22-8 · USA
July 6, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Steven Peterson def. Matt Bessette by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Peterson22/600/001:21
Bessette25/600/201:12
R2
Peterson38/891/301:54
Bessette28/690/100:00
R3
Peterson14/261/303:58
Bessette4/120/000:21
Total
Peterson74/1752/607:13
Bessette57/1410/301:33

Scorecards

Peterson vs Bessette

RdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.3-9.7
R29-109-1010-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2929-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 2928 · 14 Peterson · 0 Bessette

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Peterson-Bessette.

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
PetersonWin probabilityBessette
53.7%46.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
28%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Peterson54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission16%31%
Decision22%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 74
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 2
Bessette46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission12%25%
Decision19%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 57
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R211%
R312%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Peterson
45.7%+116
Bessette
-11653.1%
Most takedownstie 41.6%
Peterson
35.7%-158
Bessette
+15822.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Peterson
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.9%
+133
Under 41.5
57.1%
-133
053105
Bessette
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.0%
+134
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.5%
-134
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Peterson
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.8%
+123
Under 0.5
55.2%
-123
035
Bessette
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.8%
+205
Under 0.5
67.2%
-205
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 9.4 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
Peterson53.7%46.8%+6.9+105
Bessette46.3%53.2%−6.9-125

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
52.4Striking54.1
Bessette +1.7
34.5Grappling13.9
Peterson +20.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PetersonBessette
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1501
Pound-for-pound
1524
1501
Divisional
1523
1500
Striking offense
1499
1497
Striking defense
1501
1496
Grappling offense
1495
1501
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.87
Strikes landed / min
2.87
26%
Strike accuracy
29%
7.60
Strikes absorbed / min
3.67
60%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
10%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
138
Days since last fight
167
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steven Peterson
  • LBrandon DavisU-DEC R3
    Close +1305mo before
Matt Bessette
  • LEnrique BarzolaU-DEC R3
    Close +2455mo before
Peterson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
25% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
25% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(83%) 5
Bessette — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
32% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
22win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (32%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
8 (36%)Submission(14%) 1
7 (32%)Decision(57%) 4
0 (0%)DQ / other(14%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Peterson
Bessette
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 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.

Peterson
Bessette
8W–4L · 66.7%
Overall
13W–3L · 81.3%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
8W–4L · 66.7%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Peterson
Bessette
125W–39L · 76.2%
Overall
271W–137L · 66.4%
83W–33L · 71.6%
Wins
203W–120L · 62.8%
42W–6L · 87.5%
Losses
68W–17L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Peterson
Bessette
5.34
Landed / min
3.97
24.0%
Accuracy
28.7%
61.2%
Defense
56.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
81.2%
Time at distance
68.9%
Grappling & control
Peterson
Bessette
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
10.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
73.6%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Peterson
  • Head75%(55)div 64%
  • Body16%(12)div 19%
  • Legs8%(6)div 17%
Bessette
  • Head63%(27)div 64%
  • Body35%(15)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%

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

Steven Peterson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Bessette
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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