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UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage
James Te Huna
James Te Huna
12-5 · AUS
VS
Ricardo Romero
Ricardo Romero
11-2 · USA
September 24, 2011 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
James Te Huna def. Ricardo Romero by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:47
Te Huna5/70/010:10
Romero0/30/300:00
Total
Te Huna5/70/010:10
Romero0/30/300:00

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
Te HunaWin probabilityRomero
75.2%24.8%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
32%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 6.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Te Huna75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%47%
Submission22%29%
Decision18%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 5
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Romero25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%36%
Submission10%40%
Decision6%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (924)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~43 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R153%
R217%
R36%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Te Huna
62.3%-176
Romero
+17635.3%
Most takedownstie 45.8%
Te Huna
37.3%-221
Romero
+22116.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Te Huna
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
42.9%
+133
Under 24.5
57.1%
-133
03162
Romero
Expected: 18.1
18
Over 18
41.2%
+134
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.2%
-134
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Te Huna
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.6%
+129
Under 0.5
56.4%
-129
035
Romero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.6%
+307
Under 0.5
75.4%
-307
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 6.9 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
Te Huna75.2%59.3%+15.9-152
Romero24.8%40.7%−15.9+142

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
65.1Striking58.3
Te Huna +6.8
68.9Grappling65.4
Te Huna +3.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Te HunaRomero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1524
1514
Divisional
1524
1507
Striking offense
1496
1495
Striking defense
1498
1510
Grappling offense
1507
1491
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.57
Strikes landed / min
2.37
48%
Strike accuracy
61%
1.62
Strikes absorbed / min
4.62
54%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.03
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
43%
Takedown accuracy
14%
50%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Te Huna
  • LAlexander GustafssonSUB R1
    Close +2907mo before
  • WIgor PokrajacKO/TKO R3
    Close -1811y 7mo before
Ricardo Romero
  • LKyle KingsburyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1358mo before
  • WSeth PetruzelliSUB R2
    Close -1701y 3mo before
Te Huna — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Te Huna
Romero
2
UFC fights
2
17.9 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
8.4 min · 4.2 avg
23y 4m
Career length
18y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Te Huna
Romero
31W–7L · 81.6%
Overall
21W–6L · 77.8%
21W–6L · 77.8%
Wins
12W–4L · 75.0%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Te Huna
Romero
72W–40L · 64.3%
Overall
45W–20L · 69.2%
54W–31L · 63.5%
Wins
42W–18L · 70.0%
18W–9L · 66.7%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Te Huna
Romero
3.73
Landed / min
2.78
43.8%
Accuracy
41.2%
65.5%
Defense
61.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
10.5%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Te Huna
Romero
5.03
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.56
80.2%
Control share
75.3%
Strike target map
Te Huna
  • Head75%(21)div 64%
  • Body14%(4)div 18%
  • Legs11%(3)div 18%
Romero
  • Head70%(14)div 64%
  • Body30%(6)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

James Te Huna
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ricardo Romero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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