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Richard Walsh
Richard Walsh
9-4 · AUS
November 26, 2016 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jonathan Meunier def. Richard Walsh by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Meunier22/461/100:26
Walsh7/320/000:00
R2
Meunier34/700/100:09
Walsh4/340/300:26
R3
Meunier18/390/100:44
Walsh7/222/502:26
Total
Meunier74/1551/301:19
Walsh18/882/802:52

Scorecards

Meunier vs Walsh

RdAlbert ShenAnthony DimitriouBen CartlidgeCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-99-109.7-9.3
Total30-2730-2729-2829.7-27.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Meunier · 0 Walsh

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Meunier-Walsh.

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
MeunierWin probabilityWalsh
37.7%62.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
21%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Meunier38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%36%
Submission10%26%
Decision15%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 74
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Walsh62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%26%
Submission11%18%
Decision35%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 18
Takedowns1.7 (0.13.8)act 2
Combined totals~101 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R218%
R35%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Meunier
49.7%-101
Walsh
+10149.2%
Most takedownstie 12.6%
Meunier
7.0%+1144
Walsh
-114480.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Meunier
Expected: 50.4
50.5
Over 50.5
42.4%
+136
Under 50.5
57.6%
-136
064127
Walsh
Expected: 50.1
50
Over 50
42.0%
+135
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.6%
-135
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Meunier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+265
Under 0.5
72.6%
-265
035
Walsh
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
59.4%
-146
Under 1.5
40.6%
+146
036

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 10.1 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
Meunier37.7%44.7%−7.0+115
Walsh62.3%55.3%+7.0-135

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
65.4Striking78.1
Walsh +12.8
12.3Grappling48.5
Walsh +36.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeunierWalsh
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1504
1509
Divisional
1504
1499
Striking offense
1509
1499
Striking defense
1502
1497
Grappling offense
1502
1493
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.47
Strikes landed / min
4.48
70%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.18
44%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.44
Takedown accuracy
50%
44%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
40%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jonathan Meunier
  • LColby CovingtonSUB R3
    Close +1955mo before
Richard Walsh
  • LViscardi AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -1258mo before
  • WSteve KennedyU-DEC R3
    Close -4201y before
  • LAlan JoubanKO/TKO R1
    Close +2301y 9mo before
  • LKiichi KunimotoS-DEC R3
    Close +2152y 2mo before
  • WChris IndichU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 7mo before
Meunier — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Walsh — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Meunier
Walsh
1
UFC fights
5
10.9 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
62.3 min · 12.5 avg
12y 10m
Career length
17y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Meunier
Walsh
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
72W–21L · 77.4%
0W–0L
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
44W–13L · 77.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Meunier
Walsh
27W–16L · 62.8%
Overall
7W–6L · 53.8%
27W–16L · 62.8%
Wins
6W–6L · 50.0%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Meunier
Walsh
3.40
Landed / min
7.52
60.0%
Accuracy
39.5%
57.1%
Defense
65.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
16.2%
Time at distance
31.4%
Grappling & control
Meunier
Walsh
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.44
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
44.4%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
52.0%
Strike target map
Meunier
  • Head63%(10)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs38%(6)div 16%
Walsh
  • Head64%(179)div 63%
  • Body17%(47)div 21%
  • Legs19%(53)div 16%

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

Jonathan Meunier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Richard Walsh
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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