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UFC on FX: Browne vs Bigfoot
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
27-6 · USA
VS
Jay Hieron
Jay Hieron
23-5 · USA
October 5, 2012 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Jake Ellenberger def. Jay Hieron by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ellenberger5/240/000:04
Hieron11/360/100:00
R2
Ellenberger14/321/100:57
Hieron12/370/100:00
R3
Ellenberger6/251/300:03
Hieron9/540/000:00
Total
Ellenberger25/812/401:04
Hieron32/1270/200:00

Scorecards

Ellenberger vs Hieron

RdChris LeeJeff BlatnickKyle ShielyCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R310-99-109-109.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (7 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 7 Ellenberger · 0 Hieron

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ellenberger-Hieron.

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
EllenbergerWin probabilityHieron
80.4%19.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
24%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ellenberger80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%37%
Submission18%22%
Decision33%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 25
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Hieron20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%16%
Submission7%33%
Decision10%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R217%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ellenberger
50.9%-107
Hieron
+10747.5%
Most takedownstie 34.4%
Ellenberger
28.0%+135
Hieron
-13537.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
42.1%
+137
Under 33.5
57.9%
-137
04284
Hieron
Expected: 32.1
32
Over 32
41.7%
+135
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.3%
-135
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.9%
+138
Under 0.5
58.1%
-138
035
Hieron
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.5%
+163
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-163
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 9.5 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
Ellenberger80.4%74.2%+6.2-310
Hieron19.6%25.8%−6.2+280

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
73.2Striking54.0
Ellenberger +19.2
74.2Grappling100.0
Hieron +25.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EllenbergerHieron
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1605
Pound-for-pound
1482
1603
Divisional
1482
1528
Striking offense
1479
1526
Striking defense
1485
1519
Grappling offense
1552
1542
Grappling defense
1538
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.81
Strikes landed / min
1.17
46%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.97
68%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
10.56
59%
Takedown accuracy
60%
92%
Takedown defense
100%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.5
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
0%
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
2559
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Ellenberger
  • LMartin KampmannKO/TKO R2
    Close -1784mo before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3558mo before
  • WJake ShieldsKO/TKO R1
    Close +1251y 1mo before
  • WSean PiersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 5mo before
  • WCarlos Eduardo RochaS-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 8mo before
Jay Hieron
  • LJonathan GouletKO/TKO R3
    7y before
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R1
    Close +2258y 4mo before
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 27-6-0

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
19 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(75%) 3
Hieron — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0

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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
26% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
23win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (30%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (26%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (43%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Ellenberger
Hieron
8
UFC fights
2
73.0 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
12.8 min · 6.4 avg
21y 4m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ellenberger
Hieron
143W–33L · 81.3%
Overall
19W–5L · 79.2%
101W–23L · 81.5%
Wins
0W–0L
42W–10L · 80.8%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ellenberger
Hieron
189W–109L · 63.4%
Overall
270W–94L · 74.2%
145W–93L · 60.9%
Wins
238W–81L · 74.6%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Ellenberger
Hieron
3.64
Landed / min
2.58
40.4%
Accuracy
39.1%
75.3%
Defense
55.6%
1.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.7%
Time at distance
27.3%
Grappling & control
Ellenberger
Hieron
3.29
Takedowns / 15 min
10.56
59.3%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
91.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.52
74.9%
Control share
88.1%
Strike target map
Ellenberger
  • Head71%(146)div 62%
  • Body20%(41)div 22%
  • Legs9%(18)div 16%
Hieron
  • Head40%(6)div 62%
  • Body33%(5)div 22%
  • Legs27%(4)div 16%

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

Jake Ellenberger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jay Hieron
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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