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Brad Katona
Brad Katona
12-2 · CAN
VS
Cody Gibson
Cody Gibson
19-8 · USA
August 19, 2023 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Brad Katona def. Cody Gibson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Katona36/870/000:00
Gibson49/850/000:00
R2
Katona58/1080/200:00
Gibson64/940/000:00
R3
Katona66/1160/000:00
Gibson51/890/100:00
Total
Katona160/3110/200:00
Gibson164/2680/100:00

Scorecards

Katona vs Gibson

RdChris LeeDavid GinsbergNick MahmoodCommunity
R110-99-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2829-2828.7-28.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Katona · 0 Gibson

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

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 probabilityGibson
60.0%40.0%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
23%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Gibson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Katona60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%19%
Submission14%23%
Decision35%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 160
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Gibson40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%
Submission9%22%
Decision17%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1345)act 164
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R221%
R310%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Katona
55.3%-127
Gibson
+12743.4%
Most takedownstie 26.7%
Katona
30.2%+143
Gibson
-14343.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Katona
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
39.8%
+151
Under 39.5
60.2%
-151
05099
Gibson
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.8%
+154
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.7%
-154
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Katona
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.6%
+163
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
49.9%
-163
035
Gibson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.3%
-103
Exactly 1
22.4%
push
Under 1
38.2%
+103
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 11.0 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
Katona60.0%63.1%−3.1-192
Gibson40.0%36.9%+3.1+160

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
69.3Striking61.6
Katona +7.8
29.7Grappling47.6
Gibson +17.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KatonaGibson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1489
1503
Divisional
1490
1494
Striking offense
1491
1518
Striking defense
1511
1491
Grappling offense
1517
1500
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
64"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.33
Strikes landed / min
2.47
52%
Strike accuracy
32%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
2.54
58%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.85
23%
Takedown accuracy
38%
47%
Takedown defense
58%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
25%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
25%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
1435
Days since last fight
3100
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Katona
  • LHunter AzureU-DEC R3
    Close -1303y 11mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1404y 4mo before
  • WMatthew LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1604y 8mo before
  • WJay CuccinielloU-DEC R3
    Close -2605y 1mo before
Cody Gibson
  • LDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -2458y 6mo before
  • LManvel GamburyanSUB R2
    Close -1558y 11mo before
  • WJohnny BedfordKO/TKO R1
    Close +1709y 2mo before
  • LAljamain SterlingU-DEC R3
    Close +2809y 6mo before
Katona — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (30%)Submission() 0
6 (60%)Decision() 0
Gibson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-8-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
18win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (22%)Submission(60%) 3
8 (44%)Decision(40%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Katona
Gibson
4
UFC fights
4
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
40.6 min · 10.1 avg
11y 10m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Katona
Gibson
33W–7L · 82.5%
Overall
62W–19L · 76.5%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Wins
19W–10L · 65.5%
15W–4L · 78.9%
Losses
43W–9L · 82.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Katona
Gibson
55W–13L · 80.9%
Overall
200W–79L · 71.7%
55W–13L · 80.9%
Wins
153W–65L · 70.2%
0W–0L
Losses
47W–14L · 77.0%
Distance striking
Katona
Gibson
4.69
Landed / min
3.10
47.6%
Accuracy
24.7%
62.9%
Defense
72.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
53.7%
Time at distance
49.4%
Grappling & control
Katona
Gibson
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.85
22.7%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
47.1%
Takedown defense
58.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
61.0%
Control share
36.7%
Strike target map
Katona
  • Head61%(121)div 62%
  • Body13%(26)div 21%
  • Legs27%(53)div 17%
Gibson
  • Head69%(69)div 62%
  • Body23%(23)div 21%
  • Legs8%(8)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.

Cody Gibson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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