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UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux
Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson
6-0 · USA
VS
Chris Dempsey
Chris Dempsey
11-2 · USA
August 8, 2015 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Jonathan Wilson def. Chris Dempsey by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:50
Wilson4/80/010:13
Dempsey0/40/100:00
Total
Wilson4/80/010:13
Dempsey0/40/100:00

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
WilsonWin probabilityDempsey
53.5%46.5%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
17%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Wilson54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%54%
Submission7%14%
Decision18%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 4
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Dempsey46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission10%22%
Decision21%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 0
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.1)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R211%
R311%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Wilson
44.9%+119
Dempsey
-11953.3%
Most takedownstie 31.3%
Wilson
7.6%+805
Dempsey
-80561.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Wilson
Expected: 28.4
28.5
Over 28.5
42.4%
+136
Under 28.5
57.6%
-136
03672
Dempsey
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-134
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Wilson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.6%
Exactly 0
84.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Dempsey
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
48.1%
+108
Under 1.5
51.9%
-108
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 9.0 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
Wilson53.5%53.2%+0.3-125
Dempsey46.5%46.8%−0.3+105

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WilsonDempsey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1526
1520
Divisional
1510
1500
Striking offense
1479
1500
Striking defense
1493
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.63
Strike accuracy
31%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.10
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jonathan Wilson
No prior UFC fights.
Chris Dempsey
  • WEddie GordonS-DEC R3
    Close +3104mo before
  • LIlir LatifiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2651y 1mo before
Wilson — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
83% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Dempsey — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Wilson
Dempsey
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
17.1 min · 8.6 avg
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Wilson
Dempsey
Overall
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Wilson
Dempsey
5W–8L · 38.5%
Overall
59W–40L · 59.6%
5W–8L · 38.5%
Wins
57W–40L · 58.8%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Wilson
Dempsey
Landed / min
3.60
Accuracy
25.8%
Defense
69.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
53.6%
Grappling & control
Wilson
Dempsey
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
43.8%
Strike target map
Wilson
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Dempsey
  • Head84%(38)div 64%
  • Body13%(6)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%

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

Jonathan Wilson

No UFC fights on record.

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

Chris Dempsey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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