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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Penn
Walt Harris
Walt Harris
8-5 · USA
VS
Chase Sherman
Chase Sherman
9-2 · USA
January 15, 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
254.0lb
Weigh-in
246.0lb
Walt Harris def. Chase Sherman by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 2:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Harris14/430/000:00
Sherman13/360/000:00
R2 · 2:41
Harris18/300/110:02
Sherman7/270/000:00
Total
Harris32/730/110:02
Sherman20/630/000:00

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
HarrisWin probabilitySherman
69.1%30.9%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
3%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Harris69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%68%
Submission2%3%
Decision20%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Sherman31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%68%
Submission1%3%
Decision9%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 20
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R232%
R37%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Harris
54.2%-122
Sherman
+12244.6%
Most takedownstie 69.6%
Harris
21.5%-244
Sherman
+2448.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Harris
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.3%
+137
Under 47.5
57.7%
-137
060119
Sherman
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.7%
+134
Under 42.5
57.3%
-134
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Harris
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.1%
+334
Under 0.5
76.9%
-334
035
Sherman
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.6%
Exactly 0
89.4%
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 8.4 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
Harris69.1%58.8%+10.3-155
Sherman30.9%41.2%−10.3+135

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
58.7Striking49.5
Harris +9.2
26.4Grappling0.0
Harris +26.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HarrisSherman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1475
Pound-for-pound
1508
1475
Divisional
1508
1498
Striking offense
1500
1496
Striking defense
1497
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'4"
77"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.36
Strikes landed / min
3.93
35%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.17
Strikes absorbed / min
7.53
61%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
80%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
20%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
162
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Walt Harris
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovS-DEC R3
    Close +1253mo before
  • WCody EastKO/TKO R1
    Close +1609mo before
  • LSoa PaleleiKO/TKO R2
    Close +1672y 2mo before
  • LNikita KrylovKO/TKO R1
    Close -4003y before
  • LJared RosholtU-DEC R3
    Close +2253y 2mo before
Chase Sherman
  • LJustin LedetU-DEC R3
    Close +1005mo before
Harris — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
100% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Sherman — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Harris
Sherman
5
UFC fights
1
44.5 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 4m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Harris
Sherman
72W–11L · 86.7%
Overall
6W–0L · 100.0%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Wins
0W–0L
60W–10L · 85.7%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Harris
Sherman
44W–29L · 60.3%
Overall
22W–42L · 34.4%
38W–28L · 57.6%
Wins
20W–41L · 32.8%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Harris
Sherman
2.24
Landed / min
3.92
29.8%
Accuracy
35.4%
62.7%
Defense
51.3%
1.01
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
77.1%
Time at distance
98.5%
Grappling & control
Harris
Sherman
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
Takedown defense
0.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
7.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Harris
  • Head60%(63)div 67%
  • Body29%(30)div 19%
  • Legs11%(12)div 15%
Sherman
  • Head44%(26)div 67%
  • Body12%(7)div 19%
  • Legs44%(26)div 15%

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

Walt Harris
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chase Sherman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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