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Tony Sims
Tony Sims
12-2 · USA
August 23, 2015 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Tony Sims by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aubin-Mercier1/12/204:32
Sims0/00/000:00
R2
Aubin-Mercier1/64/604:04
Sims0/40/000:00
R3
Aubin-Mercier1/10/203:31
Sims23/250/000:55
Total
Aubin-Mercier3/86/10012:07
Sims23/290/000:55

Scorecards

Aubin-Mercier vs Sims

RdDavid TherienJason RodgersSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-9-10-8.9
R210-910-9-10-9.1
R310-910-9-9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2729-2829.8-27.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.827.1 · 13 Aubin-Mercier · 0 Sims

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aubin-Mercier-Sims.

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 probabilitySims
64.8%35.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
30%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Sims. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aubin-Mercier65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%13%
Submission24%37%
Decision33%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 3
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 6
Sims35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%42%
Submission6%16%
Decision14%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 23
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R211%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Aubin-Mercier
50.0%-105
Sims
+10547.8%
Most takedownstie 26.8%
Aubin-Mercier
61.2%-509
Sims
+50912.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 25.1
25
Over 25
41.4%
+136
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.0%
-136
03263
Sims
Expected: 24.5
24.5
Over 24.5
42.4%
+136
Under 24.5
57.6%
-136
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.9%
+109
Under 1.5
52.1%
-109
035
Sims
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.6%
+276
Under 0.5
73.4%
-276
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 9.8 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
Aubin-Mercier64.8%64.3%+0.5-200
Sims35.2%35.7%−0.5+170

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
69.2Striking72.3
Sims +3.1
36.7Grappling0.0
Aubin-Mercier +36.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Aubin-MercierSims
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1540
1545
Divisional
1524
1490
Striking offense
1507
1504
Striking defense
1529
1545
Grappling offense
1478
1534
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.58
Strikes landed / min
3.68
50%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.31
60%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
24%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
120
Days since last fight
57
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
  • WDavid MichaudSUB R3
    Close -3404mo before
  • WJake LindseySUB R2
    Close -52511mo before
  • LChad LapriseS-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 4mo before
Tony Sims
  • WSteve MontgomeryKO/TKO R1
    Close -12057d before
Aubin-Mercier — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Sims — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Aubin-Mercier
Sims
3
UFC fights
1
35.0 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
2.7 min · 2.7 avg
14y 9m
Career length
18y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aubin-Mercier
Sims
24W–2L · 92.3%
Overall
8W–2L · 80.0%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Wins
8W–2L · 80.0%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aubin-Mercier
Sims
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
87W–49L · 64.0%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
71W–44L · 61.7%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–5L · 76.2%
Distance striking
Aubin-Mercier
Sims
4.21
Landed / min
3.29
43.2%
Accuracy
46.2%
61.7%
Defense
66.7%
0.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
5.52
60.5%
Time at distance
67.1%
Grappling & control
Aubin-Mercier
Sims
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
24.1%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.86
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
91.9%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Aubin-Mercier
  • Head59%(74)div 63%
  • Body26%(32)div 20%
  • Legs15%(19)div 17%
Sims
  • Head80%(8)div 63%
  • Body20%(2)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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.

Tony Sims
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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