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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Alan Jouban
Alan Jouban
15-6 · USA
VS
Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
21-8-2 · USA
February 24, 2018 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Alan Jouban def. Ben Saunders by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jouban44/830/010:12
Saunders20/460/000:03
R2 · 2:38
Jouban34/580/010:06
Saunders13/330/000:00
Total
Jouban78/1410/020:18
Saunders33/790/000:03

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
JoubanWin probabilitySaunders
53.3%46.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
8%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jouban53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%39%
Submission1%2%
Decision31%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 78
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Saunders47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission7%15%
Decision25%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 33
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~102 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R220%
R38%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Jouban
65.5%-196
Saunders
+19633.4%
Most takedownstie 66.7%
Jouban
20.3%-156
Saunders
+15613.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jouban
Expected: 59.7
59.5
Over 59.5
42.7%
+134
Under 59.5
57.3%
-134
075150
Saunders
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.9%
-137
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Jouban
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.5%
+344
Under 0.5
77.5%
-344
035
Saunders
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.4%
Exactly 0
84.6%
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 11.4 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
Jouban53.3%68.9%−15.6-250
Saunders46.7%31.1%+15.6+210

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
75.3Striking65.2
Jouban +10.1
42.9Grappling54.4
Saunders +11.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JoubanSaunders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1557
1547
Divisional
1557
1524
Striking offense
1505
1503
Striking defense
1504
1478
Grappling offense
1491
1507
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
36 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.95
Strikes landed / min
3.28
53%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
61%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.26
50%
Takedown accuracy
40%
63%
Takedown defense
72%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
62%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
272
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alan Jouban
  • LNiko PriceKO/TKO R1
    Close -1657mo before
  • LGunnar NelsonSUB R2
    Close +27511mo before
  • WMike PerryU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 2mo before
  • WBelal MuhammadU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 8mo before
  • WBrendan O'ReillyKO/TKO R1
    Close -5251y 11mo before
Ben Saunders
  • LPeter SobottaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1159mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 1mo before
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R2
    Close -1502y 1mo before
  • WKenny RobertsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1152y 7mo before
  • WJoe RiggsSUB R1
    Close -2503y 2mo before
Jouban — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-0

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
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 21-8-2

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
9 wins, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
63% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
24% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Jouban
Saunders
10
UFC fights
13
79.4 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
113.4 min · 8.7 avg
15y 5m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jouban
Saunders
103W–19L · 84.4%
Overall
233W–62L · 79.0%
58W–14L · 80.6%
Wins
113W–31L · 78.5%
45W–5L · 90.0%
Losses
120W–31L · 79.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jouban
Saunders
63W–41L · 60.6%
Overall
233W–69L · 77.2%
54W–38L · 58.7%
Wins
172W–57L · 75.1%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
61W–12L · 83.6%
Distance striking
Jouban
Saunders
5.67
Landed / min
5.94
50.2%
Accuracy
41.7%
64.4%
Defense
61.8%
1.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
68.6%
Time at distance
32.5%
Grappling & control
Jouban
Saunders
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.26
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
72.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.19
36.6%
Control share
22.6%
Strike target map
Jouban
  • Head56%(220)div 63%
  • Body22%(86)div 20%
  • Legs22%(87)div 16%
Saunders
  • Head53%(198)div 63%
  • Body38%(142)div 20%
  • Legs9%(32)div 16%

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

Alan Jouban
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ben Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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