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The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
18-4 · BRA
VS
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
23-10 · USA
December 12, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.5lbMissed +0.5
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Charles Oliveira def. Jeremy Stephens by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira12/180/100:26
Stephens13/190/003:33
R2
Oliveira15/201/103:32
Stephens11/210/000:53
R3
Oliveira16/291/501:25
Stephens24/390/001:53
Total
Oliveira43/672/705:23
Stephens48/790/006:19

Scorecards

Oliveira vs Stephens

RdLester GriffinMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R39-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2830-2728.8-28.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.227.6 · 13 Oliveira · 0 Stephens

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Oliveira-Stephens.

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
OliveiraWin probabilityStephens
90.6%9.4%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
5%
Decision
37%
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 Oliveira, blue toward Stephens. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO53%59%
Submission5%5%
Decision33%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3785)act 43
Takedowns3.0 (0.06.4)act 2
Stephens9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%58%
Submission0%0%
Decision4%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 48
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~3.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R241%
R36%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Oliveira
69.2%-232
Stephens
+23229.9%
Most takedownstie 17.5%
Oliveira
81.9%-13207
Stephens
+132070.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 65.5
65.5
Over 65.5
42.5%
+135
Under 65.5
57.5%
-135
082164
Stephens
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.9%
+135
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.5%
-135
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 3.0
3
Over 3
39.7%
+115
Exactly 3
14.5%
push
Under 3
45.7%
-115
059
Stephens
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
2.7%
Exactly 0
97.3%
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 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
Oliveira90.6%36.3%+54.3+170
Stephens9.4%63.7%−54.3-185

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
65.7Striking67.4
Stephens +1.7
67.7Grappling54.3
Oliveira +13.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraStephens
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1557
1566
Divisional
1568
1488
Striking offense
1506
1496
Striking defense
1536
1530
Grappling offense
1485
1489
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.01
Strikes landed / min
2.68
44%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.82
Strikes absorbed / min
2.42
58%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.75
35%
Takedown accuracy
47%
52%
Takedown defense
61%
2.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
53%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
167
Days since last fight
167
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Charles Oliveira
  • WHatsu HiokiSUB R2
    Close -2005mo before
  • WAndy OgleSUB R3
    Close -73510mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R3
    Close +4701y 5mo before
  • LCub SwansonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2352y 3mo before
  • WJonathan BrookinsSUB R2
    Close -2002y 6mo before
Jeremy Stephens
  • LCub SwansonU-DEC R5
    Close +2055mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -11511mo before
  • WRony JasonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1701y 1mo before
  • WEstevan PayanU-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 7mo before
  • LYves EdwardsKO/TKO R1
    Close -2402y before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0, 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, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
6 (100%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0
Stephens — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
22% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
10win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(22%) 2
5 (50%)Decision(67%) 6
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Stephens
11
UFC fights
19
74.2 min · 6.7 avg
Octagon time
231.3 min · 12.2 avg
18y 4m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Stephens
157W–36L · 81.3%
Overall
323W–92L · 77.8%
92W–22L · 80.7%
Wins
127W–37L · 77.4%
65W–14L · 82.3%
Losses
196W–55L · 78.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Stephens
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
87W–49L · 64.0%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
81W–48L · 62.8%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Oliveira
Stephens
4.20
Landed / min
3.43
35.8%
Accuracy
35.7%
63.4%
Defense
66.9%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
43.6%
Time at distance
51.0%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Stephens
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.75
35.3%
Takedown accuracy
46.6%
52.2%
Takedown defense
61.4%
2.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.58
37.1%
Control share
49.7%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head52%(115)div 64%
  • Body27%(60)div 19%
  • Legs22%(48)div 17%
Stephens
  • Head60%(371)div 64%
  • Body20%(121)div 19%
  • Legs21%(128)div 17%

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jeremy Stephens
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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