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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
Colton Smith
Colton Smith
2-1 · USA
VS
Mike Ricci
Mike Ricci
7-2 · CAN
December 15, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Colton Smith def. Mike Ricci by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smith4/54/803:41
Ricci5/80/000:06
R2
Smith5/62/604:29
Ricci2/40/000:03
R3
Smith6/71/204:15
Ricci2/30/000:25
Total
Smith15/187/16012:25
Ricci9/150/000:34

Scorecards

Smith vs Ricci

RdDouglas CrosbyRoy SilbertTony WeeksCommunity
R1-10-910-910-9
R2-10-910-910-9
R3-10-910-910-9
Total30-2630-2730-2730-27

Media (9 cards) · avg 3027 · 9 Smith · 0 Ricci

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Smith-Ricci.

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
SmithWin probabilityRicci
42.6%57.4%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
14%
Decision
56%
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 Smith, blue toward Ricci. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Smith43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission7%16%
Decision24%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 15
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.9)act 7
Ricci57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%32%
Submission7%13%
Decision31%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 9
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R211%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Smith
38.8%+153
Ricci
-15359.3%
Most takedownstie 28.5%
Smith
50.8%-246
Ricci
+24620.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
43.0%
+132
Under 24.5
57.0%
-132
03162
Ricci
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.5%
+136
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.4%
-136
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
035
Ricci
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.5%
+174
Under 0.5
63.5%
-174
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
Smith42.6%26.5%+16.1+270
Ricci57.4%73.5%−16.1-300

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)
1501
Pound-for-pound
1512
1501
Divisional
1512
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
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)
Colton Smith
No prior UFC fights.
Mike Ricci
No prior UFC fights.
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 2-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Ricci — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Ricci
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.

Smith
Ricci
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Ricci
1W–1L · 50.0%
Overall
55W–29L · 65.5%
0W–0L
Wins
37W–24L · 60.7%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
18W–5L · 78.3%
Distance striking
Smith
Ricci
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Smith
Ricci
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Ricci
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Colton Smith

No UFC fights on record.

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

Mike Ricci

No UFC fights on record.

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