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UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian
Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian
7-3 · USA
VS
Din Thomas
Din Thomas
23-6 · USA
September 19, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Kenny Florian def. Din Thomas by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:31
Florian27/572/201:42
Thomas3/150/100:20
Total
Florian27/572/201:42
Thomas3/150/100:20

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
FlorianWin probabilityThomas
54.8%45.2%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
18%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Florian55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%19%
Submission9%16%
Decision36%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 27
Takedowns1.3 (0.13.0)act 2
Thomas45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%12%
Submission9%20%
Decision31%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 3
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R27%
R36%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Florian
67.7%-219
Thomas
+21930.9%
Most takedownstie 14.1%
Florian
79.7%-1290
Thomas
+12906.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Florian
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.2%
+137
Under 42.5
57.8%
-137
053106
Thomas
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.1%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Florian
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
51.3%
-105
Under 1.5
48.7%
+105
035
Thomas
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
27.3%
Exactly 0
72.7%
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 11.7 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
Florian54.8%58.3%−3.5-155
Thomas45.2%41.7%+3.5+130

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
71.2Striking66.5
Florian +4.7
72.9Grappling73.9
Thomas +1.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FlorianThomas
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1578
1536
Divisional
1576
1501
Striking offense
1486
1529
Striking defense
1530
1520
Grappling offense
1527
1496
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.21
Strikes landed / min
2.02
56%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.82
Strikes absorbed / min
1.88
57%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.34
47%
Takedown accuracy
64%
58%
Takedown defense
83%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
71%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
74
Days since last fight
116
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kenny Florian
  • WAlvin RobinsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2332mo before
  • WDokonjonosuke MishimaSUB R3
    5mo before
  • LSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close +29511mo before
  • WSam StoutSUB R1
    Close -1051y 3mo before
  • WKit CopeSUB R2
    1y 10mo before
Din Thomas
  • WJeremy StephensSUB R2
    4mo before
  • WClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close +1008mo before
  • WRich ClementiSUB R2
    Close -36010mo before
  • WMatt SerraS-DEC R3
    Close -1254y 7mo before
  • LCaol UnoU-DEC R3
    5y before
Florian — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Thomas — win / loss by method
Record: 23-6-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
18win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (28%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
12 (67%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (6%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Florian
Thomas
7
UFC fights
7
61.5 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
78.6 min · 11.2 avg
23y 6m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Florian
Thomas
84W–11L · 88.4%
Overall
87W–28L · 75.7%
41W–9L · 82.0%
Wins
72W–23L · 75.8%
43W–2L · 95.6%
Losses
15W–5L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Florian
Thomas
22W–3L · 88.0%
Overall
104W–45L · 69.8%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
69W–37L · 65.1%
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
35W–8L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Florian
Thomas
3.40
Landed / min
3.35
44.8%
Accuracy
31.8%
78.7%
Defense
80.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
22.5%
Time at distance
33.8%
Grappling & control
Florian
Thomas
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.34
47.4%
Takedown accuracy
63.6%
57.7%
Takedown defense
83.3%
1.95
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.53
39.7%
Control share
45.3%
Strike target map
Florian
  • Head61%(83)div 66%
  • Body27%(37)div 20%
  • Legs12%(16)div 14%
Thomas
  • Head80%(127)div 66%
  • Body11%(18)div 20%
  • Legs9%(14)div 14%

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

Kenny Florian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Din Thomas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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