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Justin Willis
Justin Willis
6-1 · USA
VS
Chase Sherman
Chase Sherman
11-4 · USA
April 21, 2018 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.4lb
Weigh-in
247.0lb
Justin Willis def. Chase Sherman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Willis38/550/010:32
Sherman17/390/000:44
R2
Willis21/291/101:54
Sherman21/420/000:00
R3
Willis17/250/100:34
Sherman31/560/001:17
Total
Willis76/1091/213:00
Sherman69/1370/002:01

Scorecards

Willis vs Sherman

RdDominic CaroleiJon BilykMunah QueridoCommunity
R1---10-8.7
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-27.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 13 Willis · 0 Sherman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Willis-Sherman.

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
WillisWin probabilitySherman
68.9%31.1%
KO / TKO
72%
Submission
4%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 7.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Willis69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%70%
Submission3%4%
Decision18%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 76
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Sherman31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%78%
Submission1%3%
Decision6%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 69
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R228%
R33%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Willis
67.0%-213
Sherman
+21331.5%
Most takedownstie 57.6%
Willis
35.9%-551
Sherman
+5516.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Willis
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.3%
+137
Under 40.5
57.7%
-137
051101
Sherman
Expected: 27.0
27
Over 27
41.3%
+137
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.3%
-137
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Willis
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.9%
+164
Under 0.5
62.1%
-164
035
Sherman
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.2%
Exactly 0
90.8%
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 7.2 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
Willis68.9%72.0%−3.1-290
Sherman31.1%28.0%+3.1+245

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
76.9Striking66.1
Willis +10.8
37.8Grappling25.0
Willis +12.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WillisSherman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1509
1540
Divisional
1509
1507
Striking offense
1506
1501
Striking defense
1483
1501
Grappling offense
1494
1508
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.22
Strikes landed / min
6.25
55%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.91
Strikes absorbed / min
5.35
66%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
40%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Willis
  • WAllen CrowderKO/TKO R1
    Close -2305mo before
  • WJames MulheronU-DEC R3
    Close -1409mo before
Chase Sherman
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R1
    Close +1055mo before
  • WDamian GrabowskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2459mo before
  • WRashad CoulterKO/TKO R2
    Close -11011mo before
  • LWalt HarrisKO/TKO R2
    Close +1351y 3mo before
  • LJustin LedetU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 8mo before
Willis — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Sherman — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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, 3 losses
W
91% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Willis
Sherman
2
UFC fights
5
17.6 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
47.7 min · 9.5 avg
14y 2m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Willis
Sherman
20W–3L · 87.0%
Overall
59W–13L · 81.9%
20W–3L · 87.0%
Wins
28W–5L · 84.8%
0W–0L
Losses
31W–8L · 79.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Willis
Sherman
26W–11L · 70.3%
Overall
22W–42L · 34.4%
25W–11L · 69.4%
Wins
20W–41L · 32.8%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Willis
Sherman
4.48
Landed / min
5.76
52.9%
Accuracy
39.8%
68.1%
Defense
57.7%
0.85
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
68.6%
Time at distance
92.9%
Grappling & control
Willis
Sherman
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
83.8%
Control share
94.5%
Strike target map
Willis
  • Head82%(61)div 66%
  • Body11%(8)div 19%
  • Legs7%(5)div 15%
Sherman
  • Head55%(164)div 66%
  • Body16%(48)div 19%
  • Legs29%(86)div 15%

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

Justin Willis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chase Sherman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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