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Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
13-7-1 · USA
VS
Louis Smolka
Louis Smolka
11-3 · USA
April 15, 2017 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Tim Elliott def. Louis Smolka by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elliott25/385/503:02
Smolka8/250/200:46
R2
Elliott13/223/302:48
Smolka19/350/100:51
R3
Elliott19/314/602:13
Smolka14/371/101:03
Total
Elliott57/9112/1408:03
Smolka41/971/402:40

Scorecards

Elliott vs Smolka

RdHenry GuearyMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.3

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.927.3 · 20 Elliott · 0 Smolka

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Elliott-Smolka.

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
ElliottWin probabilitySmolka
68.0%32.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
39%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 7.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Elliott68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%32%
Submission26%39%
Decision20%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 57
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.7)act 12
Smolka32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%40%
Submission13%40%
Decision6%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R216%
R37%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Elliott
51.3%-109
Smolka
+10947.0%
Most takedownstie 28.3%
Elliott
63.5%-773
Smolka
+7738.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 32.7
32.5
Over 32.5
42.9%
+133
Under 32.5
57.1%
-133
04182
Smolka
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-134
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.2%
+112
Under 1.5
52.8%
-112
035
Smolka
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.0%
Exactly 0
82.0%
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 7.2 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
Elliott68.0%62.8%+5.2-185
Smolka32.0%37.2%−5.2+160

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
71.4Striking70.3
Elliott +1.1
71.1Grappling62.2
Elliott +9.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElliottSmolka
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1479
Pound-for-pound
1548
1479
Divisional
1548
1505
Striking offense
1514
1506
Striking defense
1505
1508
Grappling offense
1516
1503
Grappling defense
1478
Physical
30 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
66"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.48
Strikes landed / min
4.17
44%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.35
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
64%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.31
Takedowns / 15 min
1.97
61%
Takedown accuracy
36%
48%
Takedown defense
39%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
29%
UFC win rate
63%
-4
Win/loss streak
-2
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
106
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Elliott
  • LDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close +6004mo before
  • LZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y 2mo before
  • LJoseph BenavidezSUB R1
    Close +4003y before
  • LAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close -1603y 5mo before
  • WLouis GaudinotU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y 7mo before
Louis Smolka
  • LRay BorgU-DEC R3
    Close +1203mo before
  • LBrandon MorenoSUB R1
    Close -5256mo before
  • WBen NguyenKO/TKO R2
    Close +1059mo before
  • WPaddy HolohanSUB R2
    Close -1851y 6mo before
  • WNeil SeeryU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 9mo before
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
2win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Smolka — 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, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Elliott
Smolka
7
UFC fights
8
104.1 min · 14.9 avg
Octagon time
91.5 min · 11.4 avg
17y 3m
Career length
14y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elliott
Smolka
97W–28L · 77.6%
Overall
96W–29L · 76.8%
20W–10L · 66.7%
Wins
60W–19L · 75.9%
77W–18L · 81.1%
Losses
36W–10L · 78.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elliott
Smolka
115W–53L · 68.5%
Overall
28W–14L · 66.7%
112W–48L · 70.0%
Wins
28W–14L · 66.7%
3W–5L · 37.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Elliott
Smolka
4.81
Landed / min
6.28
35.9%
Accuracy
35.7%
66.4%
Defense
63.6%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
42.7%
Time at distance
30.1%
Grappling & control
Elliott
Smolka
3.31
Takedowns / 15 min
1.97
60.5%
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
48.1%
Takedown defense
38.9%
1.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.62
42.9%
Control share
56.2%
Strike target map
Elliott
  • Head69%(250)div 62%
  • Body19%(68)div 24%
  • Legs12%(44)div 15%
Smolka
  • Head75%(286)div 62%
  • Body19%(72)div 24%
  • Legs6%(24)div 15%

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Louis Smolka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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