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John Castaneda
John Castaneda
19-6 · USA
VS
Muin Gafurov
Muin Gafurov
19-4 · TJK
June 3, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
John Castaneda def. Muin Gafurov by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castaneda18/320/010:51
Gafurov21/440/300:11
R2
Castaneda15/401/300:40
Gafurov29/860/101:14
R3
Castaneda7/162/302:45
Gafurov11/270/200:30
Total
Castaneda40/883/614:16
Gafurov61/1570/601:55

Scorecards

Castaneda vs Gafurov

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-99-99-99.1-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2729-2729-2728.9-27.2

Media (12 cards) · avg 2927 · 12 Castaneda · 0 Gafurov

Point deductions: R21 Gafurov (Headbutt)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Castaneda-Gafurov. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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 probabilityGafurov
39.4%60.6%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
19%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Castaneda, blue toward Gafurov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Castaneda39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%29%17%
Submission7%18%9%
Decision21%53%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1652)act 40
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 3
Gafurov61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%17%
Submission13%20%8%
Decision25%42%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 61
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.3)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R215%
R39%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Castaneda
48.0%+106
Gafurov
-10650.8%
Most takedownstie 17.4%
Castaneda
15.6%+430
Gafurov
-43067.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castaneda
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
39.9%
+151
Under 38.5
60.1%
-151
04997
Gafurov
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
39.3%
+151
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.5%
-151
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Castaneda
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
035
Gafurov
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.3%
-104
Exactly 2
18.9%
push
Under 2
39.8%
+104
047

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 9.9 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
Castaneda39.4%53.1%−13.7-126
Gafurov60.6%46.9%+13.7+103
By method
Castaneda by KO/TKO13.6%16.7%−3.1+405
Castaneda by submission7.7%9.4%−1.7+798
Castaneda by decision18.2%28.6%−10.4+194
Gafurov by KO/TKO20.8%16.7%+4.1+405
Gafurov by submission11.7%7.9%+3.8+966
Gafurov by decision28.0%20.7%+7.3+306
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.8%68.3%+1.5-275
Over 2.5 rds55.0%56.5%−1.5-152
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.2%52.0%−5.8-126

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
CastanedaGafurov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1544
1549
Divisional
1544
1502
Striking offense
1474
1494
Striking defense
1500
1520
Grappling offense
1561
1529
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.19
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
6.15
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
38%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
245
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Castaneda
  • LDaniel SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1888mo before
  • WMiles JohnsSUB R3
    Close +1571y 4mo before
  • WEddie WinelandKO/TKO R1
    Close -1232y 3mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close +3202y 10mo before
Muin Gafurov
No prior UFC fights.
Castaneda — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
26% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (29%)Decision(75%) 3
Gafurov — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
5% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (58%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (37%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (5%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Castaneda
Gafurov
4
UFC fights
0
40.8 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
13y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Castaneda
Gafurov
61W–21L · 74.4%
Overall
36W–15L · 70.6%
Wins
25W–6L · 80.6%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castaneda
Gafurov
199W–141L · 58.5%
Overall
174W–70L · 71.3%
168W–128L · 56.8%
Wins
112W–48L · 70.0%
31W–13L · 70.5%
Losses
62W–22L · 73.8%
Distance striking
Castaneda
Gafurov
5.29
Landed / min
44.5%
Accuracy
53.2%
Defense
1.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
81.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Castaneda
Gafurov
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
Takedown defense
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
68.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Castaneda
  • Head67%(143)div 62%
  • Body11%(24)div 21%
  • Legs21%(45)div 17%
Gafurov
  • 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.

John Castaneda
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Muin Gafurov

No UFC fights on record.

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