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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
27-14 · USA
VS
Josh Emmett
Josh Emmett
13-1 · USA
February 24, 2018 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Jeremy Stephens def. Josh Emmett by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Stephens11/330/000:00
Emmett15/310/010:21
R2 · 1:35
Stephens13/240/010:09
Emmett3/90/000:00
Total
Stephens24/570/010:09
Emmett18/400/010:21

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
StephensWin probabilityEmmett
50.7%49.3%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
1%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 20.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Stephens51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%41%
Submission0%1%
Decision30%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes101 (58132)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Emmett49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%
Submission0%1%
Decision38%77%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes107 (61139)act 18
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~208 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R211%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Stephens
47.3%+110
Emmett
-11052.2%
Most takedownstie 77.5%
Stephens
8.1%+177
Emmett
-17714.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Stephens
Expected: 101.3
101.5
Over 101.5
42.4%
+136
Under 101.5
57.6%
-136
0127254
Emmett
Expected: 106.7
106.5
Over 106.5
42.6%
+135
Under 106.5
57.4%
-135
0134267
Takedowns — over/under
Stephens
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.1%
Exactly 0
90.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Emmett
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.2%
Exactly 0
84.8%
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 20.5 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
Stephens50.7%54.3%−3.6-130
Emmett49.3%45.7%+3.6+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
65.5Striking65.3
Stephens +0.2
46.0Grappling51.3
Emmett +5.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StephensEmmett
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1580
1575
Divisional
1565
1522
Striking offense
1503
1536
Striking defense
1506
1469
Grappling offense
1496
1524
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
4.01
40%
Strike accuracy
37%
2.71
Strikes absorbed / min
3.64
60%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
36%
Takedown accuracy
53%
65%
Takedown defense
50%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
52%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
41
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jeremy Stephens
  • WDooho ChoiKO/TKO R2
    Close +14541d before
  • WGilbert MelendezU-DEC R3
    Close -1156mo before
  • LRenato MoicanoS-DEC R3
    Close -17010mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R3
    Close +2651y 3mo before
  • WRenan BaraoU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 9mo before
Josh Emmett
  • WRicardo LamasKO/TKO R1
    missedClose +2452mo before
  • WFelipe ArantesU-DEC R3
    Close -2404mo before
  • LDesmond GreenS-DEC R3
    Close -20011mo before
  • WScott HoltzmanU-DEC R3
    Close -1951y 2mo before
  • WJon TuckS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 10mo before
Stephens — win / loss by method
Record: 27-14-0

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
7% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
21% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 10 losses
W
26% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
14win13loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(8%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(15%) 2
7 (50%)Decision(77%) 10
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Emmett — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Stephens
Emmett
27
UFC fights
5
339.5 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
64.5 min · 12.9 avg
21y 6m
Career length
14y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Stephens
Emmett
468W–119L · 79.7%
Overall
73W–21L · 77.7%
210W–52L · 80.2%
Wins
54W–16L · 77.1%
258W–67L · 79.4%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Stephens
Emmett
87W–49L · 64.0%
Overall
50W–51L · 49.5%
81W–48L · 62.8%
Wins
50W–51L · 49.5%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Stephens
Emmett
4.02
Landed / min
3.84
34.8%
Accuracy
32.7%
63.6%
Defense
65.8%
0.75
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.16
54.6%
Time at distance
79.5%
Grappling & control
Stephens
Emmett
1.19
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
36.5%
Takedown accuracy
52.9%
64.6%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
46.1%
Control share
63.1%
Strike target map
Stephens
  • Head59%(617)div 64%
  • Body17%(179)div 19%
  • Legs24%(246)div 17%
Emmett
  • Head56%(144)div 64%
  • Body24%(62)div 19%
  • Legs20%(53)div 17%

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

Jeremy Stephens
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Emmett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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