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UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos
Da'Mon Blackshear
Da'Mon Blackshear
13-5-1 · USA
VS
Jose Johnson
Jose Johnson
15-7 · USA
August 12, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Da'Mon Blackshear def. Jose Johnson by SUB (Twister), R1 3:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:47
Blackshear18/302/402:57
Johnson8/120/000:00
Total
Blackshear18/302/402:57
Johnson8/120/000:00

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
BlackshearWin probabilityJohnson
56.5%43.5%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
24%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Blackshear, blue toward Johnson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blackshear56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%11%
Submission17%31%31%
Decision24%42%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1447)act 18
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 2
Johnson44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%40%16%
Submission6%14%5%
Decision20%46%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 8
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R216%
R39%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Blackshear
48.6%+103
Johnson
-10350.0%
Most takedownstie 32.1%
Blackshear
31.3%+117
Johnson
-11736.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blackshear
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
39.6%
+153
Under 34.5
60.4%
-153
04386
Johnson
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
38.9%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Blackshear
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+186
Exactly 1
17.1%
push
Under 1
53.9%
-186
035
Johnson
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.8%
+150
Exactly 1
18.0%
push
Under 1
49.2%
-150
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 9.7 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
Blackshear56.5%69.8%−13.3-271
Johnson43.5%30.2%+13.3+216
By method
Blackshear by KO/TKO18.3%11.4%+6.9+633
Blackshear by submission13.4%30.9%−17.5+170
Blackshear by decision24.8%27.1%−2.3+208
Johnson by KO/TKO14.1%15.8%−1.7+427
Johnson by submission10.3%5.5%+4.8+1429
Johnson by decision19.1%9.4%+9.7+789
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.8%59.0%+9.8-170
Over 2.5 rds52.9%43.2%+9.7+117
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.0%39.5%+4.5+138

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlackshearJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1512
1518
Divisional
1512
1508
Striking offense
1500
1498
Striking defense
1500
1502
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.57
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
3.83
Strikes absorbed / min
52%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.16
Takedowns / 15 min
23%
Takedown accuracy
55%
Takedown defense
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
33%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Da'Mon Blackshear
  • WLuan LacerdaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1282mo before
  • LFarid BasharatU-DEC R3
    Close +3445mo before
  • DYoussef ZalalM-DEC R3
    Close +1111y before
Jose Johnson
No prior UFC fights.
Blackshear — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 4
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (53%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
2 (13%)Submission(43%) 3
5 (33%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Blackshear
Johnson
3
UFC fights
0
38.9 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
10y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Blackshear
Johnson
21W–2L · 91.3%
Overall
12W–2L · 85.7%
Wins
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blackshear
Johnson
98W–48L · 67.1%
Overall
122W–85L · 58.9%
59W–34L · 63.4%
Wins
92W–71L · 56.4%
39W–14L · 73.6%
Losses
30W–14L · 68.2%
Distance striking
Blackshear
Johnson
5.52
Landed / min
37.3%
Accuracy
57.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
47.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Blackshear
Johnson
1.16
Takedowns / 15 min
23.1%
Takedown accuracy
54.5%
Takedown defense
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
44.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Blackshear
  • Head54%(75)div 62%
  • Body21%(29)div 21%
  • Legs25%(35)div 17%
Johnson
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Da'Mon Blackshear
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jose Johnson

No UFC fights on record.

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