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The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale
Demetrious Johnson
Demetrious Johnson
17-2-1 · USA
VS
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
13-6-1 · USA
December 3, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
124.5lb
Weigh-in
125.0lb
Demetrious Johnson def. Tim Elliott by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson7/172/301:20
Elliott12/221/102:21
R2
Johnson8/151/103:52
Elliott4/171/100:00
R3
Johnson4/101/103:18
Elliott5/101/100:46
R4
Johnson7/131/104:10
Elliott2/70/000:00
R5
Johnson2/30/103:56
Elliott1/51/100:31
Total
Johnson28/585/7016:36
Elliott24/614/403:38

Scorecards

Johnson vs Elliott

RdJeff MullenJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-108.9-10
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-810-8.9
R510-910-910-99.9-9
Total49-4649-4649-4548.7-46.1

Media (19 cards) · avg 48.946.1 · 19 Johnson · 0 Elliott

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

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
JohnsonWin probabilityElliott
46.6%53.4%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
27%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 12.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%43%
Submission12%26%
Decision15%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 28
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.1)act 5
Elliott53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%47%
Submission14%27%
Decision14%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 24
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 4
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R233%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Johnson
72.4%-275
Elliott
+27526.4%
Most takedownstie 28.8%
Johnson
50.8%-249
Elliott
+24920.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 52.1
52
Over 52
42.0%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.7%
-135
066131
Elliott
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
42.8%
+134
Under 30.5
57.2%
-134
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
40.3%
-117
Exactly 1
25.2%
push
Under 1
34.5%
+117
035
Elliott
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
40.0%
+150
Under 0.5
60.0%
-150
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 12.8 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
Johnson46.6%86.3%−39.7-900
Elliott53.4%13.7%+39.7+600

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
77.8Striking73.4
Johnson +4.4
65.8Grappling74.9
Elliott +9.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonElliott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1682
Pound-for-pound
1487
1665
Divisional
1488
1503
Striking offense
1507
1562
Striking defense
1504
1528
Grappling offense
1508
1516
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'7"
66"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.62
Strikes landed / min
4.27
53%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.74
65%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.60
Takedowns / 15 min
3.60
51%
Takedown accuracy
56%
73%
Takedown defense
55%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
92%
UFC win rate
33%
+10
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
42%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
658
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demetrious Johnson
  • WHenry CejudoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3407mo before
  • WJohn DodsonU-DEC R5
    Close -5601y 3mo before
  • WKyoji HoriguchiSUB R5
    Close -9801y 7mo before
  • WChris CariasoSUB R2
    Close -14502y 2mo before
  • WAli BagautinovU-DEC R5
    Close -6902y 6mo before
Tim Elliott
  • LZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 10mo before
  • LJoseph BenavidezSUB R1
    Close +4002y 7mo before
  • LAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close -1603y 1mo before
  • WLouis GaudinotU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y 3mo before
  • WJared PapazianU-DEC R3
    Close -1904y before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-1

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
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
12win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (58%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-1

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
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Elliott
14
UFC fights
6
246.1 min · 17.6 avg
Octagon time
79.1 min · 13.2 avg
16y 11m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Elliott
220W–34L · 86.6%
Overall
80W–26L · 75.5%
202W–33L · 86.0%
Wins
20W–10L · 66.7%
18W–1L · 94.7%
Losses
60W–16L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Elliott
48W–14L · 77.4%
Overall
115W–53L · 68.5%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
112W–48L · 70.0%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
3W–5L · 37.5%
Distance striking
Johnson
Elliott
4.55
Landed / min
4.98
41.4%
Accuracy
36.7%
73.7%
Defense
66.8%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
43.6%
Time at distance
51.2%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Elliott
3.60
Takedowns / 15 min
3.60
50.9%
Takedown accuracy
55.9%
72.5%
Takedown defense
55.0%
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.33
59.0%
Control share
57.5%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head44%(389)div 62%
  • Body33%(296)div 24%
  • Legs23%(207)div 15%
Elliott
  • Head70%(235)div 62%
  • Body18%(60)div 24%
  • Legs13%(43)div 15%

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

Demetrious Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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