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UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage
Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt
6-7 · NZL
VS
Ben Rothwell
Ben Rothwell
31-7 · USA
September 24, 2011 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
261.0lb
Weigh-in
263.0lb
Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hunt7/290/000:23
Rothwell13/292/801:27
R2
Hunt21/391/103:21
Rothwell3/100/200:08
R3
Hunt19/271/302:32
Rothwell3/110/400:37
Total
Hunt47/952/406:16
Rothwell19/502/1402:12

Scorecards

Hunt vs Rothwell

RdCecil PeoplesMark Van TineNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-810-9-9.7-9.4
R2-10-9-10-8.2
R3-10-9-10-8.6
Total10-830-2729-2829.7-26.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.727 · 6 Hunt · 0 Rothwell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hunt-Rothwell.

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
HuntWin probabilityRothwell
31.1%68.9%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
4%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hunt31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%48%
Submission0%1%
Decision16%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 47
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 2
Rothwell69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%61%
Submission3%5%
Decision24%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 19
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R226%
R35%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Hunt
44.1%+124
Rothwell
-12454.6%
Most takedownstie 56.7%
Hunt
7.6%+473
Rothwell
-47335.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hunt
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.7%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.7%
-136
050100
Rothwell
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
41.5%
+138
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.1%
-138
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Hunt
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.8%
Exactly 0
89.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rothwell
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-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 9.2 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
Hunt31.1%23.4%+7.7+320
Rothwell68.9%76.6%−7.7-355

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
66.2Striking50.8
Hunt +15.3
57.8Grappling65.4
Rothwell +7.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HuntRothwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1554
1497
Divisional
1554
1507
Striking offense
1494
1530
Striking defense
1492
1485
Grappling offense
1495
1493
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
37 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'4"
72"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
2.24
31%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.16
Strikes absorbed / min
4.53
78%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.94
Takedowns / 15 min
3.58
100%
Takedown accuracy
71%
83%
Takedown defense
17%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
469
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mark Hunt
  • WChris TuchschererKO/TKO R2
    Close +2257mo before
  • LSean McCorkleSUB R1
    Close -1901y before
Ben Rothwell
  • WGilbert YvelU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 3mo before
  • LCain VelasquezKO/TKO R2
    Close +2531y 11mo before
Hunt — win / loss by method
Record: 6-7-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 6 losses
W
0% of wins
L
86% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Rothwell — win / loss by method
Record: 31-7-0

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
24 wins, 4 losses
W
77% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
30win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
24 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (13%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (7%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Hunt
Rothwell
2
UFC fights
2
7.7 min · 3.9 avg
Octagon time
21.0 min · 10.5 avg
22y 1m
Career length
25y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hunt
Rothwell
30W–3L · 90.9%
Overall
42W–14L · 75.0%
21W–3L · 87.5%
Wins
36W–14L · 72.0%
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hunt
Rothwell
199W–52L · 79.3%
Overall
509W–183L · 73.6%
78W–29L · 72.9%
Wins
472W–168L · 73.8%
121W–23L · 84.0%
Losses
37W–15L · 71.2%
Distance striking
Hunt
Rothwell
2.69
Landed / min
3.30
29.2%
Accuracy
22.2%
82.1%
Defense
51.6%
1.94
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
67.3%
Time at distance
8.7%
Grappling & control
Hunt
Rothwell
1.94
Takedowns / 15 min
3.58
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
83.3%
Takedown defense
16.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.43
25.5%
Control share
66.6%
Strike target map
Hunt
  • Head100%(16)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Rothwell
  • Head74%(35)div 67%
  • Body26%(12)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Mark Hunt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ben Rothwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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