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The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
Din Thomas
Din Thomas
20-6 · USA
VS
Rich Clementi
Rich Clementi
26-10-1 · USA
November 11, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Din Thomas def. Rich Clementi by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thomas14/380/011:03
Clementi13/471/200:11
R2 · 3:11
Thomas19/371/101:10
Clementi9/250/000:09
Total
Thomas33/751/112:13
Clementi22/721/200:20

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
ThomasWin probabilityClementi
69.3%30.7%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
23%
Decision
57%
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 Thomas, blue toward Clementi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Thomas69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%16%
Submission17%25%
Decision41%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 33
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Clementi31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%27%
Submission6%19%
Decision17%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 22
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.0)act 1
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R222%
R36%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Thomas
53.6%-120
Clementi
+12044.8%
Most takedownstie 18.5%
Thomas
11.5%+609
Clementi
-60970.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thomas
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.6%
+135
Under 37.5
57.4%
-135
04794
Clementi
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
41.8%
+135
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.3%
-135
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Thomas
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
34.0%
+194
Under 0.5
66.0%
-194
035
Clementi
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
48.9%
-402
Exactly 1
38.9%
push
Under 1
12.2%
+402
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
Thomas69.3%75.3%−6.0-360
Clementi30.7%24.7%+6.0+290

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
67.0Striking56.6
Thomas +10.4
73.6Grappling22.0
Thomas +51.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThomasClementi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1492
1531
Divisional
1493
1489
Striking offense
1496
1518
Striking defense
1500
1513
Grappling offense
1499
1509
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.74
Strikes landed / min
2.20
52%
Strike accuracy
48%
1.80
Strikes absorbed / min
3.61
55%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.13
63%
Takedown accuracy
25%
92%
Takedown defense
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
1352
Days since last fight
1352
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Din Thomas
  • WMatt SerraS-DEC R3
    Close -1253y 8mo before
  • LCaol UnoU-DEC R3
    4y 1mo before
  • WFabiano IhaU-DEC R3
    Close -1705y 1mo before
  • LBJ PennKO/TKO R1
    Close +1155y 4mo before
Rich Clementi
  • LYves EdwardsSUB R3
    Close +3503y 8mo before
Thomas — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
18win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (28%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
12 (67%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (6%)Decision(50%) 2
Clementi — win / loss by method
Record: 26-10-1

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 3 losses
W
35% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
26win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (46%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
9 (35%)Submission(22%) 2
5 (19%)Decision(56%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Thomas
Clementi
4
UFC fights
1
47.7 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
14.1 min · 14.1 avg
27y 9m
Career length
26y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thomas
Clementi
28W–11L · 71.8%
Overall
21W–7L · 75.0%
13W–6L · 68.4%
Wins
0W–0L
15W–5L · 75.0%
Losses
21W–7L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thomas
Clementi
104W–45L · 69.8%
Overall
209W–100L · 67.6%
69W–37L · 65.1%
Wins
150W–79L · 65.5%
35W–8L · 81.4%
Losses
59W–21L · 73.8%
Distance striking
Thomas
Clementi
2.92
Landed / min
2.78
42.0%
Accuracy
33.3%
80.9%
Defense
54.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
26.6%
Time at distance
38.2%
Grappling & control
Thomas
Clementi
1.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.13
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
91.7%
Takedown defense
1.26
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.0%
Control share
49.2%
Strike target map
Thomas
  • Head86%(71)div 61%
  • Body8%(7)div 22%
  • Legs6%(5)div 17%
Clementi
  • Head55%(17)div 61%
  • Body23%(7)div 22%
  • Legs23%(7)div 17%

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

Din Thomas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rich Clementi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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