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Chris Dempsey
Chris Dempsey
10-2 · USA
VS
Eddie Gordon
Eddie Gordon
7-2 · USA
April 18, 2015 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Chris Dempsey def. Eddie Gordon by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dempsey11/470/300:51
Gordon18/620/001:06
R2
Dempsey20/561/300:54
Gordon10/441/101:32
R3
Dempsey13/352/601:32
Gordon9/342/201:33
Total
Dempsey44/1383/1203:17
Gordon37/1403/304:11

Scorecards

Dempsey vs Gordon

RdCardo UrsoMichael Depasquale Jr.Michelle AgustinCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.5-9.6
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2828-2929-2828.4-28.7

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 16 Dempsey · 0 Gordon

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dempsey-Gordon.

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
DempseyWin probabilityGordon
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
25%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dempsey52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%
Submission15%28%
Decision24%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 44
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.8)act 3
Gordon48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%36%
Submission11%22%
Decision20%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 37
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 3
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R218%
R310%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Dempsey
50.6%-106
Gordon
+10647.7%
Most takedownstie 23.4%
Dempsey
54.6%-248
Gordon
+24822.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dempsey
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.2%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.8%
-138
04080
Gordon
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
41.1%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.7%
-138
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Dempsey
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.6%
+123
Exactly 2
16.0%
push
Under 2
46.4%
-123
036
Gordon
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.3%
+201
Exactly 1
14.7%
push
Under 1
57.0%
-201
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 10.0 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
Dempsey51.7%23.7%+28.0+310
Gordon48.3%76.3%−28.0-370

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
28.8Striking72.5
Gordon +43.8
0.0Grappling55.0
Gordon +55.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DempseyGordon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1514
1527
Divisional
1514
1478
Striking offense
1501
1493
Striking defense
1491
1541
Grappling offense
1508
1546
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.47
Strikes landed / min
3.22
20%
Strike accuracy
53%
7.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.72
48%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.22
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Dempsey
  • LIlir LatifiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2659mo before
Eddie Gordon
  • LJosh SammanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1404mo before
  • WDhiego LimaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1409mo before
Dempsey — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Gordon — 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dempsey
Gordon
1
UFC fights
2
2.1 min · 2.1 avg
Octagon time
9.3 min · 4.7 avg
14y 5m
Career length
15y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dempsey
Gordon
8W–3L · 72.7%
Overall
19W–4L · 82.6%
0W–0L
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dempsey
Gordon
59W–40L · 59.6%
Overall
34W–20L · 63.0%
57W–40L · 58.8%
Wins
30W–18L · 62.5%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Dempsey
Gordon
0.00
Landed / min
3.89
0.0%
Accuracy
29.6%
50.0%
Defense
56.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.61
95.6%
Time at distance
22.0%
Grappling & control
Dempsey
Gordon
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.22
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
96.3%
Strike target map
Dempsey
  • Head100%(1)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Gordon
  • Head100%(30)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Chris Dempsey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eddie Gordon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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