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UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
9-7 · USA
VS
Pete Sell
Pete Sell
8-4 · USA
March 7, 2009 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Matt Brown def. Pete Sell by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:32
Brown24/310/020:35
Sell0/10/100:21
Total
Brown24/310/020:35
Sell0/10/100:21

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
BrownWin probabilitySell
48.2%51.8%
KO / TKO
7%
Submission
87%
Decision
5%
Expected fight time: 3.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brown48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%
Submission42%86%
Decision0%1%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 0
Sell52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%3%
Submission46%88%
Decision5%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes12 (616)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~33 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R190%
R22%
R33%
Distance5%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.8%
Brown
70.2%-260
Sell
+26027.0%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Brown
18.0%+151
Sell
-15127.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 20.6
20.5
Over 20.5
42.7%
+134
Under 20.5
57.3%
-134
02652
Sell
Expected: 12.2
12
Over 12
41.0%
+132
Exactly 12
5.1%
push
Under 12
53.9%
-132
01631
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
24.5%
Exactly 0
75.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Sell
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
33.4%
Exactly 0
66.6%
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 3.6 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
Brown48.2%40.1%+8.1+140
Sell51.8%59.9%−8.1-165

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
74.2Striking59.6
Brown +14.6
72.9Grappling39.7
Brown +33.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownSell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1491
1506
Divisional
1534
1508
Striking offense
1490
1510
Striking defense
1487
1514
Grappling offense
1503
1490
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
28 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.21
Strikes landed / min
2.66
57%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.79
Strikes absorbed / min
3.37
54%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.01
Takedowns / 15 min
0.94
67%
Takedown accuracy
22%
64%
Takedown defense
48%
3.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
20%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Brown
  • WRyan ThomasSUB R2
    4mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimS-DEC R3
    6mo before
  • WMatt ArroyoKO/TKO R2
    Close +1509mo before
Pete Sell
  • WJoshua BurkmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1934mo before
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R3
    Close +1801y 6mo before
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 11mo before
  • LScott SmithKO/TKO R2
    2y 4mo before
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    3y 7mo before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 9-7-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
56% of wins
L
71% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Sell — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Sell
3
UFC fights
6
29.6 min · 9.9 avg
Octagon time
64.2 min · 10.7 avg
20y 10m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Sell
22W–3L · 88.0%
Overall
57W–17L · 77.0%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
23W–11L · 67.6%
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
34W–6L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Sell
62W–37L · 62.6%
Overall
16W–14L · 53.3%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
16W–14L · 53.3%
50W–35L · 58.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brown
Sell
5.86
Landed / min
4.72
45.1%
Accuracy
39.8%
69.1%
Defense
63.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
21.3%
Time at distance
46.6%
Grappling & control
Brown
Sell
1.01
Takedowns / 15 min
0.94
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
64.3%
Takedown defense
47.6%
3.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.94
45.4%
Control share
30.4%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head42%(40)div 64%
  • Body45%(43)div 21%
  • Legs13%(12)div 16%
Sell
  • Head73%(125)div 64%
  • Body16%(28)div 21%
  • Legs11%(18)div 16%

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Pete Sell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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