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Jake Shields
Jake Shields
26-6-1 · USA
VS
February 25, 2012 · Saitama, Japan
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Jake Shields def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Shields29/770/501:24
Akiyama6/291/200:20
R2
Shields34/760/400:46
Akiyama15/391/200:04
R3
Shields28/482/501:34
Akiyama12/290/000:43
Total
Shields91/2012/1403:44
Akiyama33/972/401:07

Scorecards

Shields vs Akiyama

RdChris WattsHoward HughesJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.3-9.7
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2728.5-28.5

Media (7 cards) · avg 29.128 · 6 Shields · 0 Akiyama · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Shields-Akiyama.

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
ShieldsWin probabilityAkiyama
61.0%39.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
7%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Shields61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%
Submission4%7%
Decision40%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 91
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Akiyama39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%48%
Submission3%7%
Decision17%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 33
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 2
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R218%
R36%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Shields
62.8%-175
Akiyama
+17535.8%
Most takedownstie 44.7%
Shields
18.3%+202
Akiyama
-20237.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shields
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
41.7%
+136
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.7%
-136
054108
Akiyama
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.3%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.6%
-137
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Shields
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
035
Akiyama
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.0%
+127
Under 0.5
56.0%
-127
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 11.2 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
Shields61.0%76.3%−15.3-345
Akiyama39.0%23.7%+15.3+315

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
53.8Striking47.9
Shields +5.9
24.9Grappling66.9
Akiyama +42.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ShieldsAkiyama
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1511
1552
Divisional
1536
1486
Striking offense
1485
1500
Striking defense
1486
1519
Grappling offense
1521
1530
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
33 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.54
Strikes landed / min
2.86
23%
Strike accuracy
32%
3.16
Strikes absorbed / min
5.42
59%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
18%
Takedown accuracy
80%
33%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
25%
-2
Win/loss streak
-3
33%
Last-5 win rate
25%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Shields
  • LJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1355mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +40510mo before
  • WMartin KampmannS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 4mo before
Yoshihiro Akiyama
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close +2907mo before
  • LMichael BispingU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 4mo before
  • LChris LebenSUB R3
    Close -1921y 8mo before
  • WAlan BelcherS-DEC R3
    Close -2452y 8mo before
Shields — win / loss by method
Record: 26-6-1

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, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
25win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (12%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
10 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
12 (48%)Decision(75%) 3
Akiyama — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0, 2 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, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Shields
Akiyama
3
UFC fights
4
40.9 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
46.5 min · 11.6 avg
26y 9m
Career length
21y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shields
Akiyama
63W–10L · 86.3%
Overall
72W–24L · 75.0%
17W–3L · 85.0%
Wins
14W–5L · 73.7%
46W–7L · 86.8%
Losses
58W–19L · 75.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shields
Akiyama
323W–117L · 73.4%
Overall
77W–27L · 74.0%
302W–111L · 73.1%
Wins
77W–26L · 74.8%
21W–6L · 77.8%
Losses
0W–1L · 0.0%
Distance striking
Shields
Akiyama
3.64
Landed / min
3.72
22.0%
Accuracy
31.6%
65.8%
Defense
56.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
67.2%
Time at distance
68.8%
Grappling & control
Shields
Akiyama
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
18.2%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
65.8%
Control share
90.0%
Strike target map
Shields
  • Head41%(43)div 62%
  • Body36%(37)div 22%
  • Legs23%(24)div 16%
Akiyama
  • Head82%(109)div 62%
  • Body8%(10)div 22%
  • Legs11%(14)div 16%

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

Jake Shields
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yoshihiro Akiyama
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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