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Jake Lindsey
Jake Lindsey
9-1 · USA
October 4, 2014 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Jake Lindsey by SUB (Inverted Triangle), R2 3:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aubin-Mercier16/261/301:45
Lindsey11/261/100:40
R2 · 3:22
Aubin-Mercier15/221/201:22
Lindsey13/260/000:00
Total
Aubin-Mercier31/482/503:07
Lindsey24/521/100:40

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
Aubin-MercierWin probabilityLindsey
79.0%21.0%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
38%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Aubin-Mercier, blue toward Lindsey. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aubin-Mercier79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%24%
Submission33%42%
Decision27%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 31
Takedowns1.5 (0.13.5)act 2
Lindsey21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%39%
Submission5%25%
Decision8%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R211%
R37%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Aubin-Mercier
61.5%-166
Lindsey
+16637.1%
Most takedownstie 10.5%
Aubin-Mercier
85.6%-2199
Lindsey
+21993.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 44.1
44
Over 44
42.0%
+135
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-135
056111
Lindsey
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
43.0%
+133
Under 33.5
57.0%
-133
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Aubin-Mercier
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
56.5%
-130
Under 1.5
43.5%
+130
035
Lindsey
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
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 8.1 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
Aubin-Mercier79.0%82.2%−3.2-525
Lindsey21.0%17.8%+3.2+450

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
55.7Striking66.9
Lindsey +11.1
20.1Grappling11.1
Aubin-Mercier +9.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Aubin-MercierLindsey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1515
1512
Divisional
1515
1482
Striking offense
1502
1500
Striking defense
1493
1549
Grappling offense
1497
1552
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.00
Strikes landed / min
3.83
39%
Strike accuracy
65%
4.73
Strikes absorbed / min
3.60
59%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
171
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
  • LChad LapriseS-DEC R3
    Close -1556mo before
Jake Lindsey
  • LJon TuckKO/TKO R3
    Close +1404mo before
Aubin-Mercier — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Lindsey — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Aubin-Mercier
Lindsey
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
12.8 min · 12.8 avg
14y 9m
Career length
16y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aubin-Mercier
Lindsey
7W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aubin-Mercier
Lindsey
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
66W–64L · 50.8%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
66W–64L · 50.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aubin-Mercier
Lindsey
3.20
Landed / min
9.10
36.9%
Accuracy
55.6%
60.2%
Defense
60.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
85.5%
Time at distance
21.5%
Grappling & control
Aubin-Mercier
Lindsey
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.5%
Control share
27.5%
Strike target map
Aubin-Mercier
  • Head67%(30)div 63%
  • Body29%(13)div 20%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%
Lindsey
  • Head33%(16)div 63%
  • Body53%(26)div 20%
  • Legs14%(7)div 17%

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

Olivier Aubin-Mercier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jake Lindsey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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