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Brad Scott
Brad Scott
8-1 · GBR
December 14, 2012 · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Robert Whittaker def. Brad Scott by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Whittaker31/610/010:16
Scott15/590/101:45
R2
Whittaker15/400/000:06
Scott19/411/302:30
R3
Whittaker37/1010/000:00
Scott21/710/100:00
Total
Whittaker83/2020/010:22
Scott55/1711/504:15

Scorecards

Whittaker vs Scott

RdCharlie KeechKon PapaioannouPeter HickmottCommunity
R1---9.9-9.2
R2---9.1-10
R3---9.9-9.2
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.4

Media (7 cards) · avg 2928 · 7 Whittaker · 0 Scott

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Whittaker-Scott.

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
WhittakerWin probabilityScott
72.9%27.1%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
16%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%48%
Submission12%17%
Decision26%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 83
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Scott27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%53%
Submission3%12%
Decision10%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 55
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R215%
R331%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Whittaker
73.8%-292
Scott
+29225.3%
Most takedownstie 59.4%
Whittaker
26.6%-190
Scott
+19014.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 68.4
68.5
Over 68.5
42.4%
+136
Under 68.5
57.6%
-136
086171
Scott
Expected: 39.0
39
Over 39
41.7%
+136
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.6%
-136
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.0%
+233
Under 0.5
70.0%
-233
035
Scott
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.0%
Exactly 0
82.0%
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 10.7 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
Whittaker72.9%69.0%+3.9-255
Scott27.1%31.0%−3.9+210

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)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1521
1516
Divisional
1521
1500
Striking offense
1500
1533
Striking defense
1500
1480
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
21 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
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)
Robert Whittaker
No prior UFC fights.
Brad Scott
No prior UFC fights.
Whittaker — 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Scott — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% 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
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Scott
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.

Whittaker
Scott
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Scott
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
26W–14L · 65.0%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
21W–14L · 60.0%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Whittaker
Scott
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Scott
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Scott
  • 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.

Robert Whittaker

No UFC fights on record.

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

Brad Scott

No UFC fights on record.

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