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UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till
Darren Till
Darren Till
16-0-1 · GBR
VS
Stephen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
14-2-1 · USA
May 27, 2018 · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
174.5lbMissed +3.5
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Darren Till def. Stephen Thompson by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Till4/120/000:00
Thompson5/180/000:00
R2
Till9/250/000:00
Thompson6/280/000:00
R3
Till9/320/000:00
Thompson8/310/000:00
R4
Till7/330/000:08
Thompson8/260/000:00
R5
Till9/240/010:06
Thompson3/230/100:00
Total
Till38/1260/010:14
Thompson30/1260/100:00

Scorecards

Till vs Thompson

RdAndy RobertsMark CollettPaul SutherlandCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R310-99-109-109.2-9.9
R410-910-910-99.4-9.7
R510-910-910-99.9-9
Total49-4648-4749-4647.1-48

Media (25 cards) · avg 48.546.6 · 25 Till · 0 Thompson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Till-Thompson.

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
TillWin probabilityThompson
53.2%46.8%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
2%
Decision
81%
Expected fight time: 21.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Till53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%
Submission1%3%
Decision42%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 38
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Thompson47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%16%
Submission1%1%
Decision39%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (46105)act 30
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~158 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R24%
R33%
R42%
R51%
Distance81%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Till
47.3%+110
Thompson
-11052.0%
Most takedownstie 65.0%
Till
27.1%-342
Thompson
+3427.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Till
Expected: 77.1
77
Over 77
42.1%
+135
Exactly 77
0.9%
push
Under 77
57.0%
-135
097193
Thompson
Expected: 81.0
81
Over 81
42.1%
+135
Exactly 81
0.8%
push
Under 81
57.0%
-135
0102203
Takedowns — over/under
Till
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+248
Under 0.5
71.3%
-248
035
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.2%
Exactly 0
89.8%
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 21.8 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
Till53.2%42.0%+11.2+130
Thompson46.8%58.0%−11.2-150

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
69.6Striking69.9
Thompson +0.2
42.0Grappling46.8
Thompson +4.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TillThompson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1605
Pound-for-pound
1628
1599
Divisional
1627
1506
Striking offense
1533
1528
Striking defense
1539
1491
Grappling offense
1467
1514
Grappling defense
1563
Physical
25 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.18
Strikes landed / min
3.81
52%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.25
Strikes absorbed / min
2.66
63%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.48
33%
Takedown accuracy
50%
82%
Takedown defense
78%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
82%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
218
Days since last fight
204
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Till
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close +1307mo before
  • WBojan VelickovicU-DEC R3
    Close -1909mo before
  • WJessin AyariU-DEC R3
    missedClose -2751y before
  • DNicolas DalbyM-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 7mo before
  • WWendell Oliveira MarquesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1103y before
Stephen Thompson
  • WJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close -1907mo before
  • LTyron WoodleyM-DEC R5
    Close -1401y 3mo before
  • DTyron WoodleyM-DEC R5
    Close -2001y 6mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldU-DEC R5
    Close -1151y 11mo before
  • WJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close +2452y 4mo before
Till — win / loss by method
Record: 16-0-1

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, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-1

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, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Till
Thompson
5
UFC fights
12
56.0 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
157.4 min · 13.1 avg
13y 5m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Till
Thompson
87W–25L · 77.7%
Overall
184W–59L · 75.7%
87W–25L · 77.7%
Wins
155W–45L · 77.5%
0W–0L
Losses
29W–14L · 67.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Till
Thompson
27W–16L · 62.8%
Overall
12W–9L · 57.1%
27W–16L · 62.8%
Wins
12W–9L · 57.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Till
Thompson
3.29
Landed / min
4.59
46.2%
Accuracy
41.8%
75.3%
Defense
68.2%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.86
63.5%
Time at distance
71.9%
Grappling & control
Till
Thompson
0.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.48
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
82.4%
Takedown defense
78.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
52.4%
Control share
48.2%
Strike target map
Till
  • Head76%(135)div 63%
  • Body12%(21)div 20%
  • Legs12%(22)div 16%
Thompson
  • Head65%(390)div 63%
  • Body24%(144)div 20%
  • Legs11%(65)div 16%

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

Darren Till
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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