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David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11-2 · USA
VS
Simeon Thoresen
Simeon Thoresen
17-3-1 · NOR
January 26, 2013 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
David Mitchell def. Simeon Thoresen by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mitchell30/910/000:04
Thoresen34/790/000:04
R2
Mitchell14/350/002:35
Thoresen0/61/101:38
R3
Mitchell16/331/201:22
Thoresen15/300/001:55
Total
Mitchell60/1591/204:01
Thoresen49/1151/103:37

Scorecards

Mitchell vs Thoresen

RdOtto TorrieroRick WinterSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.4
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.7-9.4
Total30-2730-2730-2729.3-27.9

Media (4 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 4 Mitchell · 0 Thoresen

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Mitchell-Thoresen.

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
MitchellWin probabilityThoresen
38.5%61.5%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
17%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mitchell38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%24%
Submission5%13%
Decision24%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 60
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Thoresen62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%27%
Submission12%20%
Decision33%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 49
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R37%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Mitchell
46.1%+114
Thoresen
-11452.3%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Mitchell
20.1%+192
Thoresen
-19238.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mitchell
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.4%
+136
Under 32.5
57.6%
-136
04182
Thoresen
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Mitchell
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.4%
+240
Under 0.5
70.6%
-240
035
Thoresen
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
32.5%
+167
Exactly 1
13.3%
push
Under 1
54.2%
-167
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 11.0 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
Mitchell38.5%31.6%+6.9+210
Thoresen61.5%68.4%−6.9-230

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
54.2Striking71.0
Thoresen +16.8
57.1Grappling42.7
Mitchell +14.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MitchellThoresen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1536
1504
Divisional
1537
1490
Striking offense
1497
1512
Striking defense
1493
1491
Grappling offense
1507
1490
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
33 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.20
Strikes landed / min
4.59
26%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
3.65
56%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
67%
Takedown accuracy
25%
8%
Takedown defense
3.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.8
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
518
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
David Mitchell
  • LPaulo ThiagoU-DEC R3
    Close +3701y 5mo before
  • LTJ WaldburgerU-DEC R3
    Close -1602y 4mo before
Simeon Thoresen
  • LSeth BaczynskiKO/TKO R1
    Close +1054mo before
  • WBesam YousefSUB R2
    Close -3259mo before
Mitchell — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
82% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (82%)Submission() 0
2 (18%)Decision() 0
Thoresen — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-1

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
6% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (6%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
14 (88%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Mitchell
Thoresen
2
UFC fights
2
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11.8 min · 5.9 avg
20y 1m
Career length
19y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mitchell
Thoresen
25W–8L · 75.8%
Overall
22W–6L · 78.6%
0W–0L
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
25W–8L · 75.8%
Losses
16W–6L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mitchell
Thoresen
71W–34L · 67.6%
Overall
172W–106L · 61.9%
71W–34L · 67.6%
Wins
144W–87L · 62.3%
0W–0L
Losses
28W–19L · 59.6%
Distance striking
Mitchell
Thoresen
2.33
Landed / min
3.94
20.2%
Accuracy
29.7%
70.6%
Defense
75.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.7%
Time at distance
58.2%
Grappling & control
Mitchell
Thoresen
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
7.7%
Takedown defense
3.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.82
12.4%
Control share
95.0%
Strike target map
Mitchell
  • Head64%(23)div 62%
  • Body8%(3)div 22%
  • Legs28%(10)div 16%
Thoresen
  • Head52%(28)div 62%
  • Body41%(22)div 22%
  • Legs7%(4)div 16%

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

David Mitchell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Simeon Thoresen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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