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UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira
John Castaneda
John Castaneda
20-6 · USA
VS
Kyung Ho Kang
Kyung Ho Kang
19-9 · KOR
November 11, 2023 · New York City, New York, USA
Catch Weight · 138 lb · 3 rounds
137.6lb
Weigh-in
138.0lb
John Castaneda def. Kyung Ho Kang by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castaneda33/510/000:00
Ho Kang18/400/000:00
R2
Castaneda38/641/300:55
Ho Kang30/810/000:00
R3
Castaneda40/642/501:23
Ho Kang40/810/000:00
Total
Castaneda111/1793/802:18
Ho Kang88/2020/000:00

Scorecards

Castaneda vs Ho Kang

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.4-27.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Castaneda · 0 Ho Kang

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Castaneda-Ho Kang.

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
CastanedaWin probabilityHo Kang
47.0%53.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
15%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Castaneda, blue toward Ho Kang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Castaneda47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%38%
Submission4%10%
Decision25%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 111
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 3
Ho Kang53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%19%
Submission10%20%
Decision33%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 88
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R219%
R37%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Castaneda
47.0%+110
Ho Kang
-11051.9%
Most takedownstie 30.3%
Castaneda
26.0%+168
Ho Kang
-16843.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castaneda
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
39.0%
+154
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.9%
-154
055110
Ho Kang
Expected: 46.9
47
Over 47
39.1%
+153
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.8%
-153
059118
Takedowns — over/under
Castaneda
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.7%
+140
Under 0.5
58.3%
-140
035
Ho Kang
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.7%
+111
Exactly 1
20.4%
push
Under 1
41.9%
-111
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 11.3 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
Castaneda47.0%51.1%−4.1-115
Ho Kang53.0%48.9%+4.1-105

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
59.6Striking67.8
Ho Kang +8.2
51.3Grappling66.4
Ho Kang +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CastanedaHo Kang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1586
1514
Divisional
1506
1504
Striking offense
1497
1493
Striking defense
1508
1513
Grappling offense
1521
1524
Grappling defense
1530
Physical
31 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.51
Strikes landed / min
3.09
48%
Strike accuracy
49%
5.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.91
54%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
43%
Takedown accuracy
57%
73%
Takedown defense
70%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Castaneda
  • WMuin GafurovU-DEC R3
    Close -1265mo before
  • LDaniel SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1881y 1mo before
  • WMiles JohnsSUB R3
    Close +1571y 9mo before
  • WEddie WinelandKO/TKO R1
    Close -1232y 9mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close +3203y 4mo before
Kyung Ho Kang
  • WCristian QuinonezSUB R1
    Close +1225mo before
  • WBatgerel DanaaU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • LRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -1182y before
  • WPingyuan LiuS-DEC R3
    Close -2753y 11mo before
  • WBrandon DavisS-DEC R3
    Close -1904y 3mo before
Castaneda — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (29%)Decision(75%) 3
Ho Kang — win / loss by method
Record: 19-9-0, 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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Castaneda
Ho Kang
5
UFC fights
12
55.8 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
145.2 min · 12.1 avg
13y 10m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Castaneda
Ho Kang
80W–25L · 76.2%
Overall
157W–48L · 76.6%
55W–19L · 74.3%
Wins
107W–33L · 76.4%
25W–6L · 80.6%
Losses
50W–15L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castaneda
Ho Kang
199W–141L · 58.5%
Overall
73W–40L · 64.6%
168W–128L · 56.8%
Wins
45W–27L · 62.5%
31W–13L · 70.5%
Losses
28W–13L · 68.3%
Distance striking
Castaneda
Ho Kang
5.17
Landed / min
5.31
44.5%
Accuracy
43.8%
55.6%
Defense
63.8%
1.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
73.4%
Time at distance
41.5%
Grappling & control
Castaneda
Ho Kang
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
73.3%
Takedown defense
70.0%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.93
68.7%
Control share
65.0%
Strike target map
Castaneda
  • Head69%(173)div 63%
  • Body11%(28)div 19%
  • Legs20%(51)div 17%
Ho Kang
  • Head79%(354)div 63%
  • Body7%(32)div 19%
  • Legs14%(63)div 17%

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

John Castaneda
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyung Ho Kang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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