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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
Jack Hermansson
Jack Hermansson
14-3 · SWE
VS
Alex Nicholson
Alex Nicholson
2-2 · USA
May 28, 2017 · Stockholm, Sweden
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Jack Hermansson def. Alex Nicholson by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:00
Hermansson23/291/101:39
Nicholson1/40/000:00
Total
Hermansson23/291/101:39
Nicholson1/40/000:00

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
HermanssonWin probabilityNicholson
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
33%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hermansson66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%
Submission21%33%
Decision24%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 23
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Nicholson34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%
Submission11%34%
Decision12%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R28%
R315%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hermansson
57.7%-141
Nicholson
+14140.8%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Hermansson
43.3%-507
Nicholson
+5078.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
42.2%
+137
Under 41.5
57.8%
-137
052104
Nicholson
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.2%
+137
Under 34.5
57.8%
-137
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Hermansson
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.5%
+187
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
53.3%
-187
035
Nicholson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.4%
Exactly 0
86.6%
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 8.8 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
Hermansson66.3%60.4%+5.9-165
Nicholson33.7%39.6%−5.9+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
79.6Striking62.5
Hermansson +17.1
31.8Grappling15.4
Hermansson +16.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HermanssonNicholson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1492
1538
Divisional
1505
Striking offense
Striking defense
1538
Grappling offense
1477
1537
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.60
Strikes landed / min
4.39
50%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.12
Strikes absorbed / min
4.13
65%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
17%
Takedown accuracy
75%
Takedown defense
56%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
33%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
190
Days since last fight
204
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jack Hermansson
  • LCezar FerreiraSUB R2
    Close -1306mo before
  • WScott AskhamU-DEC R3
    Close -1159mo before
Alex Nicholson
  • LSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close +1457mo before
  • WDevin ClarkKO/TKO R1
    Close +18010mo before
  • LMisha CirkunovSUB R2
    Close +5001y 4mo before
Hermansson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 1
Nicholson — win / loss by method
Record: 2-2-0

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
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hermansson
Nicholson
2
UFC fights
3
22.2 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
26.4 min · 8.8 avg
16y 0m
Career length
11y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hermansson
Nicholson
24W–7L · 77.4%
Overall
44W–10L · 81.5%
14W–2L · 87.5%
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
10W–5L · 66.7%
Losses
38W–10L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hermansson
Nicholson
133W–47L · 73.9%
Overall
5W–0L · 100.0%
122W–45L · 73.1%
Wins
5W–0L · 100.0%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hermansson
Nicholson
5.22
Landed / min
5.61
43.8%
Accuracy
43.2%
70.8%
Defense
53.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.57
61.3%
Time at distance
72.9%
Grappling & control
Hermansson
Nicholson
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.4%
Control share
0.3%
Strike target map
Hermansson
  • Head41%(42)div 63%
  • Body24%(24)div 19%
  • Legs35%(36)div 18%
Nicholson
  • Head58%(67)div 63%
  • Body19%(22)div 19%
  • Legs23%(27)div 18%

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

Jack Hermansson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Nicholson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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