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UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg
Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo
31-8 · BRA
VS
May 4, 2024 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Jose Aldo def. Jonathan Martinez by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aldo17/460/000:00
Martinez15/340/100:00
R2
Aldo30/500/000:00
Martinez14/380/101:20
R3
Aldo30/431/201:45
Martinez23/460/000:00
Total
Aldo77/1391/201:45
Martinez52/1180/201:20

Scorecards

Aldo vs Martinez

RdBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyRafael FerreiraCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27

Media (19 cards) · avg 3027 · 19 Aldo · 0 Martinez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aldo-Martinez.

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
AldoWin probabilityMartinez
24.7%75.3%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
4%
Decision
78%
Expected fight time: 13.6 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 Aldo, blue toward Martinez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aldo25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%21%13%
Submission1%2%3%
Decision19%77%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (2787)act 77
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 1
Martinez75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%18%18%
Submission3%4%5%
Decision58%78%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (33105)act 52
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~141 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R15%
R26%
R311%
Distance78%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Aldo
43.0%+131
Martinez
-13156.3%
Most takedownstie 52.7%
Aldo
23.7%-100
Martinez
+10023.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 63.8
64
Over 64
39.3%
+153
Exactly 64
0.8%
push
Under 64
60.0%
-153
080160
Martinez
Expected: 77.6
77.5
Over 77.5
39.8%
+151
Under 77.5
60.2%
-151
098195
Takedowns — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.5%
+239
Under 0.5
70.5%
-239
035
Martinez
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.4%
+241
Under 0.5
70.6%
-241
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 13.6 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
Aldo24.7%41.1%−16.4+132
Martinez75.3%58.9%+16.4-161
By method
Aldo by KO/TKO4.6%13.3%−8.7+533
Aldo by submission0.9%3.1%−2.2+2625
Aldo by decision19.2%26.6%−7.4+215
Martinez by KO/TKO14.0%17.9%−3.9+368
Martinez by submission2.8%5.1%−2.3+1542
Martinez by decision58.5%34.0%+24.5+146
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds94.6%78.5%+16.1-515
Over 2.5 rds88.5%67.4%+21.1-258
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision77.7%63.8%+13.9-213

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
62.2Striking70.6
Martinez +8.4
53.6Grappling41.5
Aldo +12.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AldoMartinez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1639
Pound-for-pound
1632
1575
Divisional
1603
1520
Striking offense
1529
1509
Striking defense
1505
1454
Grappling offense
1480
1576
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
37 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.46
Strikes landed / min
4.64
45%
Strike accuracy
50%
4.18
Strikes absorbed / min
3.76
59%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
52%
Takedown accuracy
42%
91%
Takedown defense
69%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
77%
-1
Win/loss streak
+6
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
31%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
623
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jose Aldo
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1241y 8mo before
  • WRob FontU-DEC R5
    Close +1152y 5mo before
  • WPedro MunhozU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 9mo before
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close -1403y 4mo before
  • LPetr YanKO/TKO R5
    Close +1753y 10mo before
Jonathan Martinez
  • WAdrian YanezKO/TKO R2
    Close -1257mo before
  • WSaid NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close +1961y 2mo before
  • WCub SwansonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2161y 7mo before
  • WVince MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close -2611y 11mo before
  • WAlejandro PerezU-DEC R3
    Close -2912y 2mo before
Aldo — win / loss by method
Record: 31-8-0

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
17 wins, 4 losses
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (69%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Martinez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Aldo
Martinez
20
UFC fights
13
334.7 min · 16.7 avg
Octagon time
169.7 min · 13.1 avg
22y 0m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aldo
Martinez
341W–76L · 81.8%
Overall
209W–66L · 76.0%
219W–56L · 79.6%
Wins
170W–50L · 77.3%
122W–20L · 85.9%
Losses
39W–16L · 70.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aldo
Martinez
159W–48L · 76.8%
Overall
50W–31L · 61.7%
154W–46L · 77.0%
Wins
42W–29L · 59.2%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Aldo
Martinez
4.29
Landed / min
5.26
43.3%
Accuracy
46.4%
63.6%
Defense
61.8%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.80
72.3%
Time at distance
71.2%
Grappling & control
Aldo
Martinez
0.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
52.2%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
90.5%
Takedown defense
69.4%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.09
50.6%
Control share
61.3%
Strike target map
Aldo
  • Head68%(783)div 62%
  • Body20%(235)div 21%
  • Legs12%(140)div 17%
Martinez
  • Head55%(434)div 62%
  • Body23%(182)div 21%
  • Legs22%(171)div 17%

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

Jose Aldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jonathan Martinez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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