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Louis Jourdain vs Timmy Cuamba prediction

Bantamweight · 3 rounds · UFC Edmonton (UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs Malott) · 17 Oct 2026
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UFC 2-3 · Pro 10-4
FightIQ’s read

FightIQ's read: Louis Jourdain over Timmy Cuamba at 59% confidence — a lean.

That read sits 0.0pp above the sportsbook line's implied 59% on Louis Jourdain.

Most likely outcome: a decision at 41% (KO/TKO 31%, submission 28%, decision 41%) — but all three outcomes stay live.

The model gives it a 41% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 9:25.

Live on Polymarket, Louis Jourdain is priced around 64%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs — not written free-hand. If a number isn't in the model, it isn't in this summary.

Prediction

One honest, calibrated confidence rating — the number is the signal.

We predict Louis Jourdain — 59% confident
Louis Jourdain 59%Timmy Cuamba 41%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO31%
Submission28%
Decision41%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R262%
Reaches R346%
Goes the distance41%
9:25
median time
+0.0pp
vs sportsbook line

Published 10 Oct 2026, 09:11 UTC — before the fight. Graded on this page after it.

By the numbers

  • UFC debut

    Jourdain’s UFC debut, against a fighter with 5 UFC fights. Debutants facing an opponent with 4 to 9 UFC fights win 41% of the time (215 of 525 fights).

History leans Cuamba on 1 of these; our model still picks Jourdain.

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Odds

The sportsbook line next to the live prediction-market prices — information only. Each bar is the two sides' share of one certain outcome.

Sportsbook line
Louis Jourdain59% · -160
Timmy Cuamba41% · +135
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Louis Jourdain64% · -174
Timmy Cuamba36% · +174
as of 2026-10-11T14:01:02Z · $334 liquidity

Line moves

What the market has done since it opened — the price, not our model. The gold marker is where our pick was frozen.

Louis JourdainTimmy CuambaPolymarketSportsbook consensus (vig removed)
Louis Jourdain vs Timmy Cuamba — implied win chance over timeLine chart. Market-implied win chance for Louis Jourdain and Timmy Cuamba from Oct 10 to Oct 11, drawn from Polymarket and the sportsbook consensus. Louis Jourdain moves from 59% to 64% and Timmy Cuamba from 41% to 36%. A gold marker shows where our pick was frozen.30%40%50%60%70%Oct 10 06:00Oct 10 14:00Oct 10 22:00Oct 11 06:00Oct 11 14:00▲ our call: Louis Jourdain64%36%

Since the open, the market has drifted toward our pick: Louis Jourdain's implied chance moved up from 59% to 64% (+4.5pp).

Show the numbers
SeriesOpenLowHighLatestMove
Louis Jourdain — sportsbook consensus59.1%59.1%62.6%62.6%+3.5pp
Timmy Cuamba — sportsbook consensus40.9%37.4%40.9%37.4%−3.5pp
Louis Jourdain — Polymarket59.0%58.0%63.5%63.5%+4.5pp
Timmy Cuamba — Polymarket41.0%36.5%42.0%36.5%−4.5pp
Price history from Polymarket (moneyline, both corners) and BestFightOdds (sportsbook consensus, vig removed). 194 snapshots on file · window Oct 10 06:11–Oct 11 14:21Z · latest Oct 11, 14:21Z · hourly-downsampled for the chart · read at build time from the price archive, not a live feed.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Louis Jourdain vs Timmy Cuamba.

Red corner LouisJourdainAcademie Pro Star MMA · Hometown (per Sherdog): Beloeil, Quebec
VSUpcoming
Blue corner TimmyCuamba
Bantamweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Lands 4.4 more significant strikes a minute than Cuamba.
  • Averages 1.2 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Jourdain.
9-3
Record
10-4
29
Age
−2 yr27
5' 9"
Height
5' 9"
69″
Reach
+2″71″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
—UFC recordUFC 2-3
9-3Pro record10-4
5' 9"Height5' 9"
69"Reach71"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
29Age27
135 lbs.Weight135 lbs.
CanadaNationality—
Beloeil, QuebecHometown (per Sherdog)—
Academie Pro Star MMACamp—
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Louis JourdainTimmy Cuamba
88
Striking
50
66
Defence
52
83
Grappling / TD
36
n/a
Cardio
59
n/a
Chin
52
79
Fight IQ
50
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Timmy Cuamba

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD61.6%ACC 38%BODY24.3%ACC 74%LEGS14.1%ACC 61%
FightIQ read Balanced attack 62% head / 24% body / 14% legs — no single target dominates.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
61.6% acc 38%+0.0 vs field
BODY
24.3% acc 74%+2.4 vs field
LEGS
14.1% acc 61%−2.4 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 83%CLINCH 9%GROUND 8%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

5 UFC fights · 177 landed

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Louis Jourdain

0.00takedowns / 15 min
0.00 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.18 / 15m
n/a
ATTEMPTS
3.81 / 15m
n/a
ACCURACY
31%
1.40 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Timmy Cuamba

1.18takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.50 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Bantamweight

Stats comparison

Louis Jourdain (left) vs Timmy Cuamba (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
7.32
vs
2.88
Striking accuracy
49%
vs
42%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
vs
3.72
Striking defence
54%
vs
55%
Takedowns / 15 min
0
vs
1.18
Takedown accuracy
0%
vs
31%
Takedown defence
66%
vs
71%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Louis JourdainFightIQ profileVolume boxer

5' 9" orthodox volume boxer campaigning at Bantamweight.

Built from Louis Jourdain’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Timmy CuambaFightIQ profileAll-rounder

5' 9" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Bantamweight. 2 UFC wins — 1 KO/TKO, 1 decision.

Built from Timmy Cuamba’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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