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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews
13-3 · AUS
VS
Shinsho Anzai
Shinsho Anzai
8-2 · JPN
June 23, 2018 · Kallang, Singapore
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jake Matthews def. Shinsho Anzai by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:44
Matthews12/191/101:00
Anzai1/50/100:56
Total
Matthews12/191/101:00
Anzai1/50/100:56

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
MatthewsWin probabilityAnzai
87.3%12.7%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
26%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Matthews87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%26%
Submission25%28%
Decision40%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 12
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Anzai13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%36%
Submission1%11%
Decision7%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 1
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R28%
R312%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Matthews
66.2%-205
Anzai
+20532.3%
Most takedownstie 35.8%
Matthews
30.0%+114
Anzai
-11434.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
42.1%
+134
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.3%
-134
052104
Anzai
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.7%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.9%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.9%
+128
Under 0.5
56.1%
-128
035
Anzai
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
48.6%
+106
Under 0.5
51.4%
-106
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 10.0 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
Matthews87.3%82.5%+4.8-600
Anzai12.7%17.5%−4.8+450

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
69.1Striking65.6
Matthews +3.5
57.7Grappling42.6
Matthews +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MatthewsAnzai
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1537
1556
Divisional
1537
1486
Striking offense
1497
1514
Striking defense
1499
1520
Grappling offense
1538
1501
Grappling defense
1530
Physical
23 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'7"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.01
Strikes landed / min
3.49
48%
Strike accuracy
59%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.69
57%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
17%
64%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
274
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Matthews
  • WLi JingliangU-DEC R3
    Close +1254mo before
  • WBojan VelickovicS-DEC R3
    Close -1407mo before
  • LAndrew HolbrookS-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 7mo before
  • LKevin LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1601y 11mo before
  • WJohnny CaseSUB R3
    Close +1052y 3mo before
Shinsho Anzai
  • WLuke JumeauU-DEC R3
    Close +2159mo before
  • WRoger ZapataKO/TKO R3
    Close -1152y 9mo before
  • LAlberto MinaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2053y 10mo before
Matthews — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Anzai — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Matthews
Anzai
9
UFC fights
3
98.9 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
30.1 min · 10.0 avg
13y 10m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Matthews
Anzai
126W–28L · 81.8%
Overall
26W–4L · 86.7%
96W–25L · 79.3%
Wins
16W–4L · 80.0%
30W–3L · 90.9%
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Matthews
Anzai
18W–10L · 64.3%
Overall
59W–53L · 52.7%
18W–10L · 64.3%
Wins
55W–52L · 51.4%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Matthews
Anzai
3.42
Landed / min
5.54
34.8%
Accuracy
50.4%
65.7%
Defense
61.3%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.2%
Time at distance
35.4%
Grappling & control
Matthews
Anzai
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
64.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
67.1%
Control share
78.9%
Strike target map
Matthews
  • Head80%(238)div 63%
  • Body10%(29)div 20%
  • Legs10%(31)div 16%
Anzai
  • Head70%(74)div 63%
  • Body21%(22)div 20%
  • Legs9%(9)div 16%

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

Jake Matthews
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shinsho Anzai
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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