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UFC 145: Jones vs Evans
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
13-11 · USA
VS
April 21, 2012 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Matt Brown def. Stephen Thompson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brown5/113/703:19
Thompson8/140/000:48
R2
Brown15/261/402:14
Thompson30/640/000:00
R3
Brown16/401/202:30
Thompson29/550/000:00
Total
Brown36/775/1308:03
Thompson67/1330/000:48

Scorecards

Brown vs Thompson

RdCardo UrsoChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.7-9.4
R310-910-810-99.9-8.8
Total29-2830-2630-2729.5-27.3

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.827 · 6 Brown · 0 Thompson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Brown-Thompson.

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
BrownWin probabilityThompson
30.8%69.2%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
4%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%42%
Submission2%7%
Decision16%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3479)act 36
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 5
Thompson69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%
Submission2%2%
Decision46%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 67
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~120 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R223%
R35%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Brown
49.9%-101
Thompson
+10149.2%
Most takedownstie 67.0%
Brown
22.1%-203
Thompson
+20310.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 60.4
60.5
Over 60.5
42.4%
+136
Under 60.5
57.6%
-136
076151
Thompson
Expected: 59.9
60
Over 60
41.9%
+136
Exactly 60
1.1%
push
Under 60
57.0%
-136
075150
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+312
Under 0.5
75.8%
-312
035
Thompson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.2%
Exactly 0
86.8%
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 11.8 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
Brown30.8%32.7%−1.9+200
Thompson69.2%67.3%+1.9-220

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
76.5Striking85.8
Thompson +9.3
75.1Grappling0.0
Brown +75.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownThompson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1533
1509
Divisional
1533
1530
Striking offense
1507
1521
Striking defense
1533
1526
Grappling offense
1483
1467
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.35
Strikes landed / min
5.22
59%
Strike accuracy
58%
2.01
Strikes absorbed / min
1.90
59%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.45
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60%
Takedown accuracy
64%
Takedown defense
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WChris CopeKO/TKO R2
    Close -3353mo before
  • LSeth BaczynskiSUB R2
    Close -1355mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close +23510mo before
  • LBrian FosterSUB R2
    Close +1201y 5mo before
  • LChris LytleSUB R2
    Close +1681y 10mo before
Stephen Thompson
  • WDan StittgenKO/TKO R1
    Close -3203mo before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 13-11-0

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, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
38% of wins
L
82% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(80%) 4
1 (17%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Thompson — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Thompson
11
UFC fights
1
93.3 min · 8.5 avg
Octagon time
4.2 min · 4.2 avg
20y 10m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Thompson
123W–48L · 71.9%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
45W–17L · 72.6%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
78W–31L · 71.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Thompson
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
12W–9L · 57.1%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
12W–9L · 57.1%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brown
Thompson
7.11
Landed / min
4.76
50.0%
Accuracy
55.6%
67.4%
Defense
63.6%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.56
25.2%
Time at distance
99.6%
Grappling & control
Brown
Thompson
1.45
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
64.3%
Takedown defense
2.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
35.1%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head54%(168)div 62%
  • Body33%(104)div 22%
  • Legs13%(41)div 16%
Thompson
  • Head41%(9)div 62%
  • Body32%(7)div 22%
  • Legs27%(6)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stephen Thompson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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