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Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
20-8 · CAN
September 27, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Stephen Thompson def. Patrick Cote by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thompson13/320/000:21
Cote26/400/401:21
R2
Thompson28/460/000:01
Cote17/450/100:26
R3
Thompson23/560/010:17
Cote10/380/300:00
Total
Thompson64/1340/010:39
Cote53/1230/801:47

Scorecards

Thompson vs Cote

RdAdalaide ByrdSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.4-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.4-27.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.427.7 · 12 Thompson · 0 Cote

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Thompson-Cote.

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
ThompsonWin probabilityCote
67.7%32.3%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
6%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Thompson68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission4%6%
Decision45%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3581)act 64
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Cote32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%22%
Submission3%8%
Decision22%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2457)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~0.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R28%
R316%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Thompson
65.6%-197
Cote
+19733.4%
Most takedownstie 76.2%
Thompson
13.6%-135
Cote
+13510.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 62.1
62
Over 62
42.0%
+135
Exactly 62
1.1%
push
Under 62
56.9%
-135
078156
Cote
Expected: 43.5
43.5
Over 43.5
42.4%
+136
Under 43.5
57.6%
-136
055109
Takedowns — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cote
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.4%
Exactly 0
88.6%
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 12.9 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
Thompson67.7%77.7%−10.0-380
Cote32.3%22.3%+10.0+340

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
74.6Striking60.8
Thompson +13.8
49.6Grappling30.1
Thompson +19.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThompsonCote
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1529
1564
Divisional
1550
1528
Striking offense
1489
1518
Striking defense
1518
1493
Grappling offense
1464
1522
Grappling defense
1477
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.84
Strikes landed / min
2.45
51%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.06
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
59%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
67%
Takedown accuracy
23%
64%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
47%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
164
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stephen Thompson
  • WRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1307mo before
  • WChris ClementsKO/TKO R2
    Close -4301y before
  • WNah-Shon BurrellU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1701y 4mo before
  • LMatt BrownU-DEC R3
    Close -2202y 5mo before
  • WDan StittgenKO/TKO R1
    Close -3202y 8mo before
Patrick Cote
  • WKyle NokeU-DEC R3
    Close +1855mo before
  • WBobby VoelkerU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 6mo before
  • WAlessio SakaraDQ R1
    Close -2101y 10mo before
  • LCung LeU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 3mo before
  • LTom LawlorU-DEC R3
    Close -1753y 11mo before
Thompson — 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, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 20-8-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(38%) 3
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 4
1 (14%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
4 (31%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Thompson
Cote
5
UFC fights
15
44.4 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
161.9 min · 10.8 avg
16y 6m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thompson
Cote
51W–21L · 70.8%
Overall
203W–61L · 76.9%
38W–10L · 79.2%
Wins
93W–31L · 75.0%
13W–11L · 54.2%
Losses
110W–30L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thompson
Cote
12W–9L · 57.1%
Overall
146W–55L · 72.6%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
146W–55L · 72.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Thompson
Cote
7.71
Landed / min
3.99
47.0%
Accuracy
40.3%
67.7%
Defense
59.5%
1.35
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
51.2%
Time at distance
35.5%
Grappling & control
Thompson
Cote
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
23.3%
64.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.19
52.2%
Control share
31.2%
Strike target map
Thompson
  • Head62%(134)div 63%
  • Body27%(59)div 21%
  • Legs10%(22)div 16%
Cote
  • Head63%(251)div 63%
  • Body15%(61)div 21%
  • Legs21%(84)div 16%

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

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Patrick Cote
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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