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Linton Vassell vs Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Statlab take

baseline
Heavy favorite Confidence: High
Linton Vassell
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
92% 8%
Why
32
Age
Δ 1y
31

Logistic-regression model trained on ~5,000 UFC/DWCS fights since 2016 (71.9% test accuracy). The "Why" panel shows interpretable inputs; the headline probability comes from the model.

Statlab projections

Method classifier: 0.55 accuracy on 2083 fights
Actual result
KO/TKO · Round 2
Vassell: 30 sig / 2 TD · Sokoudjou: 7 sig / 0 TD
Linton Vassell
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
63
Sig strikes landed
38
132
Sig strikes attempted
98
83
Total strikes landed
59
1.2
Takedowns landed
1.3
2.3
Takedowns attempted
2.2
0.20
Knockdowns
0.30
158s
Control time
120s
Method
Decision
42%
KO/TKO
46%
Submission
12%

Stat regressor (GBT MultiOutput) trained on 8348 fighter-fight rows. Per-stat MAE vs naive-mean baseline: SigStrikesLanded: 25.4 (naive 28.2); SigStrikesAttempted: 52.3 (naive 59.4); TakedownsLanded: 1.1 (naive 1.3); TakedownsAttempted: 2.5 (naive 3.0); Knockdowns: 0.3 (naive 0.3); ControlTimeSeconds: 113.9 (naive 131.8); TotalStrikesLanded: 33.8 (naive 37.1).

Red corner

Linton Vassell

"The Swarm"
0-0
Career record
Height
76"
Age
32
Blue corner

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

"The African Assassin"
0-0
Career record
Height
70"
Reach
78"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
31