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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
8-3-1 · USA
VS
Jared Papazian
Jared Papazian
14-8 · USA
December 15, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Tim Elliott def. Jared Papazian by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elliott8/133/402:32
Papazian14/300/101:21
R2
Elliott20/433/601:10
Papazian18/540/000:00
R3
Elliott8/131/413:25
Papazian4/130/000:49
Total
Elliott36/697/1417:07
Papazian36/970/102:10

Scorecards

Elliott vs Papazian

RdGlenn TrowbridgeJunichiro KamijoRoy SilbertCommunity
R110-810-810-810-8.2
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-810-810-8.2
Total30-2630-2530-2530-25.3

Media (9 cards) · avg 3025.3 · 9 Elliott · 0 Papazian

Point deductions: R11 Papazian (Illegal Knee to a Downed Opponent)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Elliott-Papazian. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
ElliottWin probabilityPapazian
73.9%26.1%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
65%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 5.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Elliott74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%13%
Submission52%71%
Decision12%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 36
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 7
Papazian26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%16%
Submission13%48%
Decision9%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~44 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R170%
R23%
R35%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Elliott
51.5%-112
Papazian
+11246.0%
Most takedownstie 26.6%
Elliott
63.6%-650
Papazian
+6509.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 22.4
22.5
Over 22.5
42.3%
+136
Under 22.5
57.7%
-136
02957
Papazian
Expected: 21.1
21
Over 21
41.3%
+135
Exactly 21
3.1%
push
Under 21
55.6%
-135
02753
Takedowns — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
40.8%
-155
Exactly 1
32.8%
push
Under 1
26.4%
+155
035
Papazian
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.8%
Exactly 0
76.2%
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 5.9 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
Elliott73.9%64.3%+9.6-190
Papazian26.1%35.7%−9.6+175

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
62.7Striking53.8
Elliott +8.9
13.9Grappling13.9
Elliott +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElliottPapazian
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1498
Pound-for-pound
1482
1497
Divisional
1513
1485
Striking offense
1504
1499
Striking defense
1498
1544
Grappling offense
1489
1550
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
25 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
66"
Reach
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.27
Strikes landed / min
4.09
35%
Strike accuracy
41%
5.33
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
66%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
50%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
190
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Elliott
  • LJohn DodsonU-DEC R3
    Close +4407mo before
Jared Papazian
  • LDustin PagueSUB R1
    Close -1606mo before
  • LMike EastonM-DEC R3
    Close +38011mo before
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Papazian — win / loss by method
Record: 14-8-0, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
7% of wins
L
63% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
57% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
14win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(67%) 4
8 (57%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Elliott
Papazian
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
18.4 min · 9.2 avg
17y 3m
Career length
18y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elliott
Papazian
12W–5L · 70.6%
Overall
21W–6L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
12W–5L · 70.6%
Losses
21W–6L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elliott
Papazian
61W–42L · 59.2%
Overall
116W–77L · 60.1%
58W–37L · 61.1%
Wins
79W–55L · 59.0%
3W–5L · 37.5%
Losses
37W–22L · 62.7%
Distance striking
Elliott
Papazian
4.80
Landed / min
7.18
33.0%
Accuracy
37.9%
65.5%
Defense
50.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
93.1%
Time at distance
46.3%
Grappling & control
Elliott
Papazian
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
14.3%
Control share
38.6%
Strike target map
Elliott
  • Head81%(64)div 55%
  • Body14%(11)div 28%
  • Legs5%(4)div 17%
Papazian
  • Head65%(49)div 55%
  • Body23%(17)div 28%
  • Legs12%(9)div 17%

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jared Papazian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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