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Cody Durden
Cody Durden
14-4-1 · USA
VS
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
13-4 · USA
April 29, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Cody Durden def. Charles Johnson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Durden13/194/603:35
Johnson7/140/000:00
R2
Durden21/334/603:18
Johnson22/400/000:05
R3
Durden22/473/602:40
Johnson23/470/000:03
Total
Durden56/9911/1809:33
Johnson52/1010/000:08

Scorecards

Durden vs Johnson

RdAdalaide ByrdMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Durden · 0 Johnson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Durden-Johnson.

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
DurdenWin probabilityJohnson
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
31%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Durden, blue toward Johnson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Durden52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%28%9%
Submission17%33%7%
Decision20%39%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 56
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.4)act 11
Johnson48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%30%17%
Submission14%28%10%
Decision20%42%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 52
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R223%
R39%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Durden
48.1%+105
Johnson
-10550.6%
Most takedownstie 18.7%
Durden
71.0%-692
Johnson
+69210.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Durden
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
38.8%
+154
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.9%
-154
04487
Johnson
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
39.0%
+153
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.7%
-153
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Durden
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.3%
-102
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
40.6%
+102
047
Johnson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+281
Under 0.5
73.7%
-281
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 9.5 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
Durden51.7%43.2%+8.5+121
Johnson48.3%56.8%−8.5-147
By method
Durden by KO/TKO15.0%8.7%+6.3+864
Durden by submission16.0%6.5%+9.5+1180
Durden by decision20.8%28.5%−7.7+193
Johnson by KO/TKO14.0%17.4%−3.4+381
Johnson by submission14.9%9.8%+5.1+757
Johnson by decision19.4%29.1%−9.7+188
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.6%73.3%−1.7-366
Over 2.5 rds48.7%64.1%−15.4-217
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.2%60.3%−20.1-180

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
63.3Striking70.5
Johnson +7.2
63.1Grappling24.8
Durden +38.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DurdenJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1527
1539
Divisional
1544
1504
Striking offense
1504
1493
Striking defense
1502
1526
Grappling offense
1498
1497
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.13
Strikes landed / min
4.46
49%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.75
49%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
41%
Takedown accuracy
14%
71%
Takedown defense
60%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Durden
  • WCarlos MotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1366mo before
  • WJP BuysKO/TKO R1
    Close -10410mo before
  • LMuhammad MokaevSUB R1
    Close +3801y 1mo before
  • W AoriqilengU-DEC R3
    Close -1661y 5mo before
  • LJimmy FlickSUB R1
    Close +1372y 4mo before
Charles Johnson
  • LOde OsbourneS-DEC R3
    Close -1742mo before
  • WJimmy FlickKO/TKO R1
    Close -3583mo before
  • WZhalgas ZhumagulovS-DEC R3
    Close -1735mo before
  • LMuhammad MokaevU-DEC R3
    Close +3769mo before
Durden — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-1

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Durden
Johnson
6
UFC fights
4
50.4 min · 8.4 avg
Octagon time
49.5 min · 12.4 avg
10y 4m
Career length
10y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Durden
Johnson
61W–21L · 74.4%
Overall
48W–17L · 73.8%
40W–16L · 71.4%
Wins
30W–12L · 71.4%
21W–5L · 80.8%
Losses
18W–5L · 78.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Durden
Johnson
53W–37L · 58.9%
Overall
73W–26L · 73.7%
35W–23L · 60.3%
Wins
47W–17L · 73.4%
18W–14L · 56.3%
Losses
26W–9L · 74.3%
Distance striking
Durden
Johnson
5.72
Landed / min
6.36
44.4%
Accuracy
49.6%
50.4%
Defense
58.0%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.3%
Time at distance
54.6%
Grappling & control
Durden
Johnson
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.30
41.2%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
71.4%
Takedown defense
60.5%
0.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
90.6%
Control share
21.3%
Strike target map
Durden
  • Head70%(110)div 62%
  • Body14%(22)div 22%
  • Legs16%(26)div 16%
Johnson
  • Head52%(115)div 62%
  • Body30%(67)div 22%
  • Legs18%(39)div 16%

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

Cody Durden
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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