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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos
Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
19-11-1 · MDA
VS
Oumar Sy
Oumar Sy
12-1 · FRA
March 14, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Ion Cutelaba def. Oumar Sy by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 4:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:24
Cutelaba14/201/202:27
Sy5/110/100:18
Total
Cutelaba14/201/202:27
Sy5/110/100:18

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
CutelabaWin probabilitySy
22.5%77.5%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
24%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 6.9 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 Cutelaba, blue toward Sy. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%62%13%
Submission4%16%6%
Decision5%22%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (827)act 14
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Sy77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%49%18%
Submission20%26%28%
Decision19%25%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 5
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~46 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R220%
R34%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Cutelaba
41.1%+138
Sy
-13856.9%
Most takedownstie 43.9%
Cutelaba
25.9%+117
Sy
-11730.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 20.1
20
Over 20
38.7%
+152
Exactly 20
2.4%
push
Under 20
58.9%
-152
02651
Sy
Expected: 25.6
25.5
Over 25.5
39.8%
+151
Under 25.5
60.2%
-151
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
035
Sy
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.5%
+160
Under 0.5
61.5%
-160
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 6.9 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
Cutelaba22.5%27.5%−5.0+246
Sy77.5%72.5%+5.0-317
By method
Cutelaba by KO/TKO11.8%12.9%−1.1+560
Cutelaba by submission5.4%5.7%−0.3+1386
Cutelaba by decision5.4%11.8%−6.4+616
Sy by KO/TKO40.4%18.0%+22.4+372
Sy by submission18.5%28.2%−9.7+201
Sy by decision18.5%23.4%−4.9+262
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds47.8%57.5%−9.7-160
Over 2.5 rds27.9%42.8%−14.9+118
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision23.9%36.4%−12.5+158

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
63.8Striking77.1
Sy +13.3
63.3Grappling60.3
Cutelaba +3.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CutelabaSy
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1565
1520
Divisional
1565
1513
Striking offense
1507
1496
Striking defense
1507
1533
Grappling offense
1511
1492
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
32 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
83"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.26
Strikes landed / min
3.67
43%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.34
Strikes absorbed / min
1.72
47%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.77
Takedowns / 15 min
2.73
49%
Takedown accuracy
37%
75%
Takedown defense
100%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
63%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • LModestas BukauskasS-DEC R3
    Close -11010mo before
  • WIbo AslanSUB R1
    Close +1691y 1mo before
  • WIvan ErslanS-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 5mo before
  • LPhilipe LinsU-DEC R3
    Close -1412y before
  • WTanner BoserKO/TKO R1
    Close -1312y 11mo before
Oumar Sy
  • WBrendson RibeiroKO/TKO R1
    Close -6176mo before
  • LAlonzo MenifieldU-DEC R3
    Close -7039mo before
  • WDa Woon JungU-DEC R3
    Close -5911y 5mo before
  • WTuco TokkosSUB R1
    Close -4551y 10mo before
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 19-11-1, 1 NC

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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
16% of wins
L
27% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
8win10loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
1 (13%)Submission(40%) 4
3 (38%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Sy — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Sy
19
UFC fights
4
155.3 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
38.4 min · 9.6 avg
14y 4m
Career length
7y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Sy
260W–68L · 79.3%
Overall
58W–20L · 74.4%
107W–28L · 79.3%
Wins
42W–15L · 73.7%
153W–40L · 79.3%
Losses
16W–5L · 76.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Sy
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
61W–27L · 69.3%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
61W–27L · 69.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Sy
4.74
Landed / min
4.99
34.0%
Accuracy
47.3%
50.9%
Defense
71.4%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
53.2%
Time at distance
60.5%
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Sy
3.77
Takedowns / 15 min
2.73
49.4%
Takedown accuracy
36.8%
75.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.39
54.0%
Control share
98.6%
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head70%(466)div 63%
  • Body18%(117)div 19%
  • Legs12%(78)div 17%
Sy
  • Head52%(74)div 63%
  • Body20%(28)div 19%
  • Legs28%(39)div 17%

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Oumar Sy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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