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UFC 35: Throwdown
Jens Pulver
Jens Pulver
11-1-1 · USA
VS
BJ Penn
BJ Penn
3-0 · USA
January 11, 2002 · Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
152.0lb
Weigh-in
153.0lb
Jens Pulver def. BJ Penn by M-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pulver2/81/102:39
Penn4/71/201:13
R2
Pulver3/40/000:00
Penn11/182/304:10
R3
Pulver10/200/003:29
Penn3/52/200:30
R4
Pulver7/170/002:13
Penn11/182/300:30
R5
Pulver16/490/000:00
Penn20/450/000:00
Total
Pulver38/981/108:21
Penn49/937/1006:23

Scorecards

Pulver vs Penn

RdDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenTony MullinaxCommunity
R1---9.5-9.6
R2---8.7-10
R3---9.9-9.1
R4---9.9-9.1
R5---10-9
Total48-4547-4748-4748-46.8

Media (1 card) · avg 4847 · 1 Pulver · 0 Penn

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pulver-Penn.

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
PulverWin probabilityPenn
32.1%67.9%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
15%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 15.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pulver32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission4%14%
Decision17%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 38
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 1
Penn68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%41%
Submission10%15%
Decision30%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 49
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 7
Combined totals~103 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R219%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Pulver
61.2%-162
Penn
+16237.7%
Most takedownstie 48.3%
Pulver
31.1%-151
Penn
+15120.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pulver
Expected: 57.9
58
Over 58
41.8%
+137
Exactly 58
1.2%
push
Under 58
57.1%
-137
073145
Penn
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
41.4%
+138
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.1%
-138
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Pulver
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
035
Penn
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.3%
+266
Under 0.5
72.7%
-266
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 15.9 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
66.7Striking89.1
Penn +22.3
61.1Grappling63.9
Penn +2.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PulverPenn
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1583
Pound-for-pound
1548
1581
Divisional
1548
1481
Striking offense
1486
1520
Striking defense
1500
1513
Grappling offense
1544
1521
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
27 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.22
Strikes landed / min
4.21
39%
Strike accuracy
72%
1.50
Strikes absorbed / min
0.51
60%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.54
Takedowns / 15 min
5.74
75%
Takedown accuracy
75%
88%
Takedown defense
50%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+5
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jens Pulver
  • WDennis HallmanU-DEC R5
    Close -1353mo before
  • WCaol UnoU-DEC R5
    11mo before
  • WJohn LewisKO/TKO R1
    1y 2mo before
  • WJoao RoqueU-DEC R3
    1y 7mo before
  • WDavid VelasquezKO/TKO R2
    1y 10mo before
BJ Penn
  • WCaol UnoKO/TKO R1
    2mo before
  • WDin ThomasKO/TKO R1
    Close -1456mo before
  • WJoey GilbertKO/TKO R1
    8mo before
Pulver — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Penn — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pulver
Penn
6
UFC fights
3
82.9 min · 13.8 avg
Octagon time
7.8 min · 2.6 avg
27y 3m
Career length
25y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pulver
Penn
41W–11L · 78.8%
Overall
26W–6L · 81.3%
41W–11L · 78.8%
Wins
26W–6L · 81.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pulver
Penn
25W–10L · 71.4%
Overall
16W–9L · 64.0%
Wins
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
Distance striking
Pulver
Penn
1.32
Landed / min
6.50
20.9%
Accuracy
33.3%
66.5%
Defense
87.5%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.83
44.0%
Time at distance
7.9%
Grappling & control
Pulver
Penn
0.54
Takedowns / 15 min
5.74
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
87.7%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
84.7%
Control share
68.1%
Strike target map
Pulver
  • Head73%(135)div 61%
  • Body17%(32)div 24%
  • Legs9%(17)div 15%
Penn
  • Head79%(26)div 61%
  • Body21%(7)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%

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

Jens Pulver
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

BJ Penn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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