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Elias Theodorou
Elias Theodorou
14-2 · CAN
VS
Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith
15-7 · USA
May 27, 2018 · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Elias Theodorou def. Trevor Smith by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Theodorou37/570/001:05
Smith13/250/201:51
R2
Theodorou23/470/001:26
Smith19/322/401:21
R3
Theodorou17/340/001:33
Smith9/241/501:09
Total
Theodorou77/1380/004:04
Smith41/813/1104:21

Scorecards

Theodorou vs Smith

RdBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-99-109.7-9.4
Total30-2730-2729-2829.5-27.6

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 17 Theodorou · 0 Smith

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Theodorou-Smith.

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
TheodorouWin probabilitySmith
79.3%20.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
7%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Theodorou79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%34%
Submission3%4%
Decision49%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 77
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Smith21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%17%
Submission4%19%
Decision13%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 41
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R216%
R35%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Theodorou
70.3%-247
Smith
+24728.5%
Most takedownstie 42.4%
Theodorou
25.5%+126
Smith
-12632.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 51.5
51.5
Over 51.5
42.4%
+136
Under 51.5
57.6%
-136
065129
Smith
Expected: 32.0
32
Over 32
41.4%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.6%
-137
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.7%
+188
Under 0.5
65.3%
-188
035
Smith
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.6%
+140
Under 0.5
58.4%
-140
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 11.6 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
Theodorou79.3%77.0%+2.3-390
Smith20.7%23.0%−2.3+320

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
70.4Striking74.1
Smith +3.7
37.9Grappling53.3
Smith +15.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TheodorouSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1588
Pound-for-pound
1541
1589
Divisional
1541
1504
Striking offense
1507
1532
Striking defense
1500
1502
Grappling offense
1506
1504
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
29 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.77
Strikes landed / min
3.61
41%
Strike accuracy
59%
1.88
Strikes absorbed / min
2.51
57%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.84
31%
Takedown accuracy
36%
54%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
56%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
190
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elias Theodorou
  • WDaniel KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -3106mo before
  • LBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close -10511mo before
  • WCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 3mo before
  • WSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close -2351y 11mo before
  • LThiago SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y 6mo before
Trevor Smith
  • WChris CamozziU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y before
  • LAndrew SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 6mo before
  • WJoseph GigliottiU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 10mo before
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 10mo before
  • LCaio MagalhaesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2553y 7mo before
Theodorou — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
1 win, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (100%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
9 (90%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Theodorou
Smith
8
UFC fights
9
108.8 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
106.3 min · 11.8 avg
15y 1m
Career length
17y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Theodorou
Smith
103W–24L · 81.1%
Overall
123W–41L · 75.0%
78W–17L · 82.1%
Wins
65W–25L · 72.2%
25W–7L · 78.1%
Losses
58W–16L · 78.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Theodorou
Smith
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
97W–44L · 68.8%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
58W–30L · 65.9%
0W–0L
Losses
39W–14L · 73.6%
Distance striking
Theodorou
Smith
4.65
Landed / min
4.95
32.7%
Accuracy
45.7%
65.9%
Defense
65.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
52.8%
Time at distance
34.0%
Grappling & control
Theodorou
Smith
1.79
Takedowns / 15 min
1.84
31.0%
Takedown accuracy
36.1%
53.6%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.85
68.8%
Control share
82.5%
Strike target map
Theodorou
  • Head48%(195)div 63%
  • Body29%(120)div 19%
  • Legs23%(95)div 18%
Smith
  • Head53%(205)div 63%
  • Body26%(98)div 19%
  • Legs21%(81)div 18%

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

Elias Theodorou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Trevor Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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