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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs Team dos Santos Finale
Tony Ferguson
Tony Ferguson
10-2 · USA
VS
Ramsey Nijem
Ramsey Nijem
4-1 · USA
June 4, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
169.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Tony Ferguson def. Ramsey Nijem by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:54
Ferguson21/382/311:15
Nijem12/570/000:00
Total
Ferguson21/382/311:15
Nijem12/570/000:00

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
FergusonWin probabilityNijem
24.3%75.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
42%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferguson24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%36%
Submission8%35%
Decision7%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 21
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 2
Nijem76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%20%
Submission33%44%
Decision28%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 12
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R27%
R39%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ferguson
38.4%+156
Nijem
-15660.0%
Most takedownstie 33.7%
Ferguson
4.6%+1342
Nijem
-134261.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.8%
+134
Under 29.5
57.2%
-134
03875
Nijem
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.6%
Exactly 0
90.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nijem
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
39.1%
-112
Exactly 1
26.0%
push
Under 1
34.9%
+112
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 8.1 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
Ferguson24.3%51.1%−26.8-115
Nijem75.7%48.9%+26.8-105

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1507
1520
Divisional
1507
1482
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1561
1558
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tony Ferguson
No prior UFC fights.
Ramsey Nijem
No prior UFC fights.
Ferguson — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
Nijem — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ferguson
Nijem
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferguson
Nijem
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferguson
Nijem
70W–47L · 59.8%
Overall
19W–7L · 73.1%
54W–40L · 57.4%
Wins
17W–7L · 70.8%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Ferguson
Nijem
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ferguson
Nijem
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Ferguson
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Nijem
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tony Ferguson

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ramsey Nijem

No UFC fights on record.

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