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Thibault Gouti
Thibault Gouti
11-1 · FRA
June 18, 2016 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Thibault Gouti by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aubin-Mercier17/281/302:16
Gouti22/450/000:27
R2
Aubin-Mercier24/301/403:06
Gouti7/220/000:00
R3 · 2:28
Aubin-Mercier3/31/102:12
Gouti0/20/000:00
Total
Aubin-Mercier44/613/807:34
Gouti29/690/000:27

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
Aubin-MercierWin probabilityGouti
73.8%26.2%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
18%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Aubin-Mercier, blue toward Gouti. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aubin-Mercier74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%37%
Submission15%20%
Decision31%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 44
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 3
Gouti26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%48%
Submission4%14%
Decision10%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 29
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R220%
R38%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Aubin-Mercier
62.0%-170
Gouti
+17036.4%
Most takedownstie 32.3%
Aubin-Mercier
55.2%-442
Gouti
+44212.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 37.2
37
Over 37
41.9%
+134
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.3%
-134
04793
Gouti
Expected: 28.0
28
Over 28
41.3%
+136
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.3%
-136
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
41.3%
-112
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
36.7%
+112
035
Gouti
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+319
Under 0.5
76.1%
-319
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 9.5 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
Aubin-Mercier73.8%79.7%−5.9-470
Gouti26.2%20.3%+5.9+375

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
65.4Striking17.5
Aubin-Mercier +47.9
59.6Grappling0.0
Aubin-Mercier +59.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Aubin-MercierGouti
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1519
1542
Divisional
1519
1490
Striking offense
1500
1509
Striking defense
1500
1525
Grappling offense
1493
1517
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
0.00
50%
Strike accuracy
0%
3.08
Strikes absorbed / min
15.00
56%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.23
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
32%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
  • LDiego FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2605mo before
  • WTony SimsU-DEC R3
    Close -20010mo before
  • WDavid MichaudSUB R3
    Close -3401y 2mo before
  • WJake LindseySUB R2
    Close -5251y 8mo before
  • LChad LapriseS-DEC R3
    Close -1552y 2mo before
Thibault Gouti
  • LTeemu PackalenSUB R1
    Close -1104mo before
Aubin-Mercier — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Gouti — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
2 (18%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Aubin-Mercier
Gouti
5
UFC fights
1
65.0 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
0.4 min · 0.4 avg
14y 9m
Career length
14y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aubin-Mercier
Gouti
47W–6L · 88.7%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
29W–4L · 87.9%
Wins
0W–0L
18W–2L · 90.0%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aubin-Mercier
Gouti
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
59W–36L · 62.1%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
59W–36L · 62.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aubin-Mercier
Gouti
4.21
Landed / min
0.00
45.7%
Accuracy
0.0%
61.1%
Defense
60.0%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.1%
Time at distance
58.3%
Grappling & control
Aubin-Mercier
Gouti
3.23
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
31.8%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Aubin-Mercier
  • Head64%(113)div 63%
  • Body23%(41)div 20%
  • Legs13%(23)div 17%
Gouti
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Olivier Aubin-Mercier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thibault Gouti
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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