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UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger
Lance Benoist
Lance Benoist
5-0 · USA
VS
Matthew Riddle
Matthew Riddle
5-2 · USA
September 17, 2011 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Lance Benoist def. Matthew Riddle by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benoist14/250/101:54
Riddle3/61/101:47
R2
Benoist16/291/103:02
Riddle3/132/200:43
R3
Benoist9/120/100:00
Riddle20/321/104:28
Total
Benoist39/661/304:56
Riddle26/514/406:58

Scorecards

Benoist vs Riddle

RdJeff BlatnickRichard BertrandSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Benoist · 0 Riddle

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benoist-Riddle.

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
BenoistWin probabilityRiddle
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
12%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benoist58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%26%
Submission10%17%
Decision33%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 39
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Riddle42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%
Submission2%4%
Decision30%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 26
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.8)act 4
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R213%
R36%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Benoist
57.4%-141
Riddle
+14140.9%
Most takedownstie 21.8%
Benoist
10.9%+620
Riddle
-62067.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benoist
Expected: 33.8
34
Over 34
41.2%
+138
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.9%
-138
04385
Riddle
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.8%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.9%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Benoist
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.0%
+271
Under 0.5
73.0%
-271
035
Riddle
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.2%
+104
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
41.7%
-104
047

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 11.7 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
Benoist58.0%34.9%+23.1+175
Riddle42.0%65.1%−23.1-210

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenoistRiddle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1543
1517
Divisional
1530
1500
Striking offense
1476
1500
Striking defense
1507
1500
Grappling offense
1520
1500
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.24
Strike accuracy
43%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.62
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
3.48
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
88%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
71%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
280
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lance Benoist
No prior UFC fights.
Matthew Riddle
  • LSean PiersonU-DEC R3
    Close -2509mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -2201y 2mo before
  • WGreg SotoDQ R3
    Close -2301y 6mo before
  • LNick OsipczakKO/TKO R3
    Close -3081y 10mo before
  • WDan CramerU-DEC R3
    Close -2282y 1mo before
Benoist — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
20% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Riddle — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (20%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Benoist
Riddle
0
UFC fights
7
Octagon time
94.9 min · 13.6 avg
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benoist
Riddle
Overall
58W–18L · 76.3%
Wins
44W–14L · 75.9%
Losses
14W–4L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benoist
Riddle
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Distance striking
Benoist
Riddle
Landed / min
3.00
Accuracy
17.0%
Defense
61.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
21.1%
Grappling & control
Benoist
Riddle
Takedowns / 15 min
3.48
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
88.2%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.79
Control share
79.5%
Strike target map
Benoist
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Riddle
  • Head50%(154)div 62%
  • Body28%(86)div 22%
  • Legs22%(67)div 16%

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

Lance Benoist

No UFC fights on record.

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

Matthew Riddle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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