The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
Justin Willis
Justin Willis
4-1 · USA
VS
James Mulheron
James Mulheron
11-1 · GBR
July 16, 2017 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Justin Willis def. James Mulheron by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Willis15/301/100:38
Mulheron13/350/000:00
R2
Willis22/301/101:36
Mulheron8/370/000:00
R3
Willis15/311/201:11
Mulheron15/420/000:40
Total
Willis52/913/403:25
Mulheron36/1140/000:40

Scorecards

Willis vs Mulheron

RdMaciej MotylewskiPaul SutherlandPawel HarasimCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.3

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 12 Willis · 0 Mulheron

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Willis-Mulheron.

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
WillisWin probabilityMulheron
75.5%24.5%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
12%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Willis75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%47%
Submission9%13%
Decision30%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 52
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Mulheron25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%45%
Submission2%9%
Decision12%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1435)act 36
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R214%
R37%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Willis
57.3%-140
Mulheron
+14040.9%
Most takedownstie 48.5%
Willis
30.1%-140
Mulheron
+14021.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Willis
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.0%
+139
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.9%
-139
04080
Mulheron
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
42.6%
+135
Under 26.5
57.4%
-135
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Willis
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.6%
+174
Under 0.5
63.4%
-174
035
Mulheron
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.5%
+251
Under 0.5
71.5%
-251
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 9.0 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
Willis75.5%57.3%+18.2-140
Mulheron24.5%42.7%−18.2+130

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1531
1507
Divisional
1531
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Willis
No prior UFC fights.
James Mulheron
No prior UFC fights.
Willis — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Mulheron — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Willis
Mulheron
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Willis
Mulheron
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Willis
Mulheron
26W–11L · 70.3%
Overall
102W–55L · 65.0%
25W–11L · 69.4%
Wins
93W–49L · 65.5%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
9W–6L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Willis
Mulheron
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Willis
Mulheron
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Willis
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Mulheron
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Justin Willis

No UFC fights on record.

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

James Mulheron

No UFC fights on record.

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