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Jacob Volkmann
Jacob Volkmann
13-2 · USA
VS
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
18-3 · USA
December 30, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Jacob Volkmann def. Efrain Escudero by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkmann7/170/004:14
Escudero1/30/000:00
R2
Volkmann4/92/504:13
Escudero0/40/000:00
R3
Volkmann6/91/402:53
Escudero6/110/001:15
Total
Volkmann17/353/9011:20
Escudero7/180/001:15

Scorecards

Volkmann vs Escudero

RdGlenn TrowbridgeMark SmithTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2829-2829.5-27.5

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 5 Volkmann · 0 Escudero

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Volkmann-Escudero.

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
VolkmannWin probabilityEscudero
40.8%59.2%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
17%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Volkmann41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%21%
Submission4%10%
Decision28%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 17
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 3
Escudero59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%22%
Submission13%22%
Decision33%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 7
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R214%
R311%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Volkmann
43.0%+127
Escudero
-12754.9%
Most takedownstie 29.5%
Volkmann
55.2%-363
Escudero
+36315.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkmann
Expected: 24.1
24
Over 24
41.3%
+136
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
56.0%
-136
03161
Escudero
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
42.3%
+136
Under 27.5
57.7%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Volkmann
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.1%
+127
Under 1.5
55.9%
-127
035
Escudero
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
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 12.0 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
Volkmann40.8%71.5%−30.7-265
Escudero59.2%28.5%+30.7+245

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
59.1Striking66.3
Escudero +7.2
80.8Grappling60.3
Volkmann +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkmannEscudero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1545
1593
Divisional
1545
1466
Striking offense
1486
1510
Striking defense
1521
1508
Grappling offense
1510
1496
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
31 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.28
Strikes landed / min
2.41
37%
Strike accuracy
34%
1.76
Strikes absorbed / min
1.72
55%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.04
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
67%
Takedown accuracy
57%
56%
Takedown defense
67%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
138
Days since last fight
471
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jacob Volkmann
  • WDanny CastilloU-DEC R3
    Close -1205mo before
  • WAntonio McKeeS-DEC R3
    Close +1701y before
  • WPaul KellyU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 5mo before
  • WRonys TorresS-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 9mo before
  • LMartin KampmannSUB R1
    Close +2232y before
Efrain Escudero
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close -1551y 3mo before
  • WDan LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close -4001y 7mo before
  • LEvan DunhamSUB R3
    Close -2482y before
  • WCole MillerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1302y 3mo before
  • WPhillipe NoverU-DEC R3
    Close +2953y 1mo before
Volkmann — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (44%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0
Escudero — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (20%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Volkmann
Escudero
6
UFC fights
5
79.0 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
58.0 min · 11.6 avg
18y 10m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Volkmann
Escudero
87W–14L · 86.1%
Overall
54W–6L · 90.0%
61W–10L · 85.9%
Wins
32W–6L · 84.2%
26W–4L · 86.7%
Losses
22W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkmann
Escudero
86W–51L · 62.8%
Overall
51W–22L · 69.9%
86W–51L · 62.8%
Wins
39W–16L · 70.9%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–6L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Volkmann
Escudero
1.69
Landed / min
2.69
21.0%
Accuracy
27.3%
67.3%
Defense
75.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.78
24.7%
Time at distance
51.3%
Grappling & control
Volkmann
Escudero
3.04
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
56.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.52
63.7%
Control share
71.6%
Strike target map
Volkmann
  • Head73%(74)div 65%
  • Body13%(13)div 18%
  • Legs14%(14)div 17%
Escudero
  • Head62%(87)div 65%
  • Body9%(12)div 18%
  • Legs29%(41)div 17%

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

Jacob Volkmann
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Efrain Escudero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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