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UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee
Tony Ferguson
Tony Ferguson
18-3 · USA
VS
Josh Thomson
Josh Thomson
20-7 · USA
July 15, 2015 · San Diego, California, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Tony Ferguson def. Josh Thomson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ferguson15/440/000:00
Thomson18/361/301:02
R2
Ferguson43/560/011:39
Thomson8/280/001:13
R3
Ferguson25/490/100:07
Thomson7/360/300:18
Total
Ferguson83/1490/111:46
Thomson33/1001/602:33

Scorecards

Ferguson vs Thomson

RdDerek ClearyMike BeltranWade VierraCommunity
R110-910-9-9.9-9.1
R210-910-9-10-8.3
R310-910-9-10-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2629.9-26.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.926.3 · 14 Ferguson · 0 Thomson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ferguson-Thomson.

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
FergusonWin probabilityThomson
41.7%58.3%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
38%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferguson42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%
Submission16%37%
Decision13%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 83
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Thomson58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%23%
Submission22%38%
Decision23%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 33
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R28%
R312%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Ferguson
58.3%-145
Thomson
+14540.2%
Most takedownstie 54.4%
Ferguson
8.4%+441
Thomson
-44137.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
42.8%
+133
Under 40.5
57.2%
-133
051102
Thomson
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.3%
+137
Under 33.5
57.7%
-137
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.1%
Exactly 0
87.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Thomson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.2%
+149
Under 0.5
59.8%
-149
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 8.6 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
Ferguson41.7%70.7%−29.0-270
Thomson58.3%29.3%+29.0+230

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
65.6Striking65.0
Ferguson +0.6
72.0Grappling39.6
Ferguson +32.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FergusonThomson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1626
Pound-for-pound
1527
1617
Divisional
1527
1515
Striking offense
1498
1514
Striking defense
1505
1516
Grappling offense
1500
1540
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
76"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.55
Strikes landed / min
2.31
33%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
71%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
67%
Takedown accuracy
42%
81%
Takedown defense
36%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
50%
+5
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
75%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
137
Days since last fight
354
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tony Ferguson
  • WGleison TibauSUB R1
    Close -2405mo before
  • WAbel TrujilloSUB R2
    Close -3257mo before
  • WDanny CastilloS-DEC R3
    Close -26510mo before
  • WKatsunori KikunoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3151y 2mo before
  • WMike RioSUB R1
    Close -4201y 9mo before
Josh Thomson
  • LKing GreenS-DEC R3
    Close -2701y before
  • LBenson HendersonS-DEC R5
    Close +2801y 6mo before
  • WNate DiazKO/TKO R2
    Close +1352y 3mo before
  • LYves EdwardsKO/TKO R1
    10y 11mo before
  • WHermes FrancaM-DEC R3
    Close -11511y 5mo before
Ferguson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
Thomson — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0, 1 NC

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
30% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (47%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (29%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Ferguson
Thomson
9
UFC fights
6
71.8 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
71.0 min · 11.8 avg
18y 3m
Career length
25y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferguson
Thomson
173W–62L · 73.6%
Overall
97W–26L · 78.9%
163W–56L · 74.4%
Wins
30W–10L · 75.0%
10W–6L · 62.5%
Losses
67W–16L · 80.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferguson
Thomson
70W–47L · 59.8%
Overall
238W–92L · 72.1%
54W–40L · 57.4%
Wins
158W–78L · 66.9%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
80W–14L · 85.1%
Distance striking
Ferguson
Thomson
4.39
Landed / min
2.94
31.2%
Accuracy
39.9%
70.6%
Defense
62.7%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
73.3%
Time at distance
48.4%
Grappling & control
Ferguson
Thomson
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
81.0%
Takedown defense
36.4%
1.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
30.2%
Control share
58.0%
Strike target map
Ferguson
  • Head65%(167)div 63%
  • Body13%(33)div 20%
  • Legs22%(55)div 17%
Thomson
  • Head49%(81)div 63%
  • Body18%(29)div 20%
  • Legs33%(54)div 17%

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

Tony Ferguson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Thomson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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