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Chris Clements
Chris Clements
11-4 · CAN
September 21, 2013 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
169.5lb
Stephen Thompson def. Chris Clements by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 1:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thompson11/232/201:58
Clements16/340/000:12
R2 · 1:27
Thompson12/160/020:34
Clements1/90/000:00
Total
Thompson23/392/222:32
Clements17/430/000:12

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 probabilityClements
81.4%18.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
29%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Clements. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Thompson81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%28%
Submission25%30%
Decision34%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 23
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Clements19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%44%
Submission5%24%
Decision6%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 17
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R24%
R323%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Thompson
65.0%-193
Clements
+19333.7%
Most takedownstie 62.7%
Thompson
16.8%+122
Clements
-12220.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 48.6
48.5
Over 48.5
42.7%
+134
Under 48.5
57.3%
-134
061122
Clements
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.2%
+137
Under 34.5
57.8%
-137
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.3%
Exactly 0
79.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Clements
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.0%
Exactly 0
76.0%
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 10.0 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
Thompson81.4%79.6%+1.8-430
Clements18.6%20.4%−1.8+380

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
72.2Striking72.3
Clements +0.2
45.0Grappling13.0
Thompson +32.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThompsonClements
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1524
1533
Divisional
1524
1513
Striking offense
1502
1529
Striking defense
1507
1488
Grappling offense
1494
1501
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
30 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.50
Strikes landed / min
3.92
50%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.92
Strikes absorbed / min
2.07
55%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
0%
64%
Takedown defense
47%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
427
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stephen Thompson
  • WNah-Shon BurrellU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1704mo before
  • LMatt BrownU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 5mo before
  • WDan StittgenKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 8mo before
Chris Clements
  • WKeith WisniewskiS-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 5mo before
Thompson — 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Clements — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
91% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (100%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Thompson
Clements
3
UFC fights
2
34.2 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
27.0 min · 13.5 avg
16y 6m
Career length
21y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thompson
Clements
29W–14L · 67.4%
Overall
28W–13L · 68.3%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
28W–13L · 68.3%
13W–11L · 54.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thompson
Clements
12W–9L · 57.1%
Overall
144W–62L · 69.9%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
82W–38L · 68.3%
0W–0L
Losses
62W–24L · 72.1%
Distance striking
Thompson
Clements
8.11
Landed / min
6.09
47.4%
Accuracy
47.0%
67.1%
Defense
59.7%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.11
46.8%
Time at distance
43.2%
Grappling & control
Thompson
Clements
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
64.3%
Takedown defense
46.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
44.9%
Control share
16.8%
Strike target map
Thompson
  • Head60%(92)div 62%
  • Body31%(47)div 22%
  • Legs10%(15)div 16%
Clements
  • Head56%(59)div 62%
  • Body25%(26)div 22%
  • Legs20%(21)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.

Chris Clements
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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