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UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3
Michael Chiesa
Michael Chiesa
7-1 · USA
VS
Colton Smith
Colton Smith
3-2 · USA
November 6, 2013 · Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Michael Chiesa def. Colton Smith by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 1:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Chiesa2/110/001:10
Smith0/72/302:26
R2 · 1:41
Chiesa5/81/200:11
Smith4/110/000:44
Total
Chiesa7/191/201:21
Smith4/182/303:10

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
ChiesaWin probabilitySmith
85.5%14.5%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
58%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 7.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Chiesa85%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%8%
Submission52%61%
Decision26%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes16 (821)act 7
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.6)act 1
Smith15%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%16%
Submission6%42%
Decision6%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes12 (616)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 2
Combined totals~28 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R162%
R23%
R33%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 3.5%
Chiesa
61.4%-175
Smith
+17535.1%
Most takedownstie 23.2%
Chiesa
65.5%-579
Smith
+57911.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 16.4
16.5
Over 16.5
42.2%
+137
Under 16.5
57.8%
-137
02142
Smith
Expected: 12.1
12
Over 12
40.2%
+136
Exactly 12
5.1%
push
Under 12
54.7%
-136
01631
Takedowns — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
49.5%
+102
Under 1.5
50.5%
-102
035
Smith
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.3%
+230
Under 0.5
69.7%
-230
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 7.0 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
Chiesa85.5%53.4%+32.1-120
Smith14.5%46.6%−32.1+110

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
56.2Striking60.3
Smith +4.1
53.8Grappling49.5
Chiesa +4.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChiesaSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1502
1533
Divisional
1501
1485
Striking offense
1480
1503
Striking defense
1496
1548
Grappling offense
1498
1527
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.88
Strikes landed / min
1.87
32%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.47
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
54%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
4.09
31%
Takedown accuracy
32%
Takedown defense
0%
2.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
102
Days since last fight
165
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Chiesa
  • LJorge MasvidalSUB R2
    Close +2553mo before
  • WAnton KuivanenSUB R2
    missedClose -1908mo before
  • WAl IaquintaSUB R1
    Close +2401y 5mo before
Colton Smith
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1405mo before
  • WMike RicciU-DEC R3
    Close +27011mo before
Chiesa — 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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
86% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Chiesa
Smith
3
UFC fights
2
20.3 min · 6.8 avg
Octagon time
25.7 min · 12.8 avg
15y 9m
Career length
15y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Chiesa
Smith
46W–13L · 78.0%
Overall
17W–4L · 81.0%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Wins
7W–2L · 77.8%
24W–7L · 77.4%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Chiesa
Smith
12W–13L · 48.0%
Overall
1W–1L · 50.0%
12W–13L · 48.0%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Chiesa
Smith
3.58
Landed / min
2.93
31.3%
Accuracy
34.9%
60.0%
Defense
53.6%
0.74
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
48.3%
Time at distance
39.8%
Grappling & control
Chiesa
Smith
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
4.09
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
31.8%
Takedown defense
0.0%
2.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.17
59.4%
Control share
94.0%
Strike target map
Chiesa
  • Head68%(26)div 64%
  • Body21%(8)div 20%
  • Legs11%(4)div 17%
Smith
  • Head44%(21)div 64%
  • Body15%(7)div 20%
  • Legs42%(20)div 17%

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

Michael Chiesa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Colton Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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