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UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Ellenberger
25-5 · USA
VS
Jake Shields
Jake Shields
26-5-1 · USA
September 17, 2011 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Jake Ellenberger def. Jake Shields by KO/TKO (Knee), R1 0:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:53
Ellenberger9/160/010:04
Shields1/130/100:07
Total
Ellenberger9/160/010:04
Shields1/130/100:07

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
EllenbergerWin probabilityShields
44.7%55.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
11%
Decision
64%
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 Ellenberger, blue toward Shields. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ellenberger45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%42%
Submission3%7%
Decision23%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 9
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Shields55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%11%
Submission8%15%
Decision41%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 1
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R211%
R310%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ellenberger
37.7%+162
Shields
-16261.0%
Most takedownstie 43.2%
Ellenberger
44.6%-364
Shields
+36412.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.8%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.4%
-135
04691
Shields
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
42.6%
+135
Under 46.5
57.4%
-135
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Ellenberger
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.9%
+162
Exactly 1
19.1%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-162
035
Shields
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.5%
Exactly 0
80.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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
Ellenberger44.7%43.6%+1.1+125
Shields55.3%56.4%−1.1-135

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
70.7Striking55.0
Ellenberger +15.7
81.7Grappling25.4
Ellenberger +56.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EllenbergerShields
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1589
Pound-for-pound
1569
1589
Divisional
1567
1514
Striking offense
1488
1525
Striking defense
1507
1529
Grappling offense
1539
1535
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.28
Strikes landed / min
2.58
44%
Strike accuracy
23%
1.45
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
64%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
74%
Takedown accuracy
19%
89%
Takedown defense
33%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jake Ellenberger
  • WSean PiersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2005mo before
  • WCarlos Eduardo RochaS-DEC R3
    Close -2807mo before
  • WJohn HowardKO/TKO R3
    Close -1961y 2mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R2
    Close -1481y 8mo before
  • LCarlos ConditS-DEC R3
    Close +3572y before
Jake Shields
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +4055mo before
  • WMartin KampmannS-DEC R3
    Close -17011mo before
Ellenberger — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0

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
18 wins, 0 losses
W
72% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(75%) 3
Shields — win / loss by method
Record: 26-5-1

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, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
20% 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
80% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
25win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (12%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
10 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
12 (48%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Ellenberger
Shields
5
UFC fights
2
50.4 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 20.0 avg
21y 4m
Career length
26y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ellenberger
Shields
75W–19L · 79.8%
Overall
38W–5L · 88.4%
52W–14L · 78.8%
Wins
17W–3L · 85.0%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Losses
21W–2L · 91.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ellenberger
Shields
189W–109L · 63.4%
Overall
323W–117L · 73.4%
145W–93L · 60.9%
Wins
302W–111L · 73.1%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
21W–6L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Ellenberger
Shields
2.70
Landed / min
3.69
35.2%
Accuracy
22.4%
74.5%
Defense
65.5%
1.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.1%
Time at distance
67.1%
Grappling & control
Ellenberger
Shields
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
73.7%
Takedown accuracy
19.0%
88.9%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.89
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
74.3%
Control share
65.9%
Strike target map
Ellenberger
  • Head70%(80)div 62%
  • Body24%(28)div 22%
  • Legs6%(7)div 16%
Shields
  • Head42%(43)div 62%
  • Body35%(36)div 22%
  • Legs23%(24)div 16%

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

Jake Ellenberger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jake Shields
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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