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UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson
15-2-1 · ISL
VS
Alan Jouban
Alan Jouban
15-4 · USA
March 18, 2017 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Gunnar Nelson def. Alan Jouban by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 0:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nelson7/131/202:56
Jouban10/190/000:00
R2 · 0:46
Nelson1/50/000:07
Jouban7/140/000:00
Total
Nelson8/181/203:03
Jouban17/330/000:00

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
NelsonWin probabilityJouban
78.4%21.6%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
8%
Decision
79%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nelson78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%11%
Submission8%10%
Decision62%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 8
Takedowns2.5 (0.05.5)act 1
Jouban22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%19%
Submission0%1%
Decision18%80%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 17
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R25%
R34%
Distance79%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Nelson
36.8%+168
Jouban
-16861.9%
Most takedownstie 14.1%
Nelson
84.4%-5760
Jouban
+57601.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.9%
+133
Under 35.5
57.1%
-133
04590
Jouban
Expected: 47.1
47
Over 47
42.0%
+135
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.6%
-135
059118
Takedowns — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
49.1%
+104
Under 2.5
50.9%
-104
048
Jouban
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.5%
Exactly 0
93.5%
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 13.1 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
Nelson78.4%74.3%+4.1-335
Jouban21.6%25.7%−4.1+275

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
60.8Striking75.9
Jouban +15.0
65.8Grappling43.7
Nelson +22.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NelsonJouban
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1589
Pound-for-pound
1580
1577
Divisional
1580
1473
Striking offense
1526
1524
Striking defense
1503
1528
Grappling offense
1484
1543
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
28 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.02
Strikes landed / min
5.16
57%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
51%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
64%
Takedown accuracy
50%
70%
Takedown defense
64%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
83%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
314
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gunnar Nelson
  • WAlbert TumenovSUB R2
    Close +13510mo before
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 3mo before
  • WBrandon ThatchSUB R1
    Close +1501y 8mo before
  • LRick StoryS-DEC R5
    Close -3602y 5mo before
  • WZak CummingsSUB R2
    Close -8402y 8mo before
Alan Jouban
  • WMike PerryU-DEC R3
    Close +1253mo before
  • WBelal MuhammadU-DEC R3
    Close -1458mo before
  • WBrendan O'ReillyKO/TKO R1
    Close -5251y before
  • LAlbert TumenovKO/TKO R1
    Close +2201y 5mo before
  • WMatt DwyerU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y 8mo before
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-1

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (83%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Jouban — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nelson
Jouban
8
UFC fights
8
84.1 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
71.9 min · 9.0 avg
19y 3m
Career length
15y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nelson
Jouban
135W–44L · 75.4%
Overall
79W–17L · 82.3%
97W–30L · 76.4%
Wins
58W–14L · 80.6%
38W–14L · 73.1%
Losses
21W–3L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nelson
Jouban
41W–10L · 80.4%
Overall
63W–41L · 60.6%
41W–10L · 80.4%
Wins
54W–38L · 58.7%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Nelson
Jouban
2.40
Landed / min
5.72
49.1%
Accuracy
50.0%
59.4%
Defense
64.4%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.46
51.5%
Time at distance
69.8%
Grappling & control
Nelson
Jouban
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
64.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
70.0%
Takedown defense
64.3%
1.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.0%
Control share
43.7%
Strike target map
Nelson
  • Head79%(135)div 63%
  • Body14%(24)div 21%
  • Legs6%(11)div 16%
Jouban
  • Head57%(211)div 63%
  • Body22%(83)div 21%
  • Legs21%(77)div 16%

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

Gunnar Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alan Jouban
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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