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Sage Northcutt
Sage Northcutt
9-2 · USA
VS
Thibault Gouti
Thibault Gouti
12-3 · FRA
February 18, 2018 · Austin, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Sage Northcutt def. Thibault Gouti by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Northcutt22/451/301:36
Gouti9/190/100:53
R2
Northcutt12/410/300:00
Gouti14/291/103:01
R3
Northcutt29/520/300:17
Gouti5/183/302:17
Total
Northcutt63/1381/901:53
Gouti28/664/506:11

Scorecards

Northcutt vs Gouti

RdChris LeeJason StafinMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.4
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-28.6

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 19 Northcutt · 0 Gouti

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Northcutt-Gouti.

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
NorthcuttWin probabilityGouti
77.1%22.9%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
10%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Northcutt77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%47%
Submission7%8%
Decision34%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3068)act 63
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Gouti23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%49%
Submission3%13%
Decision9%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 28
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 4
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R223%
R39%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Northcutt
75.8%-328
Gouti
+32823.1%
Most takedownstie 39.4%
Northcutt
39.7%-190
Gouti
+19020.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 52.6
52.5
Over 52.5
42.6%
+135
Under 52.5
57.4%
-135
066132
Gouti
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.8%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.9%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.2%
+165
Exactly 1
17.2%
push
Under 1
51.5%
-165
035
Gouti
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.7%
+215
Under 0.5
68.3%
-215
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 10.0 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
Northcutt77.1%76.5%+0.6-375
Gouti22.9%23.5%−0.6+313

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
74.5Striking55.6
Northcutt +18.9
48.5Grappling21.8
Northcutt +26.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NorthcuttGouti
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1507
1578
Divisional
1507
1507
Striking offense
1504
1512
Striking defense
1491
1505
Grappling offense
1496
1495
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
21 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.50
Strikes landed / min
3.91
54%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.18
Strikes absorbed / min
4.70
59%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.04
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
40%
Takedown defense
79%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
25%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
25%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
99
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sage Northcutt
  • WMichel QuinonesU-DEC R3
    Close -1903mo before
  • LMickey GallSUB R2
    Close +1401y 2mo before
  • WEnrique MarinU-DEC R3
    Close -4901y 7mo before
  • LBryan BarberenaSUB R2
    Close -2752y 1mo before
  • WCody PfisterSUB R2
    Close -10002y 2mo before
Thibault Gouti
  • WAndrew HolbrookKO/TKO R1
    Close +1556mo before
  • LChad LapriseKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose +2901y 6mo before
  • LOlivier Aubin-MercierSUB R3
    Close +3751y 8mo before
  • LTeemu PackalenSUB R1
    Close -1102y before
Northcutt — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Gouti — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
2 (18%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Northcutt
Gouti
6
UFC fights
4
51.4 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
18.9 min · 4.7 avg
11y 8m
Career length
14y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Northcutt
Gouti
54W–13L · 80.6%
Overall
36W–7L · 83.7%
41W–10L · 80.4%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
13W–3L · 81.3%
Losses
24W–5L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Northcutt
Gouti
29W–41L · 41.4%
Overall
59W–36L · 62.1%
29W–41L · 41.4%
Wins
59W–36L · 62.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Northcutt
Gouti
5.16
Landed / min
5.13
45.6%
Accuracy
35.3%
64.9%
Defense
51.8%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.79
43.4%
Time at distance
43.3%
Grappling & control
Northcutt
Gouti
2.04
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.8%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
Takedown defense
78.6%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
35.1%
Control share
10.3%
Strike target map
Northcutt
  • Head68%(123)div 63%
  • Body17%(30)div 20%
  • Legs15%(27)div 17%
Gouti
  • Head85%(63)div 63%
  • Body8%(6)div 20%
  • Legs7%(5)div 17%

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

Sage Northcutt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thibault Gouti
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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