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Lightweight
3 Rounds
James Vick won · U-DEC R3
Elo1377
James Vick
Elo1496

James VickvsFrancisco TrinaldoUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros · Sunday, February 18, 2018Austin, Texas, USA

Official fight result

James Vick won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupJames Vick: Well-roundedvsFrancisco Trinaldo: Well-rounded

Well-rounded vs well-rounded. Usually decided by who imposes their gameplan first.

Model Prediction: Francisco Trinaldo wins(60.5%)

Actual result: James Vick wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Francisco Trinaldo at +175 American odds

$100 profit

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Scouting Report

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

  • James Vick enters on a 4-fight losing streak.
  • Stance matchup historically favors Francisco Trinaldo (53.5%).
  • James Vick has a 15cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

James Vick
Red Corner
VS
Francisco Trinaldo
Blue Corner
-210
(68%)
Vegas Odds
+175
(36%)
1377
Elo
1496
39
Age
47
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
6'3"
Height
5'9"
193.04 cm
Reach
177.8 cm

Recent Form

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

James VickL4 streak
oldest →
W
KOvs Joe Duffy · Nov 17
L
KOvs Justin Gaethje · Aug 18
L
vs Paul Felder · Feb 19
L
KOvs Dan Hooker · Jul 19
L
KOvs Niko Price · Oct 19
latest
Francisco Trinaldo
oldest →
W
KOvs Jai Herbert · Jul 20
L
vs Muslim Salikhov · Jun 21
W
vs Dwight Grant · Oct 21
W
vs Danny Roberts · May 22
L
vs Randy Brown · Oct 22
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

James VickMetricFrancisco Trinaldo
4.13
Strikes / min
3.13
3.31
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
60%
Strike defense
60%
0.26
TDs / 15 min
0.98
57%
Takedown defense
60%
0.70
Sub atts / 15 min
0.50
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.82evenly matched on net striking+0.46

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1620 vs 1623Strikes35.2 vs 38.7Takedowns0.1 vs 0.8Sub Atts0.56 vs 0.38Form0.8 vs 0.6
James VickFrancisco Trinaldo

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
James Vick(10 fights)Francisco Trinaldo(10 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 -119.6|Blue +119.6
Recent Form
Red +0.3|Blue -0.3
Striker Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Grappler Score
Red -0.1|Blue +0.1
Layoff
Red -7.0|Blue +7.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

James VickTargetFrancisco Trinaldo

By target zone

24
24% acc · 35%
Head
10
15% acc · 38%
38
76% acc · 56%
Body
16
80% acc · 62%
6
75% acc · 9%
Leg
0
0% acc

By position

60
41% acc · 88%
Distance
23
27% acc · 88%
4
67% acc · 6%
Clinch
3
75% acc · 12%
4
80% acc · 6%
Ground
0

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

3
James Vick rounds
0
even
0
Francisco Trinaldo rounds
Round 1James Vick edged it
Sig. strikes23
Takedowns0
Control0:12
Knockdowns1
7Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
1:09Control
0Knockdowns
Round 2James Vick edged it
Sig. strikes25
Takedowns1
Control0:15
9Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
0:21Control
Round 3James Vick edged it
Sig. strikes20
Takedowns0
Control0:00
10Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:04Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

1
KD
0
68 / 158
Sig Strikes
26 / 90
43%
Sig Str %
28.3%
72 / 162
Total Strikes
27 / 91
1 / 2
TDs
3 / 3
50%
TD %
100%
0
Sub Att
1
0
Rev
0
0:27
Ctrl Time
1:34

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Francisco Trinaldo7 / 278 / 282 / 21
1James Vick23 / 6127 / 650 / 00
2Francisco Trinaldo9 / 309 / 301 / 10
2James Vick25 / 5025 / 501 / 20
3Francisco Trinaldo10 / 3310 / 330 / 00
3James Vick20 / 4720 / 470 / 00

James Vick

StanceOrthodox
Height75.0"
Reach76.0"
Fights14

Francisco Trinaldo

StanceSouthpaw
Height69.0"
Reach70.0"
Fights26