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UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Caol Uno
Caol Uno
14-5-2 · JPN
VS
Din Thomas
Din Thomas
15-2 · USA
September 27, 2002 · Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
152.0lb
Caol Uno def. Din Thomas by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Uno3/50/002:49
Thomas5/102/201:48
R2
Uno15/230/002:32
Thomas2/51/301:38
R3
Uno17/280/003:53
Thomas4/90/100:05
Total
Uno35/560/009:14
Thomas11/243/603:31

Scorecards

Uno vs Thomas

RdCecil PeoplesJeff MullenNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-8.2
R3---10-9.2
Total29-2729-2729-2729-27.4

Point deductions: R21 Thomas (Illegal Upkick to a Downed Opponent)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Uno-Thomas. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
UnoWin probabilityThomas
43.3%56.7%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
21%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Uno43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission7%17%
Decision29%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 35
Takedowns1.2 (0.02.9)act 0
Thomas57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%22%
Submission14%24%
Decision31%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 11
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 3
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R212%
R310%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Uno
50.6%-105
Thomas
+10548.0%
Most takedownstie 20.1%
Uno
65.1%-438
Thomas
+43814.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Uno
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
42.2%
+137
Under 39.5
57.8%
-137
05099
Thomas
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
42.0%
+134
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.2%
-134
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Uno
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
46.9%
-344
Exactly 1
39.5%
push
Under 1
13.6%
+344
035
Thomas
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+152
Under 0.5
60.4%
-152
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 11.5 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
68.0Striking73.0
Thomas +5.0
29.1Grappling54.3
Thomas +25.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UnoThomas
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1533
1527
Divisional
1531
1491
Striking offense
1499
1510
Striking defense
1506
1517
Grappling offense
1507
1505
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
27 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.83
Strikes landed / min
2.43
51%
Strike accuracy
58%
1.76
Strikes absorbed / min
1.41
57%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
23%
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
75%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Caol Uno
  • WYves EdwardsU-DEC R3
    5mo before
  • LBJ PennKO/TKO R1
    11mo before
  • WFabiano IhaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1051y 3mo before
  • LJens PulverU-DEC R5
    1y 7mo before
Din Thomas
  • WFabiano IhaU-DEC R3
    Close -1701y before
  • LBJ PennKO/TKO R1
    Close +1151y 3mo before
Uno — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-2

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
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (50%)Submission(100%) 3
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Thomas — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (64%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Uno
Thomas
4
UFC fights
2
42.0 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
17.7 min · 8.8 avg
29y 10m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Uno
Thomas
37W–10L · 78.7%
Overall
8W–4L · 66.7%
26W–9L · 74.3%
Wins
7W–4L · 63.6%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Uno
Thomas
53W–15L · 77.9%
Overall
29W–13L · 69.0%
53W–15L · 77.9%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Uno
Thomas
2.59
Landed / min
6.19
45.0%
Accuracy
42.3%
64.4%
Defense
81.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
45.1%
Time at distance
10.0%
Grappling & control
Uno
Thomas
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
22.9%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
55.9%
Control share
58.3%
Strike target map
Uno
  • Head57%(44)div 61%
  • Body8%(6)div 23%
  • Legs35%(27)div 16%
Thomas
  • Head98%(42)div 61%
  • Body2%(1)div 23%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Caol Uno
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.