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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Jack Hermansson
Jack Hermansson
16-4 · SWE
VS
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
27-8 · BRA
May 12, 2018 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Jack Hermansson def. Thales Leites by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:10
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hermansson16/313/301:32
Leites5/71/702:27
R2
Hermansson2/50/000:00
Leites6/101/104:43
R3 · 2:10
Hermansson17/200/000:34
Leites0/01/100:31
Total
Hermansson35/563/302:06
Leites11/173/907:41

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
HermanssonWin probabilityLeites
60.9%39.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
14%
Decision
59%
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 Hermansson, blue toward Leites. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hermansson61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%35%
Submission5%8%
Decision35%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 3
Leites39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%14%
Submission9%23%
Decision24%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 11
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 3
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R210%
R312%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Hermansson
63.1%-177
Leites
+17735.7%
Most takedownstie 52.2%
Hermansson
12.2%+294
Leites
-29435.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 49.8
50
Over 50
41.6%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
57.1%
-137
063125
Leites
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.3%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.9%
-138
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.0%
Exactly 0
83.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Leites
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
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
Hermansson60.9%54.3%+6.6-130
Leites39.1%45.7%−6.6+110

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
82.1Striking57.9
Hermansson +24.2
41.3Grappling46.5
Leites +5.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HermanssonLeites
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1595
1552
Divisional
1594
1496
Striking offense
1471
1508
Striking defense
1519
1509
Grappling offense
1499
1511
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
29 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.09
Strikes landed / min
2.10
53%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.30
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
66%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
30%
Takedown accuracy
26%
75%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
63%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jack Hermansson
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1106mo before
  • WBrad ScottKO/TKO R1
    Close -2759mo before
  • WAlex NicholsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -16511mo before
  • LCezar FerreiraSUB R2
    Close -1301y 6mo before
  • WScott AskhamU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 8mo before
Thales Leites
  • LBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +1557mo before
  • WSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 1mo before
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 6mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R3
    Close -1751y 9mo before
  • LGegard MousasiU-DEC R3
    Close +2502y 2mo before
Hermansson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 1
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-0

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, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 7 losses
W
30% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
12win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (42%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(100%) 7
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hermansson
Leites
5
UFC fights
19
33.0 min · 6.6 avg
Octagon time
236.7 min · 12.5 avg
16y 0m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hermansson
Leites
52W–18L · 74.3%
Overall
347W–97L · 78.2%
27W–8L · 77.1%
Wins
203W–67L · 75.2%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
144W–30L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hermansson
Leites
133W–47L · 73.9%
Overall
260W–131L · 66.5%
122W–45L · 73.1%
Wins
236W–115L · 67.2%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
24W–16L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Hermansson
Leites
4.21
Landed / min
2.68
40.9%
Accuracy
33.4%
71.2%
Defense
59.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
58.4%
Time at distance
52.4%
Grappling & control
Hermansson
Leites
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
26.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.08
71.9%
Control share
69.0%
Strike target map
Hermansson
  • Head62%(104)div 63%
  • Body14%(24)div 19%
  • Legs24%(40)div 18%
Leites
  • Head72%(356)div 63%
  • Body8%(38)div 19%
  • Legs21%(103)div 18%

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

Jack Hermansson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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