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Welterweight
3 Rounds
Jonathan Meunier won · U-DEC R3
Elo1359
Elo1491

Richard WalshvsJonathan MeunierUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson · Saturday, November 26, 2016Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Official fight result

Jonathan Meunier won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupRichard Walsh: Elusive strikervsJonathan Meunier: Well-rounded

The well-rounded fighter has more dimensions. The elusive striker needs to win the striking exchanges clearly.

Model Prediction: Jonathan Meunier wins(51.4%)

Actual result: Jonathan Meunier wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

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Jonathan Meunier at +115 American odds

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$215 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Jonathan Meunier has 11pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Stance matchup historically favors Jonathan Meunier (52.9%).

Tale of the Tape

Richard Walsh
Red Corner
VS
Jonathan Meunier
Blue Corner
-135
(57%)
Vegas Odds
+115
(47%)
1359
Elo
1491
37
Age
38
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
6'0"
Height
6'3"
185.42 cm
Reach
190.5 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Richard Walsh
oldest →
W
vs Chris Indich · Apr 14
L
vs Kiichi Kunimoto · Sep 14
L
KOvs Alan Jouban · Feb 15
W
vs Steve Kennedy · Nov 15
L
vs Viscardi Andrade · Mar 16
latest
Jonathan Meunier
oldest →
L
SUBvs Colby Covington · Jun 16
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Richard WalshMetricJonathan Meunier
3.84
Strikes / min
3.47
2.72
Strikes absorbed / min
1.43
58%
Strike defense
69%
1.55
TDs / 15 min
0.58
66%
Takedown defense
58%
0.20
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.12evenly matched on net striking+2.04

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1483 vs 1484Strikes55.8 vs 16.0Takedowns1.2 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form-0.3 vs -1.0
Richard WalshJonathan Meunier

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14901495150015051510← oldermost recent →
Richard Walsh(6 fights)Jonathan Meunier(2 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -132.1|Blue +132.1
Recent Form
Red +0.7|Blue -0.7
Striker Score
Red +3.1|Blue -3.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.3|Blue -0.3
Layoff
Red +91.0|Blue -91.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Richard WalshTargetJonathan Meunier

By target zone

7
10% acc · 39%
Head
39
39% acc · 53%
5
56% acc · 28%
Body
14
64% acc · 19%
6
60% acc · 33%
Leg
21
64% acc · 28%

By position

12
16% acc · 67%
Distance
57
44% acc · 77%
4
40% acc · 22%
Clinch
16
70% acc · 22%
2
40% acc · 11%
Ground
1
100% acc · 1%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

0
Richard Walsh rounds
1
even
2
Jonathan Meunier rounds
Round 1Jonathan Meunier edged it
Sig. strikes7
Takedowns0
Control0:00
22Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
0:26Control
Round 2Jonathan Meunier edged it
Sig. strikes4
Takedowns0
Control0:26
34Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:09Control
Round 3Even round
Sig. strikes7
Takedowns2
Control2:26
18Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:44Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
18 / 88
Sig Strikes
74 / 155
21%
Sig Str %
47%
33 / 106
Total Strikes
105 / 186
2 / 8
TDs
1 / 3
20%
TD %
33.3%
1
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
2:52
Ctrl Time
1:19

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Jonathan Meunier22 / 4627 / 511 / 10
1Richard Walsh7 / 327 / 320 / 00
2Jonathan Meunier34 / 7043 / 790 / 10
2Richard Walsh4 / 347 / 370 / 30
3Jonathan Meunier18 / 3935 / 560 / 10
3Richard Walsh7 / 2219 / 372 / 51

Richard Walsh

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach73.0"
Fights6

Jonathan Meunier

StanceSwitch
Height75.0"
Reach
Fights2