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UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till
Darren Stewart
Darren Stewart
7-3 · GBR
VS
Eric Spicely
Eric Spicely
10-3 · USA
May 27, 2018 · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Darren Stewart def. Eric Spicely by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Stewart17/500/000:00
Spicely11/580/301:02
R2 · 1:47
Stewart17/400/010:15
Spicely4/170/100:01
Total
Stewart34/900/010:15
Spicely15/750/401:03

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
StewartWin probabilitySpicely
65.1%34.9%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
29%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Stewart65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%31%
Submission14%21%
Decision31%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 34
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Spicely35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%17%
Submission16%45%
Decision13%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 15
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R218%
R38%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Stewart
69.7%-241
Spicely
+24128.9%
Most takedownstie 39.5%
Stewart
34.1%-129
Spicely
+12926.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Stewart
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
42.1%
+137
Under 41.5
57.9%
-137
052104
Spicely
Expected: 25.9
26
Over 26
40.9%
+139
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.6%
-139
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Stewart
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+203
Exactly 1
16.8%
push
Under 1
55.7%
-203
035
Spicely
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.2%
+169
Under 0.5
62.8%
-169
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 9.8 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
Stewart65.1%40.4%+24.7+140
Spicely34.9%59.6%−24.7-160

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
62.8Striking68.8
Spicely +6.1
49.5Grappling47.3
Stewart +2.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StewartSpicely
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1481
Pound-for-pound
1514
1494
Divisional
1514
1493
Striking offense
1475
1510
Striking defense
1513
1506
Grappling offense
1510
1482
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.75
Strikes landed / min
1.96
48%
Strike accuracy
61%
2.75
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
49%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
43%
Takedown accuracy
25%
50%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
40%
-4
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
162
Days since last fight
177
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Stewart
  • LJulian MarquezSUB R2
    Close +2805mo before
  • LKarl RobersonSUB R1
    Close +1856mo before
  • LFrancimar BarrosoU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 2mo before
Eric Spicely
  • LGerald MeerschaertKO/TKO R2
    Close +1506mo before
  • LAntonio Carlos JuniorSUB R2
    Close +2301y before
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoSUB R1
    Close -1101y 4mo before
  • WThiago SantosSUB R1
    Close +5501y 8mo before
  • LSam AlveySUB R1
    Close +2351y 10mo before
Stewart — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(67%) 2
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Spicely — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Stewart
Spicely
4
UFC fights
5
27.9 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
24.0 min · 4.8 avg
12y 2m
Career length
13y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Stewart
Spicely
29W–6L · 82.9%
Overall
83W–24L · 77.6%
0W–0L
Wins
23W–5L · 82.1%
29W–6L · 82.9%
Losses
60W–19L · 75.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Stewart
Spicely
34W–31L · 52.3%
Overall
42W–35L · 54.5%
34W–31L · 52.3%
Wins
42W–35L · 54.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Stewart
Spicely
3.86
Landed / min
2.41
34.6%
Accuracy
45.2%
63.0%
Defense
62.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.4%
Time at distance
32.8%
Grappling & control
Stewart
Spicely
3.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.87
65.8%
Control share
51.3%
Strike target map
Stewart
  • Head65%(50)div 63%
  • Body14%(11)div 19%
  • Legs21%(16)div 18%
Spicely
  • Head89%(42)div 63%
  • Body9%(4)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 18%

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

Darren Stewart
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eric Spicely
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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