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UFC 140: Jones vs Machida
John Cholish
John Cholish
7-1 · USA
VS
Mitch Clarke
Mitch Clarke
9-0 · CAN
December 10, 2011 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
John Cholish def. Mitch Clarke by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 4:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cholish17/280/401:18
Clarke5/690/200:14
R2 · 4:36
Cholish38/521/201:34
Clarke12/620/100:03
Total
Cholish55/801/602:52
Clarke17/1310/300:17

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
CholishWin probabilityClarke
72.2%27.8%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
29%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cholish72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%26%
Submission20%28%
Decision33%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 55
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.4)act 1
Clarke28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%20%
Submission9%32%
Decision13%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R230%
R36%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Cholish
54.2%-123
Clarke
+12344.2%
Most takedownstie 26.4%
Cholish
63.0%-596
Clarke
+59610.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cholish
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
42.5%
+135
Under 35.5
57.5%
-135
04589
Clarke
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.2%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.8%
-138
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Cholish
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
34.7%
+138
Exactly 2
17.5%
push
Under 2
47.8%
-138
036
Clarke
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.1%
+333
Under 0.5
76.9%
-333
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 10.5 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
Cholish72.2%76.3%−4.1-345
Clarke27.8%23.7%+4.1+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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1533
1519
Divisional
1533
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
73"
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)
John Cholish
No prior UFC fights.
Mitch Clarke
No prior UFC fights.
Cholish — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Clarke — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cholish
Clarke
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.

Cholish
Clarke
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cholish
Clarke
61W–27L · 69.3%
Overall
21W–26L · 44.7%
59W–27L · 68.6%
Wins
21W–26L · 44.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cholish
Clarke
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cholish
Clarke
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Cholish
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Clarke
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

John Cholish

No UFC fights on record.

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

Mitch Clarke

No UFC fights on record.

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