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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Stephens
Joe Ellenberger
Joe Ellenberger
14-1 · USA
VS
James Moontasri
James Moontasri
7-1 · USA
June 28, 2014 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Joe Ellenberger def. James Moontasri by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ellenberger7/130/301:26
Moontasri27/500/012:25
R2
Ellenberger11/182/302:48
Moontasri5/80/001:37
R3
Ellenberger4/61/402:15
Moontasri3/90/001:02
Total
Ellenberger22/373/1006:29
Moontasri35/670/015:04

Scorecards

Ellenberger vs Moontasri

RdAladin MartinezJoe SolizJuan MunozCommunity
R19-109-109-108.5-10
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R39-1010-910-99.4-9.7
Total28-2929-2829-2827.9-28.6

Media (11 cards) · avg 28.727.7 · 8 Ellenberger · 0 Moontasri · 3 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ellenberger-Moontasri.

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
EllenbergerWin probabilityMoontasri
55.5%44.5%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
22%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ellenberger56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%31%
Submission13%23%
Decision26%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 22
Takedowns2.9 (0.05.9)act 3
Moontasri44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%
Submission9%21%
Decision25%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~3.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R223%
R38%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ellenberger
54.1%-122
Moontasri
+12244.3%
Most takedownstie 10.7%
Ellenberger
85.9%-2551
Moontasri
+25513.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.5%
+137
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.7%
-137
04590
Moontasri
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+138
Under 32.5
57.9%
-138
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 2.9
3
Over 3
37.4%
+122
Exactly 3
16.8%
push
Under 3
45.8%
-122
059
Moontasri
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.5%
Exactly 0
84.5%
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 10.8 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
Ellenberger55.5%63.0%−7.5-177
Moontasri44.5%37.0%+7.5+166

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1517
1539
Divisional
1517
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1533
1561
Grappling offense
1480
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Ellenberger
No prior UFC fights.
James Moontasri
No prior UFC fights.
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(100%) 1
Moontasri — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ellenberger
Moontasri
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ellenberger
Moontasri
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ellenberger
Moontasri
117W–72L · 61.9%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
109W–69L · 61.2%
Wins
28W–20L · 58.3%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
6W–3L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Ellenberger
Moontasri
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ellenberger
Moontasri
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Ellenberger
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Moontasri
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Joe Ellenberger

No UFC fights on record.

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

James Moontasri

No UFC fights on record.

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