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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
CM Punk
CM Punk
0-1 · USA
VS
Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson
0-1 · USA
June 9, 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Punk11/411/502:04
Jackson18/340/000:58
R2
Punk5/150/100:06
Jackson24/391/103:41
R3
Punk3/250/300:41
Jackson22/350/002:47
Total
Punk19/811/902:51
Jackson64/1081/107:26

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
PunkWin probabilityJackson
39.0%61.0%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
20%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Punk39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%30%
Submission8%20%
Decision20%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 19
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Jackson61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%
Submission12%20%
Decision31%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 64
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R221%
R39%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Punk
45.4%+118
Jackson
-11853.5%
Most takedownstie 52.2%
Punk
32.4%-210
Jackson
+21015.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Punk
Expected: 47.7
47.5
Over 47.5
42.8%
+134
Under 47.5
57.2%
-134
060120
Jackson
Expected: 52.0
52
Over 52
41.9%
+136
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.9%
-136
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Punk
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.2%
+169
Under 0.5
62.8%
-169
035
Jackson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.0%
Exactly 0
79.0%
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 10.8 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
Punk39.0%36.5%+2.5+165
Jackson61.0%63.5%−2.5-190

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
14.4Striking69.3
Jackson +54.9
0.0Grappling0.0
Punk +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PunkJackson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1500
Striking offense
1502
1500
Striking defense
1522
1493
Grappling offense
1488
1492
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
39 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.00
Strikes landed / min
4.00
0%
Strike accuracy
50%
8.96
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
38%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
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
637
Days since last fight
854
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
CM Punk
  • LMickey GallSUB R1
    Close +3451y 9mo before
Mike Jackson
  • LMickey GallSUB R1
    Close +4502y 4mo before
Punk — win / loss by method
Record: 0-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 0-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Punk
Jackson
1
UFC fights
1
2.2 min · 2.2 avg
Octagon time
0.8 min · 0.8 avg
9y 11m
Career length
10y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Punk
Jackson
2W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Punk
Jackson
0.00
Landed / min
6.00
0.0%
Accuracy
50.0%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
3.0%
Time at distance
66.7%
Grappling & control
Punk
Jackson
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Punk
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Jackson
  • Head100%(3)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

CM Punk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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