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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Imavov
Brad Katona
Brad Katona
13-3 · CAN
VS
Jesse Butler
Jesse Butler
12-5 · USA
June 8, 2024 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Brad Katona def. Jesse Butler by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Katona8/141/104:31
Butler7/110/000:00
R2
Katona15/242/204:49
Butler2/30/000:00
R3
Katona45/750/001:30
Butler21/680/000:00
Total
Katona68/1133/3010:50
Butler30/820/000:00

Scorecards

Katona vs Butler

RdChris KinmanDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-810-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2630-2730-26.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 11 Katona · 0 Butler

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Katona-Butler.

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
KatonaWin probabilityButler
62.1%37.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
17%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Katona62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%16%
Submission7%12%16%
Decision38%60%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2169)act 68
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 3
Butler38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%34%3%
Submission10%26%6%
Decision15%40%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1962)act 30
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R221%
R36%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Katona
52.8%-114
Butler
+11446.2%
Most takedownstie 36.2%
Katona
43.3%-211
Butler
+21120.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Katona
Expected: 50.6
50.5
Over 50.5
39.9%
+151
Under 50.5
60.1%
-151
064127
Butler
Expected: 45.5
45.5
Over 45.5
39.7%
+152
Under 45.5
60.3%
-152
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Katona
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.7%
+142
Exactly 1
21.0%
push
Under 1
46.3%
-142
035
Butler
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.2%
+211
Under 0.5
67.8%
-211
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 10.8 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
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Katona62.1%83.4%−21.3-672
Butler37.9%16.6%+21.3+479
By method
Katona by KO/TKO18.7%15.6%+3.1+434
Katona by submission10.7%15.9%−5.2+426
Katona by decision32.8%50.3%−17.5-152
Butler by KO/TKO11.4%3.4%+8.0+2331
Butler by submission6.5%5.7%+0.8+1375
Butler by decision20.0%9.2%+10.8+809
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.3%76.6%+3.7-452
Over 2.5 rds59.3%66.6%−7.3-248
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.8%62.8%−10.0-202

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
61.6Striking31.4
Katona +30.2
34.5Grappling0.0
Katona +34.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KatonaButler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1503
1503
Divisional
1516
1498
Striking offense
1500
1499
Striking defense
1500
1491
Grappling offense
1500
1509
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
64"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.71
Strikes landed / min
2.61
50%
Strike accuracy
14%
4.98
Strikes absorbed / min
7.83
48%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
27%
Takedown accuracy
53%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
371
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Katona
  • LGarrett ArmfieldU-DEC R3
    Close -2225mo before
  • WCody GibsonU-DEC R3
    Close -19210mo before
  • LHunter AzureU-DEC R3
    Close -1304y 9mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1405y 1mo before
  • WMatthew LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1605y 6mo before
Jesse Butler
  • LJim MillerKO/TKO R1
    Close +2051y before
Katona — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
69% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (30%)Submission() 0
6 (60%)Decision() 0
Butler — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Katona
Butler
6
UFC fights
1
90.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
0.4 min · 0.4 avg
11y 10m
Career length
10y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Katona
Butler
61W–18L · 77.2%
Overall
35W–17L · 67.3%
37W–11L · 77.1%
Wins
0W–0L
24W–7L · 77.4%
Losses
35W–17L · 67.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Katona
Butler
55W–13L · 80.9%
Overall
130W–111L · 53.9%
55W–13L · 80.9%
Wins
111W–100L · 52.6%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–11L · 63.3%
Distance striking
Katona
Butler
5.95
Landed / min
2.73
46.0%
Accuracy
14.3%
51.5%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
60.5%
Time at distance
95.7%
Grappling & control
Katona
Butler
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
27.3%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
66.9%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Katona
  • Head67%(286)div 62%
  • Body14%(59)div 21%
  • Legs19%(79)div 17%
Butler
  • Head100%(1)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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

Brad Katona
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jesse Butler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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