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UFC 100
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
20-3 · USA
VS
Paulo Thiago
Paulo Thiago
11-0 · BRA
July 11, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Jon Fitch def. Paulo Thiago by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Fitch4/121/103:37
Thiago2/40/200:41
R2
Fitch4/62/204:22
Thiago0/10/000:22
R3
Fitch7/161/104:18
Thiago3/60/000:20
Total
Fitch15/344/4012:17
Thiago5/110/201:23

Scorecards

Fitch vs Thiago

RdCecil PeoplesPatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R1--10-99.3-9.8
R2--10-910-8.9
R3--10-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.3-27.7

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.228 · 5 Fitch · 0 Thiago

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Fitch-Thiago.

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
FitchWin probabilityThiago
55.6%44.4%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
17%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Fitch56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission7%13%
Decision32%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 15
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.8)act 4
Thiago44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%32%
Submission10%22%
Decision20%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R225%
R36%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Fitch
74.5%-315
Thiago
+31523.7%
Most takedownstie 22.3%
Fitch
68.7%-759
Thiago
+7599.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.8%
+134
Under 31.5
57.2%
-134
04080
Thiago
Expected: 17.2
17
Over 17
41.2%
+134
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
55.1%
-134
02243
Takedowns — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
52.1%
-109
Under 1.5
47.9%
+109
035
Thiago
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.2%
Exactly 0
75.8%
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 10.9 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
Fitch55.6%80.3%−24.7-525
Thiago44.4%19.7%+24.7+385

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
66.0Striking60.3
Fitch +5.7
70.3Grappling0.0
Fitch +70.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FitchThiago
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1637
Pound-for-pound
1555
1625
Divisional
1555
1491
Striking offense
1492
1542
Striking defense
1503
1539
Grappling offense
1552
1502
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.42
Strikes landed / min
2.01
50%
Strike accuracy
29%
1.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.30
46%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
44%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Fitch
  • WAkihiro GonoU-DEC R3
    Close -6655mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +30011mo before
  • WChris WilsonU-DEC R3
    Close -5751y 4mo before
  • WDiego SanchezS-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 10mo before
  • WRoan CarneiroSUB R2
    Close -3602y 1mo before
Paulo Thiago
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +3885mo before
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0, 1 NC

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, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (56%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Thiago — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
18% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (70%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Fitch
Thiago
10
UFC fights
1
133.8 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
3.5 min · 3.5 avg
24y 0m
Career length
21y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Fitch
Thiago
149W–33L · 81.9%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
133W–31L · 81.1%
Wins
12W–3L · 80.0%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fitch
Thiago
68W–26L · 72.3%
Overall
28W–8L · 77.8%
66W–25L · 72.5%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Fitch
Thiago
3.79
Landed / min
2.03
35.0%
Accuracy
29.2%
58.5%
Defense
72.4%
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
4.31
20.3%
Time at distance
99.0%
Grappling & control
Fitch
Thiago
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53.7%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
Takedown defense
1.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.7%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Fitch
  • Head65%(211)div 63%
  • Body22%(70)div 21%
  • Legs13%(43)div 16%
Thiago
  • Head57%(4)div 63%
  • Body14%(1)div 21%
  • Legs29%(2)div 16%

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paulo Thiago
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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