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UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story
Rick Story
Rick Story
17-8 · USA
VS
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson
13-0-1 · ISL
October 4, 2014 · Stockholm, Sweden
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Rick Story def. Gunnar Nelson by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Story18/390/000:00
Nelson8/131/100:16
R2
Story29/621/100:04
Nelson11/260/100:00
R3
Story32/630/000:00
Nelson8/180/100:05
R4
Story41/770/010:32
Nelson10/240/100:01
R5
Story48/740/000:00
Nelson16/260/000:00
Total
Story168/3151/110:36
Nelson53/1071/400:22

Scorecards

Story vs Nelson

RdJim BergmanMark CollettPaul SutherlandCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.4-9.6
R29-1010-910-99.9-9.2
R39-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-810-8.8
R510-910-910-910-9
Total47-4849-4650-4449.2-45.7

Media (9 cards) · avg 49.245.8 · 9 Story · 0 Nelson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Story-Nelson.

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
StoryWin probabilityNelson
44.0%56.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
35%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 17.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Story44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%23%
Submission10%22%
Decision24%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 168
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Nelson56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%
Submission25%44%
Decision17%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 53
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.7)act 1
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R222%
R315%
R48%
R56%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Story
67.7%-217
Nelson
+21731.2%
Most takedownstie 23.0%
Story
15.1%+409
Nelson
-40961.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Story
Expected: 56.3
56.5
Over 56.5
42.3%
+137
Under 56.5
57.7%
-137
071141
Nelson
Expected: 37.4
37.5
Over 37.5
42.4%
+136
Under 37.5
57.6%
-136
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Story
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+191
Under 0.5
65.7%
-191
035
Nelson
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.9%
+118
Exactly 2
17.6%
push
Under 2
44.5%
-118
036

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 17.2 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
Story44.0%23.1%+20.9+325
Nelson56.0%76.9%−20.9-360

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
71.2Striking75.6
Nelson +4.4
70.6Grappling84.1
Nelson +13.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StoryNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1587
1573
Divisional
1575
1507
Striking offense
1475
1523
Striking defense
1523
1535
Grappling offense
1543
1530
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.46
Strikes landed / min
2.43
39%
Strike accuracy
60%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
2.06
66%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.28
54%
Takedown accuracy
71%
63%
Takedown defense
100%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
80
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rick Story
  • WLeonardo MafraSUB R2
    Close -3003mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumS-DEC R3
    Close +1607mo before
  • WBrian EbersoleU-DEC R3
    Close -21011mo before
  • LMike PyleS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 4mo before
  • WQuinn MulhernKO/TKO R1
    Close -3701y 7mo before
Gunnar Nelson
  • WZak CummingsSUB R2
    Close -8403mo before
  • WOmari AkhmedovSUB R1
    Close -2807mo before
  • WJorge SantiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -3301y 8mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -3402y before
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 7 losses
W
53% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
10win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (60%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Story
Nelson
16
UFC fights
4
190.2 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
33.0 min · 8.2 avg
18y 9m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Story
Nelson
248W–55L · 81.8%
Overall
70W–25L · 73.7%
159W–36L · 81.5%
Wins
70W–25L · 73.7%
89W–19L · 82.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Story
Nelson
86W–41L · 67.7%
Overall
41W–10L · 80.4%
83W–41L · 66.9%
Wins
41W–10L · 80.4%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Story
Nelson
4.89
Landed / min
2.21
30.4%
Accuracy
47.9%
70.1%
Defense
80.1%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.0%
Time at distance
48.0%
Grappling & control
Story
Nelson
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.28
53.5%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
62.9%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.82
63.6%
Control share
91.6%
Strike target map
Story
  • Head55%(359)div 62%
  • Body34%(223)div 21%
  • Legs12%(76)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head79%(63)div 62%
  • Body10%(8)div 21%
  • Legs11%(9)div 16%

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gunnar Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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