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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen
Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
16-9-1 · MDA
VS
Tanner Boser
Tanner Boser
20-9-1 · CAN
April 15, 2023 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Ion Cutelaba def. Tanner Boser by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:05
Cutelaba30/401/100:17
Boser5/160/000:00
Total
Cutelaba30/401/100:17
Boser5/160/000:00

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
CutelabaWin probabilityBoser
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
19%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 8.1 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 Cutelaba, blue toward Boser. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%56%34%
Submission8%20%8%
Decision10%24%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 30
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.7)act 1
Boser58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%50%23%
Submission11%18%4%
Decision18%32%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R228%
R37%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Cutelaba
44.3%+122
Boser
-12254.1%
Most takedownstie 37.2%
Cutelaba
54.0%-614
Boser
+6148.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 27.0
27
Over 27
38.9%
+152
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.3%
-152
03468
Boser
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
39.5%
+153
Under 31.5
60.5%
-153
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.8%
+106
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
41.2%
-106
035
Boser
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 8.1 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
Cutelaba42.1%54.0%−11.9-131
Boser57.9%46.0%+11.9+107
By method
Cutelaba by KO/TKO22.1%34.2%−12.1+146
Cutelaba by submission8.1%7.8%+0.3+973
Cutelaba by decision11.9%12.1%−0.2+595
Boser by KO/TKO30.4%22.7%+7.7+271
Boser by submission11.2%4.4%+6.8+1794
Boser by decision16.3%18.6%−2.3+352
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds63.2%54.7%+8.5-140
Over 2.5 rds34.7%36.7%−2.0+154
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision28.2%32.0%−3.8+194

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
64.2Striking78.0
Boser +13.8
70.0Grappling18.0
Cutelaba +52.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CutelabaBoser
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1495
Pound-for-pound
1520
1496
Divisional
1519
1505
Striking offense
1525
1495
Striking defense
1524
1533
Grappling offense
1478
1478
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.43
Strikes landed / min
4.21
42%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.30
Strikes absorbed / min
2.20
48%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
58%
Takedown accuracy
77%
Takedown defense
65%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
38%
UFC win rate
50%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
60%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1575mo before
  • LJohnny WalkerSUB R1
    Close -1977mo before
  • LRyan SpannSUB R1
    Close -24011mo before
  • WDevin ClarkU-DEC R3
    Close -1621y 7mo before
  • DDustin JacobyS-DEC R3
    Close -1311y 11mo before
Tanner Boser
  • LRodrigo NascimentoS-DEC R3
    Close -1767mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    Close -2121y 10mo before
  • LIlir LatifiS-DEC R3
    Close -1761y 10mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -3052y 5mo before
  • WRaphael PessoaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2782y 9mo before
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 16-9-1, 1 NC

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
12 wins, 3 losses
W
75% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
11% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
5win8loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 4
2 (40%)Decision(13%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Boser — win / loss by method
Record: 20-9-1

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 8 losses
W
35% of wins
L
89% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
16win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Boser
14
UFC fights
8
105.3 min · 7.5 avg
Octagon time
92.8 min · 11.6 avg
14y 4m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Boser
178W–44L · 80.2%
Overall
111W–50L · 68.9%
59W–15L · 79.7%
Wins
55W–22L · 71.4%
119W–29L · 80.4%
Losses
56W–28L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Boser
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
235W–120L · 66.2%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
178W–96L · 65.0%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
57W–24L · 70.4%
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Boser
4.55
Landed / min
4.88
30.7%
Accuracy
51.1%
51.8%
Defense
64.4%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
50.3%
Time at distance
79.2%
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Boser
4.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57.9%
Takedown accuracy
77.4%
Takedown defense
64.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.9%
Control share
11.5%
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head76%(354)div 64%
  • Body17%(79)div 19%
  • Legs7%(34)div 16%
Boser
  • Head42%(165)div 64%
  • Body20%(79)div 19%
  • Legs38%(147)div 16%

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tanner Boser
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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