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UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews
12-3 · AUS
VS
Li Jingliang
Li Jingliang
14-4 · CHN
February 10, 2018 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Jake Matthews def. Li Jingliang by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Matthews26/510/012:07
Jingliang9/290/000:00
R2
Matthews18/400/100:09
Jingliang21/780/000:27
R3
Matthews19/362/311:09
Jingliang19/450/100:45
Total
Matthews63/1272/423:25
Jingliang49/1520/101:12

Scorecards

Matthews vs Jingliang

RdAdam MetcalfBarry FoleyHowie BoothCommunity
R1---10-8.4
R2---9.6-9.5
R3---10-9
Total29-2830-2630-2629.6-26.9

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.626.8 · 17 Matthews · 0 Jingliang

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Matthews-Jingliang.

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
MatthewsWin probabilityJingliang
70.6%29.4%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
6%
Decision
58%
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 Matthews, blue toward Jingliang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Matthews71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%34%
Submission5%8%
Decision42%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3070)act 63
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 2
Jingliang29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%40%
Submission1%3%
Decision17%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 49
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R211%
R315%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Matthews
51.6%-109
Jingliang
+10947.4%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Matthews
52.9%-889
Jingliang
+8895.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 53.6
53.5
Over 53.5
42.6%
+135
Under 53.5
57.4%
-135
067134
Jingliang
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.6%
-134
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.1%
+125
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
44.0%
-125
035
Jingliang
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.9%
Exactly 0
89.1%
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 11.8 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
Matthews70.6%42.9%+27.7+125
Jingliang29.4%57.1%−27.7-145

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
67.0Striking72.0
Jingliang +5.0
56.2Grappling39.1
Matthews +17.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MatthewsJingliang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1575
1539
Divisional
1575
1485
Striking offense
1535
1512
Striking defense
1507
1521
Grappling offense
1495
1496
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
23 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.80
Strikes landed / min
4.84
47%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
52%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
39%
Takedown accuracy
33%
62%
Takedown defense
57%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Matthews
  • WBojan VelickovicS-DEC R3
    Close -1403mo before
  • LAndrew HolbrookS-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 2mo before
  • LKevin LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1601y 7mo before
  • WJohnny CaseSUB R3
    Close +1051y 11mo before
  • WAkbarh ArreolaKO/TKO R2
    Close -10002y 3mo before
Li Jingliang
  • WZak OttowKO/TKO R1
    Close -2003mo before
  • WFrank CamachoU-DEC R3
    Close -5008mo before
  • WBobby NashKO/TKO R2
    Close -1301y before
  • WAnton ZafirKO/TKO R1
    Close -3101y 7mo before
  • LKeita NakamuraSUB R3
    Close -3102y 5mo before
Matthews — 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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Jingliang — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Matthews
Jingliang
8
UFC fights
8
83.9 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
74.2 min · 9.3 avg
13y 10m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Matthews
Jingliang
112W–24L · 82.4%
Overall
107W–23L · 82.3%
82W–21L · 79.6%
Wins
68W–15L · 81.9%
30W–3L · 90.9%
Losses
39W–8L · 83.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Matthews
Jingliang
18W–10L · 64.3%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
18W–10L · 64.3%
Wins
27W–8L · 77.1%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Distance striking
Matthews
Jingliang
3.28
Landed / min
6.12
32.3%
Accuracy
41.9%
63.4%
Defense
63.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
36.7%
Time at distance
64.1%
Grappling & control
Matthews
Jingliang
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
38.9%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
61.5%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
66.4%
Control share
33.3%
Strike target map
Matthews
  • Head75%(177)div 63%
  • Body12%(29)div 21%
  • Legs12%(29)div 16%
Jingliang
  • Head66%(238)div 63%
  • Body9%(34)div 21%
  • Legs24%(87)div 16%

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

Jake Matthews
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Li Jingliang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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