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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Alex Perez
Alex Perez
19-4 · USA
VS
Eric Shelton
Eric Shelton
11-4 · USA
February 24, 2018 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.5lbMissed +0.5
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Alex Perez def. Eric Shelton by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Perez13/391/101:31
Shelton18/400/100:00
R2
Perez6/221/203:23
Shelton10/220/100:02
R3
Perez10/213/602:04
Shelton13/470/000:00
Total
Perez29/825/906:58
Shelton41/1090/200:02

Scorecards

Perez vs Shelton

RdDave TirelliRichard BertrandRoy SilbertCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 3027 · 12 Perez · 0 Shelton

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Perez-Shelton.

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
PerezWin probabilityShelton
51.3%48.7%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
19%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Perez51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%19%
Submission10%19%
Decision32%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 29
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 5
Shelton49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission10%20%
Decision29%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 41
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R27%
R36%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Perez
49.1%+101
Shelton
-10149.4%
Most takedownstie 33.4%
Perez
40.2%-152
Shelton
+15226.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Perez
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
41.3%
+138
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-138
04895
Shelton
Expected: 38.0
38
Over 38
41.6%
+136
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.7%
-136
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Perez
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.6%
+140
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
46.9%
-140
035
Shelton
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.0%
+138
Under 0.5
58.0%
-138
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 11.1 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
Perez51.3%43.8%+7.5+120
Shelton48.7%56.2%−7.5-140

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
83.5Striking77.3
Perez +6.2
94.5Grappling55.3
Perez +39.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PerezShelton
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1508
1533
Divisional
1508
1483
Striking offense
1492
1503
Striking defense
1516
1559
Grappling offense
1504
1553
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
25 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
65"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.48
Strikes landed / min
3.31
60%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.16
Strikes absorbed / min
1.53
71%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
50%
Takedown accuracy
48%
100%
Takedown defense
46%
6.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Perez
  • WCarls John De TomasSUB R2
    Close -4203mo before
Eric Shelton
  • WJenel LausaU-DEC R3
    Close -3303mo before
  • LJarred BrooksS-DEC R3
    Close +1257mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaS-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 1mo before
Perez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
18win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (28%)Submission(75%) 3
10 (56%)Decision(25%) 1
Shelton — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Perez
Shelton
1
UFC fights
3
6.9 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 3m
Career length
13y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Perez
Shelton
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
35W–5L · 87.5%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
28W–2L · 93.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Perez
Shelton
136W–93L · 59.4%
Overall
56W–42L · 57.1%
105W–75L · 58.3%
Wins
49W–41L · 54.4%
31W–18L · 63.3%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Distance striking
Perez
Shelton
4.44
Landed / min
2.75
42.9%
Accuracy
33.5%
74.1%
Defense
71.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
29.4%
Time at distance
51.8%
Grappling & control
Perez
Shelton
4.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
47.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
46.2%
6.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
80.1%
Control share
58.9%
Strike target map
Perez
  • Head54%(13)div 62%
  • Body21%(5)div 23%
  • Legs25%(6)div 15%
Shelton
  • Head86%(128)div 62%
  • Body11%(17)div 23%
  • Legs3%(4)div 15%

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

Alex Perez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eric Shelton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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