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James Vick
James Vick
12-1 · USA
VS
February 18, 2018 · Austin, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
James Vick def. Francisco Trinaldo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vick23/610/010:12
Trinaldo7/272/201:09
R2
Vick25/501/200:15
Trinaldo9/301/100:21
R3
Vick20/470/000:00
Trinaldo10/330/000:04
Total
Vick68/1581/210:27
Trinaldo26/903/301:34

Scorecards

Vick vs Trinaldo

RdChris LeeMarcos RosalesNick WrightCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2829-2829.3-27.8

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.527.6 · 17 Vick · 0 Trinaldo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vick-Trinaldo.

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
VickWin probabilityTrinaldo
52.4%47.6%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
4%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Vick52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%36%
Submission3%6%
Decision30%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2659)act 68
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 1
Trinaldo48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%
Submission1%3%
Decision30%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 26
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R222%
R37%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Vick
48.6%+103
Trinaldo
-10350.2%
Most takedownstie 52.9%
Vick
9.5%+394
Trinaldo
-39437.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vick
Expected: 45.6
45.5
Over 45.5
42.6%
+135
Under 45.5
57.4%
-135
057114
Trinaldo
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
42.3%
+136
Under 46.5
57.7%
-136
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Vick
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.8%
Exactly 0
86.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Trinaldo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.9%
+145
Under 0.5
59.1%
-145
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 11.8 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
Vick52.4%65.1%−12.7-210
Trinaldo47.6%34.9%+12.7+175

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
66.3Striking71.2
Trinaldo +4.9
41.4Grappling48.4
Trinaldo +7.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VickTrinaldo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1642
1621
Divisional
1633
1509
Striking offense
1509
1511
Striking defense
1537
1495
Grappling offense
1506
1504
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
30 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.03
Strikes landed / min
3.41
38%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.29
62%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
25%
Takedown accuracy
42%
62%
Takedown defense
64%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
75%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
42%
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
113
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Vick
  • WJoe DuffyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1353mo before
  • WMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -3559mo before
  • WAbel TrujilloSUB R3
    Close -1351y before
  • LBeneil DariushKO/TKO R1
    Close +1201y 8mo before
  • WGlaico Franca MoreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 10mo before
Francisco Trinaldo
  • WJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -2204mo before
  • LKevin LeeSUB R2
    Close +15011mo before
  • WPaul FelderKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 5mo before
  • WYancy MedeirosU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 9mo before
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 1mo before
Vick — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Trinaldo — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (17%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (58%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vick
Trinaldo
9
UFC fights
16
78.6 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
181.5 min · 11.3 avg
15y 1m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vick
Trinaldo
110W–22L · 83.3%
Overall
255W–60L · 81.0%
98W–20L · 83.1%
Wins
194W–48L · 80.2%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Losses
61W–12L · 83.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vick
Trinaldo
7W–7L · 50.0%
Overall
123W–38L · 76.4%
7W–7L · 50.0%
Wins
101W–35L · 74.3%
0W–0L
Losses
22W–3L · 88.0%
Distance striking
Vick
Trinaldo
4.90
Landed / min
4.71
35.4%
Accuracy
39.5%
65.1%
Defense
66.2%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
73.5%
Time at distance
45.8%
Grappling & control
Vick
Trinaldo
0.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.9%
61.8%
Takedown defense
63.9%
0.95
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
25.5%
Control share
50.0%
Strike target map
Vick
  • Head72%(229)div 63%
  • Body18%(56)div 20%
  • Legs10%(32)div 17%
Trinaldo
  • Head61%(380)div 63%
  • Body26%(162)div 20%
  • Legs12%(77)div 17%

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

James Vick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francisco Trinaldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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