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UFC Fight Night: Shields vs Ellenberger
TJ Waldburger
TJ Waldburger
13-6 · USA
VS
Mike Stumpf
Mike Stumpf
11-2 · USA
September 17, 2011 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
TJ Waldburger def. Mike Stumpf by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 3:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:52
Waldburger4/73/403:14
Stumpf0/40/000:24
Total
Waldburger4/73/403:14
Stumpf0/40/000:24

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
WaldburgerWin probabilityStumpf
71.5%28.5%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
19%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Waldburger72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%38%
Submission15%21%
Decision30%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 4
Takedowns1.5 (0.13.4)act 3
Stumpf28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%48%
Submission4%15%
Decision10%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R220%
R35%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Waldburger
57.4%-138
Stumpf
+13841.5%
Most takedownstie 10.9%
Waldburger
84.4%-1810
Stumpf
+18104.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Waldburger
Expected: 49.6
49.5
Over 49.5
42.6%
+134
Under 49.5
57.4%
-134
063125
Stumpf
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.3%
+138
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.1%
-138
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Waldburger
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
55.9%
-127
Under 1.5
44.1%
+127
035
Stumpf
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
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 9.0 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
Waldburger71.5%68.4%+3.1-230
Stumpf28.5%31.6%−3.1+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
WaldburgerStumpf
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1523
1512
Divisional
1523
Striking offense
Striking defense
1502
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Striking (UFC career)
2.41
Strikes landed / min
60%
Strike accuracy
1.21
Strikes absorbed / min
23%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.43
Takedowns / 15 min
75%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
6.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
TJ Waldburger
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close +2656mo before
  • WDavid MitchellU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y before
Mike Stumpf
No prior UFC fights.
Waldburger — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-0

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, 5 losses
W
8% of wins
L
83% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
77% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
10 (83%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(20%) 1
Stumpf — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Waldburger
Stumpf
2
UFC fights
0
16.6 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
20y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Waldburger
Stumpf
20W–1L · 95.2%
Overall
11W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Waldburger
Stumpf
169W–156L · 52.0%
Overall
97W–115L · 45.8%
126W–137L · 47.9%
Wins
80W–110L · 42.1%
43W–19L · 69.4%
Losses
17W–5L · 77.3%
Distance striking
Waldburger
Stumpf
2.85
Landed / min
45.5%
Accuracy
37.5%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
10.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Waldburger
Stumpf
5.43
Takedowns / 15 min
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
6.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
84.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Waldburger
  • Head80%(32)div 62%
  • Body8%(3)div 22%
  • Legs13%(5)div 16%
Stumpf
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

TJ Waldburger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Stumpf

No UFC fights on record.

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