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UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs Lamas
Michael Chiesa
Michael Chiesa
9-2 · USA
VS
Mitch Clarke
Mitch Clarke
11-2 · CAN
April 4, 2015 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Michael Chiesa def. Mitch Clarke by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Chiesa20/343/501:58
Clarke11/200/201:45
R2
Chiesa10/151/103:25
Clarke6/80/100:50
R3
Chiesa29/790/100:00
Clarke48/920/100:00
Total
Chiesa59/1284/705:23
Clarke65/1200/402:35

Scorecards

Chiesa vs Clarke

RdCardo UrsoDave TirelliDouglas CrosbyCommunity
R110-910-910-810-8.5
R210-910-910-810-8.6
R39-109-109-109.5-9.6
Total29-2829-2829-2629.5-26.7

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.527.1 · 13 Chiesa · 0 Clarke

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Chiesa-Clarke.

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
ChiesaWin probabilityClarke
86.2%13.8%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
45%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Chiesa86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%18%
Submission39%45%
Decision32%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 59
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.6)act 4
Clarke14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%23%
Submission5%38%
Decision6%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes16 (820)act 65
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~38 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R27%
R34%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.6%
Chiesa
64.7%-198
Clarke
+19832.7%
Most takedownstie 17.1%
Chiesa
80.0%-2770
Clarke
+27702.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 22.6
22.5
Over 22.5
42.7%
+134
Under 22.5
57.3%
-134
02957
Clarke
Expected: 15.6
15.5
Over 15.5
42.8%
+134
Under 15.5
57.2%
-134
02039
Takedowns — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.6%
-101
Exactly 2
21.2%
push
Under 2
39.2%
+101
036
Clarke
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.6%
Exactly 0
89.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.9 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
Chiesa86.2%77.8%+8.4-420
Clarke13.8%22.2%−8.4+335

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
61.4Striking47.7
Chiesa +13.8
61.9Grappling39.2
Chiesa +22.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChiesaClarke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1535
1548
Divisional
1535
1490
Striking offense
1493
1512
Striking defense
1501
1525
Grappling offense
1504
1493
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.91
Strikes landed / min
1.58
36%
Strike accuracy
26%
1.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.46
56%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
31%
Takedown accuracy
25%
60%
Takedown defense
53%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
211
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Chiesa
  • LJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2107mo before
  • WFrancisco TrinaldoU-DEC R3
    Close -15010mo before
  • WColton SmithSUB R2
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalSUB R2
    Close +2551y 8mo before
  • WAnton KuivanenSUB R2
    missedClose -1902y 1mo before
Mitch Clarke
  • WAl IaquintaSUB R2
    Close +38010mo before
  • WJohn MaguireU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 10mo before
  • LAnton KuivanenS-DEC R3
    Close +1552y 8mo before
  • LJohn CholishKO/TKO R2
    Close +3153y 4mo before
Chiesa — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Clarke — 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
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Chiesa
Clarke
6
UFC fights
4
49.2 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
45.5 min · 11.4 avg
15y 9m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Chiesa
Clarke
86W–27L · 76.1%
Overall
49W–13L · 79.0%
39W–11L · 78.0%
Wins
26W–7L · 78.8%
47W–16L · 74.6%
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Chiesa
Clarke
12W–13L · 48.0%
Overall
21W–26L · 44.7%
12W–13L · 48.0%
Wins
21W–26L · 44.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Chiesa
Clarke
3.55
Landed / min
3.56
32.0%
Accuracy
21.8%
64.7%
Defense
51.2%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.7%
Time at distance
32.7%
Grappling & control
Chiesa
Clarke
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
52.9%
1.53
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.66
63.8%
Control share
25.4%
Strike target map
Chiesa
  • Head63%(59)div 63%
  • Body24%(23)div 20%
  • Legs13%(12)div 17%
Clarke
  • Head49%(35)div 63%
  • Body13%(9)div 20%
  • Legs39%(28)div 17%

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

Michael Chiesa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mitch Clarke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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