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UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey
TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
13-3 · USA
VS
John Lineker
John Lineker
29-7 · BRA
December 30, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
TJ Dillashaw def. John Lineker by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dillashaw13/301/101:34
Lineker12/401/200:05
R2
Dillashaw37/512/203:46
Lineker9/170/000:00
R3
Dillashaw21/382/301:33
Lineker17/330/000:13
Total
Dillashaw71/1195/606:53
Lineker38/901/200:18

Scorecards

Dillashaw vs Lineker

RdChris LeeDave HagenSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-810-810-810-8.3
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2630-2630-2630-26.4

Media (21 cards) · avg 3026.3 · 21 Dillashaw · 0 Lineker

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dillashaw-Lineker.

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
DillashawWin probabilityLineker
58.5%41.5%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
7%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dillashaw59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%34%
Submission4%7%
Decision35%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3785)act 71
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 5
Lineker41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%33%
Submission2%6%
Decision25%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~134 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R213%
R313%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Dillashaw
47.4%+109
Lineker
-10951.8%
Most takedownstie 46.5%
Dillashaw
39.2%-273
Lineker
+27314.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 65.3
65.5
Over 65.5
42.3%
+137
Under 65.5
57.7%
-137
082164
Lineker
Expected: 68.3
68.5
Over 68.5
42.3%
+136
Under 68.5
57.7%
-136
086171
Takedowns — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
45.6%
+119
Under 0.5
54.4%
-119
035
Lineker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.7%
Exactly 0
78.3%
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 11.9 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
Dillashaw58.5%66.9%−8.4-230
Lineker41.5%33.1%+8.4+190

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
75.2Striking66.8
Dillashaw +8.4
59.6Grappling57.2
Dillashaw +2.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DillashawLineker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1647
1616
Divisional
1599
1519
Striking offense
1532
1517
Striking defense
1513
1513
Grappling offense
1490
1551
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'3"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.44
Strikes landed / min
5.30
40%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
3.97
67%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
33%
Takedown accuracy
63%
88%
Takedown defense
74%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
83%
+1
Win/loss streak
+6
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
90
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
TJ Dillashaw
  • WRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close -4206mo before
  • LDominick CruzS-DEC R5
    Close -15511mo before
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R4
    Close -2001y 5mo before
  • WJoe SotoKO/TKO R5
    Close -11002y 4mo before
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R5
    Close +7102y 7mo before
John Lineker
  • WJohn DodsonS-DEC R5
    Close +1053mo before
  • WMichael McDonaldKO/TKO R1
    Close -1056mo before
  • WRob FontU-DEC R3
    Close -1458mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R1
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • WIan McCallU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 11mo before
Dillashaw — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Lineker — win / loss by method
Record: 29-7-0

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (40%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (16%)Submission(40%) 2
7 (37%)Decision(60%) 3
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dillashaw
Lineker
12
UFC fights
12
159.6 min · 13.3 avg
Octagon time
129.6 min · 10.8 avg
16y 4m
Career length
17y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dillashaw
Lineker
202W–35L · 85.2%
Overall
178W–45L · 79.8%
151W–25L · 85.8%
Wins
161W–41L · 79.7%
51W–10L · 83.6%
Losses
17W–4L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dillashaw
Lineker
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
86W–34L · 71.7%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
67W–27L · 71.3%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–7L · 73.1%
Distance striking
Dillashaw
Lineker
5.82
Landed / min
5.65
35.4%
Accuracy
36.2%
68.4%
Defense
58.4%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.16
70.9%
Time at distance
74.8%
Grappling & control
Dillashaw
Lineker
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
32.7%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
87.5%
Takedown defense
74.4%
1.03
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.69
97.2%
Control share
31.8%
Strike target map
Dillashaw
  • Head67%(584)div 63%
  • Body16%(135)div 21%
  • Legs17%(149)div 16%
Lineker
  • Head57%(389)div 63%
  • Body35%(238)div 21%
  • Legs9%(60)div 16%

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

TJ Dillashaw
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Lineker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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