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UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2
CJ Vergara
CJ Vergara
11-4-1 · USA
VS
July 29, 2023 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
128.5lbMissed +2.5
CJ Vergara def. Vinicius Salvador by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vergara20/330/000:00
Salvador20/400/000:00
R2
Vergara45/710/000:00
Salvador30/640/200:01
R3
Vergara44/770/000:00
Salvador38/910/000:00
Total
Vergara109/1810/000:00
Salvador88/1950/200:01

Scorecards

Vergara vs Salvador

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSteve FaragherCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 Vergara · 0 Salvador

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vergara-Salvador.

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
VergaraWin probabilitySalvador
38.0%62.0%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
33%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Vergara, blue toward Salvador. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vergara38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission11%28%
Decision17%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 109
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Salvador62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%38%
Submission22%36%
Decision16%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 88
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R222%
R316%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Vergara
48.2%+105
Salvador
-10550.7%
Most takedownstie 34.7%
Vergara
30.0%+118
Salvador
-11835.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vergara
Expected: 39.7
39.5
Over 39.5
40.0%
+150
Under 39.5
60.0%
-150
050100
Salvador
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
39.2%
+152
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.7%
-152
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Vergara
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.6%
+129
Under 0.5
56.4%
-129
035
Salvador
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.4%
+172
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
52.3%
-172
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 9.4 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
Vergara38.0%61.2%−23.2-180
Salvador62.0%38.8%+23.2+145

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
70.5Striking53.1
Vergara +17.4
23.6Grappling36.6
Salvador +13.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VergaraSalvador
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1509
1519
Divisional
1509
1511
Striking offense
1499
1488
Striking defense
1499
1498
Grappling offense
1503
1500
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
32 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.50
Strikes landed / min
3.13
57%
Strike accuracy
36%
4.75
Strikes absorbed / min
4.13
53%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
17%
71%
Takedown defense
86%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
CJ Vergara
  • WDaniel LacerdaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2854mo before
  • LTatsuro TairaSUB R2
    missedClose +2159mo before
  • WKleydson RodriguesS-DEC R3
    Close +2891y 3mo before
  • LOde OsbourneU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1701y 9mo before
Vinicius Salvador
  • LVictor AltamiranoU-DEC R3
    Close -1154mo before
Vergara — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Salvador — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
93% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (93%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (7%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Vergara
Salvador
4
UFC fights
1
48.4 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 8m
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vergara
Salvador
38W–9L · 80.9%
Overall
11W–2L · 84.6%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
0W–0L
20W–4L · 83.3%
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vergara
Salvador
41W–16L · 71.9%
Overall
83W–35L · 70.3%
34W–16L · 68.0%
Wins
48W–22L · 68.6%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Vergara
Salvador
6.26
Landed / min
4.30
51.5%
Accuracy
32.8%
55.1%
Defense
49.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.5%
Time at distance
60.4%
Grappling & control
Vergara
Salvador
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
70.8%
Takedown defense
86.4%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.7%
Control share
6.5%
Strike target map
Vergara
  • Head55%(147)div 62%
  • Body34%(90)div 22%
  • Legs11%(29)div 16%
Salvador
  • Head55%(26)div 62%
  • Body32%(15)div 22%
  • Legs13%(6)div 16%

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

CJ Vergara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vinicius Salvador
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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