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The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale
Jon Madsen
Jon Madsen
3-0 · USA
VS
Justin Wren
Justin Wren
7-1 · USA
December 5, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
247.0lb
Weigh-in
251.0lb
Jon Madsen def. Justin Wren by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Madsen12/360/000:00
Wren6/460/000:04
R2
Madsen5/270/100:00
Wren1/500/000:00
R3
Madsen9/370/000:00
Wren10/630/100:12
Total
Madsen26/1000/100:00
Wren17/1590/100:16

Scorecards

Madsen vs Wren

RdAdalaide ByrdGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-9--9.6-9.4
R210-9--9.4-9.6
R310-9--9.4-9.6
Total30-2729-2828-2928.4-28.6

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Madsen · 0 Wren

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Madsen-Wren.

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
MadsenWin probabilityWren
23.6%76.4%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
8%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Madsen24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%26%
Submission1%4%
Decision17%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 26
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.0)act 0
Wren76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%33%
Submission7%9%
Decision44%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~93 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R211%
R36%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Madsen
54.8%-125
Wren
+12544.0%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
Madsen
58.9%-295
Wren
+29520.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Madsen
Expected: 49.5
49.5
Over 49.5
42.4%
+136
Under 49.5
57.6%
-136
062124
Wren
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
41.7%
+136
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.8%
-136
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Madsen
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
49.7%
+101
Under 1.5
50.3%
-101
035
Wren
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
55.4%
-124
Under 0.5
44.6%
+124
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 11.3 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
Madsen23.6%25.0%−1.4+283
Wren76.4%75.0%+1.4-363

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)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1517
1508
Divisional
1517
1482
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1561
1558
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
29 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
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)
Jon Madsen
No prior UFC fights.
Justin Wren
No prior UFC fights.
Madsen — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Wren — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Madsen
Wren
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.

Madsen
Wren
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Madsen
Wren
4W–3L · 57.1%
Overall
28W–23L · 54.9%
4W–3L · 57.1%
Wins
22W–21L · 51.2%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Madsen
Wren
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Madsen
Wren
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Madsen
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Wren
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Jon Madsen

No UFC fights on record.

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

Justin Wren

No UFC fights on record.

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