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The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
Nicco Montano
Nicco Montano
3-2 · USA
VS
Roxanne Modafferi
Roxanne Modafferi
21-13 · USA
December 1, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Nicco Montano def. Roxanne Modafferi by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Montano21/631/101:29
Modafferi17/511/200:51
R2
Montano46/1060/100:00
Modafferi26/1061/201:01
R3
Montano52/1340/100:16
Modafferi37/1200/000:02
R4
Montano39/921/101:32
Modafferi27/700/200:48
R5
Montano28/611/202:54
Modafferi25/560/300:23
Total
Montano186/4563/606:11
Modafferi132/4032/903:05

Scorecards

Montano vs Modafferi

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
R410-910-910-99.9-9.1
R510-99-1010-99.8-9.2
Total50-4549-4649-4648.8-46.2

Media (15 cards) · avg 48.946.2 · 15 Montano · 0 Modafferi

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Montano-Modafferi.

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
MontanoWin probabilityModafferi
75.2%24.8%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
23%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Montano75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%56%
Submission17%22%
Decision16%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 186
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 3
Modafferi25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%33%
Submission7%28%
Decision10%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 132
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 2
Combined totals~116 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R219%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Montano
70.0%-240
Modafferi
+24029.2%
Most takedownstie 38.0%
Montano
44.2%-247
Modafferi
+24717.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Montano
Expected: 70.8
71
Over 71
41.9%
+137
Exactly 71
1.0%
push
Under 71
57.2%
-137
089178
Modafferi
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
41.4%
+138
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.1%
-138
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Montano
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.1%
+136
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-136
035
Modafferi
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.4%
+252
Under 0.5
71.6%
-252
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 12.4 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
Montano75.2%65.1%+10.1-210
Modafferi24.8%34.9%−10.1+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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MontanoModafferi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1500
Pound-for-pound
1474
1500
Divisional
1489
1500
Striking offense
1499
1500
Striking defense
1499
1500
Grappling offense
1492
1500
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
28 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
65"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.80
Strike accuracy
22%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.33
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
1462
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicco Montano
No prior UFC fights.
Roxanne Modafferi
  • LRaquel PenningtonU-DEC R3
    Close +4004y before
Montano — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Modafferi — win / loss by method
Record: 21-13-0

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
14% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
24% of wins
L
23% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 9 losses
W
62% of wins
L
69% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (14%)KO/TKO(8%) 1
5 (24%)Submission(25%) 3
13 (62%)Decision(67%) 8

Profiles

Experience
Montano
Modafferi
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Montano
Modafferi
Overall
3W–3L · 50.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
3W–3L · 50.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Montano
Modafferi
6W–2L · 75.0%
Overall
293W–96L · 75.3%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Wins
168W–59L · 74.0%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
125W–37L · 77.2%
Distance striking
Montano
Modafferi
Landed / min
4.39
Accuracy
19.0%
Defense
47.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
53.1%
Grappling & control
Montano
Modafferi
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
26.5%
Strike target map
Montano
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.
Modafferi
  • Head52%(22)div 63%
  • Body29%(12)div 17%
  • Legs19%(8)div 20%

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

Nicco Montano

No UFC fights on record.

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

Roxanne Modafferi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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