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UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
Grant Dawson
Grant Dawson
20-2-1 · USA
VS
Joe Solecki
Joe Solecki
13-4 · USA
June 1, 2024 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Grant Dawson def. Joe Solecki by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dawson7/111/104:42
Solecki2/20/100:14
R2
Dawson17/251/104:31
Solecki4/60/000:00
R3
Dawson22/341/104:33
Solecki6/110/100:00
Total
Dawson46/703/3013:46
Solecki12/190/200:14

Scorecards

Dawson vs Solecki

RdDave TirelliJon BilykSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.6-27.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 16 Dawson · 0 Solecki

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dawson-Solecki.

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
DawsonWin probabilitySolecki
64.8%35.2%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
25%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.3 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 Dawson, blue toward Solecki. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dawson65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%40%14%
Submission17%26%21%
Decision22%34%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 46
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.1)act 3
Solecki35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%4%
Submission8%24%7%
Decision17%48%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 12
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R225%
R37%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Dawson
51.8%-111
Solecki
+11146.5%
Most takedownstie 22.6%
Dawson
48.6%-169
Solecki
+16928.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
40.2%
+149
Under 27.5
59.8%
-149
03570
Solecki
Expected: 25.5
25.5
Over 25.5
39.7%
+152
Under 25.5
60.3%
-152
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
46.9%
+113
Under 1.5
53.1%
-113
035
Solecki
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.8%
+137
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
44.8%
-137
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 9.3 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
Dawson64.8%80.6%−15.8-539
Solecki35.2%19.4%+15.8+394
By method
Dawson by KO/TKO23.4%14.0%+9.4+494
Dawson by submission16.3%21.2%−4.9+293
Dawson by decision25.1%42.9%−17.8-107
Solecki by KO/TKO12.7%3.6%+9.1+2193
Solecki by submission8.9%7.0%+1.9+1085
Solecki by decision13.6%11.3%+2.3+636
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.2%71.2%±0.0-319
Over 2.5 rds46.4%61.0%−14.6-185
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.7%56.0%−17.3-148

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
65.4Striking69.7
Solecki +4.2
60.3Grappling66.1
Solecki +5.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DawsonSolecki
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1632
Pound-for-pound
1565
1585
Divisional
1562
1504
Striking offense
1496
1497
Striking defense
1511
1540
Grappling offense
1527
1513
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.93
Strikes landed / min
2.15
51%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.36
Strikes absorbed / min
1.58
46%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
35%
Takedown accuracy
48%
33%
Takedown defense
50%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
63%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Grant Dawson
  • LKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5258mo before
  • WDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -10211mo before
  • WMark MadsenSUB R3
    missedClose -2201y 7mo before
  • WJared GordonSUB R3
    Close -2012y 1mo before
  • DRicky GlennM-DEC R3
    Close -5162y 7mo before
Joe Solecki
  • LDrakkar KloseKO/TKO R1
    Close +1156mo before
  • WCarl DeatonSUB R2
    Close -6351y 3mo before
  • WAlex Da SilvaM-DEC R3
    Close -1762y before
  • LJared GordonS-DEC R3
    Close -1342y 8mo before
  • WJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -2593y 2mo before
Dawson — win / loss by method
Record: 20-2-1

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
65% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Solecki — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
7 (88%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dawson
Solecki
10
UFC fights
7
115.9 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
75.5 min · 10.8 avg
11y 11m
Career length
9y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dawson
Solecki
168W–42L · 80.0%
Overall
128W–41L · 75.7%
138W–28L · 83.1%
Wins
98W–35L · 73.7%
30W–14L · 68.2%
Losses
30W–6L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dawson
Solecki
98W–70L · 58.3%
Overall
45W–25L · 64.3%
93W–68L · 57.8%
Wins
34W–22L · 60.7%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Distance striking
Dawson
Solecki
6.59
Landed / min
5.63
42.5%
Accuracy
44.4%
52.7%
Defense
60.0%
0.13
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
26.4%
Time at distance
21.4%
Grappling & control
Dawson
Solecki
3.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.58
35.4%
Takedown accuracy
48.1%
33.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.39
89.0%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Dawson
  • Head62%(211)div 63%
  • Body21%(71)div 21%
  • Legs17%(57)div 16%
Solecki
  • Head83%(135)div 63%
  • Body8%(13)div 21%
  • Legs9%(14)div 16%

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

Grant Dawson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Solecki
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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