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UFC 160: Velasquez vs Silva 2
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May 25, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
172.0lbMissed +1.0
Stephen Thompson def. Nah-Shon Burrell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thompson15/321/203:14
Burrell18/350/100:21
R2
Thompson22/470/101:31
Burrell15/340/000:19
R3
Thompson28/551/101:32
Burrell23/520/000:00
Total
Thompson65/1342/406:17
Burrell56/1210/100:40

Scorecards

Thompson vs Burrell

RdJunichiro KamijoLester GriffinTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-1010-99.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2830-2729.5-27.5

Media (9 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 9 Thompson · 0 Burrell

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

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 probabilityBurrell
62.8%37.2%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
43%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.5 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 Burrell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Thompson63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission29%46%
Decision18%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 65
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 2
Burrell37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%29%
Submission14%37%
Decision13%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 56
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R25%
R319%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Thompson
54.4%-122
Burrell
+12244.5%
Most takedownstie 31.1%
Thompson
59.6%-640
Burrell
+6409.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 56.8
57
Over 57
41.7%
+137
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
57.1%
-137
072143
Burrell
Expected: 51.1
51
Over 51
41.9%
+135
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.7%
-135
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Thompson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
71.7%
-254
Under 0.5
28.3%
+254
035
Burrell
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
22.2%
Exactly 0
77.8%
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 8.5 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
Thompson62.8%62.1%+0.7-170
Burrell37.2%37.9%−0.7+160

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
76.3Striking82.0
Burrell +5.7
17.1Grappling26.4
Burrell +9.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThompsonBurrell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1535
1516
Divisional
1535
1512
Striking offense
1503
1533
Striking defense
1500
1483
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
30 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.63
Strikes landed / min
8.07
52%
Strike accuracy
56%
2.29
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
56%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
62%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
399
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stephen Thompson
  • LMatt BrownU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 1mo before
  • WDan StittgenKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 4mo before
Nah-Shon Burrell
  • WYuri VillefortU-DEC R3
    Close +1453mo before
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Burrell — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Thompson
Burrell
2
UFC fights
1
19.2 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 6m
Career length
16y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thompson
Burrell
20W–12L · 62.5%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
13W–11L · 54.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thompson
Burrell
12W–9L · 57.1%
Overall
33W–11L · 75.0%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Thompson
Burrell
8.08
Landed / min
8.82
50.0%
Accuracy
46.8%
66.7%
Defense
57.0%
0.78
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.1%
Time at distance
60.5%
Grappling & control
Thompson
Burrell
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
9.2%
Control share
44.7%
Strike target map
Thompson
  • Head70%(62)div 62%
  • Body21%(19)div 22%
  • Legs9%(8)div 16%
Burrell
  • Head79%(95)div 62%
  • Body13%(16)div 22%
  • Legs8%(10)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.

Nah-Shon Burrell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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