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Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews
11-3 · AUS
VS
Bojan Velickovic
Bojan Velickovic
15-5-1 · SRB
November 18, 2017 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jake Matthews def. Bojan Velickovic by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Matthews0/32/704:32
Velickovic8/120/000:00
R2
Matthews8/170/200:10
Velickovic10/250/002:44
R3
Matthews12/142/202:23
Velickovic6/111/101:52
Total
Matthews20/344/1107:05
Velickovic24/481/104:36

Scorecards

Matthews vs Velickovic

RdAnthony DimitriouKon PapaioannouStorm OshyerCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R29-109-109-108.9-10
R310-99-1010-99.7-9.4
Total29-2828-2929-2828.1-28.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 28.928 · 13 Matthews · 0 Velickovic · 1 draw

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

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 probabilityVelickovic
74.8%25.2%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
20%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Velickovic. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Matthews75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%28%
Submission16%21%
Decision38%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 20
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 4
Velickovic25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%24%
Submission4%17%
Decision15%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 1
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R27%
R313%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Matthews
59.5%-153
Velickovic
+15338.9%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Matthews
55.8%-750
Velickovic
+7507.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.7%
+134
Under 36.5
57.3%
-134
04692
Velickovic
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
41.8%
+134
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.0%
-134
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Matthews
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.5%
+104
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-104
035
Velickovic
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
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 10.8 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
Matthews74.8%56.2%+18.6-140
Velickovic25.2%43.8%−18.6+120

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
67.6Striking59.9
Matthews +7.7
58.5Grappling31.0
Matthews +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MatthewsVelickovic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1525
1523
Divisional
1510
1486
Striking offense
1497
1510
Striking defense
1520
1518
Grappling offense
1474
1499
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
23 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
2.29
46%
Strike accuracy
33%
2.11
Strikes absorbed / min
2.51
52%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
40%
Takedown accuracy
20%
67%
Takedown defense
50%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
357
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Matthews
  • LAndrew HolbrookS-DEC R3
    Close -5501y before
  • LKevin LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1601y 4mo before
  • WJohnny CaseSUB R3
    Close +1051y 8mo before
  • WAkbarh ArreolaKO/TKO R2
    Close -10002y before
  • LJames VickSUB R1
    Close -1902y 6mo before
Bojan Velickovic
  • LDarren TillU-DEC R3
    Close +1653mo before
  • WNicholas MusokeKO/TKO R3
    Close +1106mo before
  • LSultan AlievS-DEC R3
    Close -16011mo before
  • DMichael GravesM-DEC R3
    !Close +2001y 4mo before
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoU-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 7mo before
Matthews — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Velickovic — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1

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
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Matthews
Velickovic
7
UFC fights
5
68.9 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
74.6 min · 14.9 avg
13y 10m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Matthews
Velickovic
97W–19L · 83.6%
Overall
49W–6L · 89.1%
67W–16L · 80.7%
Wins
22W–4L · 84.6%
30W–3L · 90.9%
Losses
27W–2L · 93.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Matthews
Velickovic
18W–10L · 64.3%
Overall
121W–41L · 74.7%
18W–10L · 64.3%
Wins
89W–34L · 72.4%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Distance striking
Matthews
Velickovic
3.21
Landed / min
3.34
31.3%
Accuracy
32.0%
62.8%
Defense
63.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
40.7%
Time at distance
63.0%
Grappling & control
Matthews
Velickovic
2.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.60
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.87
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.40
68.3%
Control share
11.9%
Strike target map
Matthews
  • Head74%(159)div 63%
  • Body13%(28)div 20%
  • Legs13%(28)div 16%
Velickovic
  • Head43%(73)div 63%
  • Body16%(27)div 20%
  • Legs42%(71)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.

Bojan Velickovic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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