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Gaston Bolanos
Gaston Bolanos
6-3 · USA
VS
Aaron Phillips
Aaron Phillips
12-4 · USA
April 15, 2023 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Gaston Bolanos def. Aaron Phillips by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bolanos22/520/000:00
Phillips10/260/000:00
R2
Bolanos25/460/000:40
Phillips5/92/203:05
R3
Bolanos16/290/000:56
Phillips2/41/302:56
Total
Bolanos63/1270/001:36
Phillips17/393/506:01

Scorecards

Bolanos vs Phillips

RdHenry GuearyRoss SwanbergTravis BueskingCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-99-109.5-9.5
R310-910-910-99.5-9.5
Total30-2730-2729-2829-28

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Bolanos · 0 Phillips

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bolanos-Phillips.

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
BolanosWin probabilityPhillips
53.4%46.6%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
27%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Bolanos, blue toward Phillips. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Bolanos53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%36%
Submission14%26%6%
Decision25%47%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 63
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Phillips47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%20%12%
Submission13%28%11%
Decision25%52%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 3
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R216%
R36%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Bolanos
57.1%-138
Phillips
+13841.4%
Most takedownstie 33.4%
Bolanos
41.6%-166
Phillips
+16625.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bolanos
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
39.1%
+152
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.5%
-152
04488
Phillips
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
39.5%
+153
Under 27.5
60.5%
-153
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Bolanos
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.8%
+135
Exactly 1
20.5%
push
Under 1
45.7%
-135
035
Phillips
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
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 10.1 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
Bolanos53.3%61.8%−8.4-184
Phillips46.7%38.2%+8.5+150
By method
Bolanos by KO/TKO12.6%36.3%−23.7+132
Bolanos by submission14.2%5.8%+8.4+1361
Bolanos by decision26.5%19.4%+7.1+334
Phillips by KO/TKO11.0%12.3%−1.3+585
Phillips by submission12.4%11.1%+1.3+657
Phillips by decision23.2%15.1%+8.1+459
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.8%57.1%+14.7-158
Over 2.5 rds55.9%43.6%+12.3+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.8%38.4%+11.4+144

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
BolanosPhillips
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1478
1514
Divisional
1493
1500
Striking offense
1494
1533
Striking defense
1507
1480
Grappling offense
1492
1500
Grappling defense
1481
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.65
Strike accuracy
57%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
44%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-3
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
1004
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gaston Bolanos
No prior UFC fights.
Aaron Phillips
  • LJack ShoreSUB R2
    Close +4752y 9mo before
  • LMatt HobarU-DEC R3
    Close +1458y 8mo before
  • LSam SiciliaU-DEC R3
    Close +1308y 11mo before
Bolanos — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0

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
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(33%) 1
0 ()Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bolanos
Phillips
0
UFC fights
3
Octagon time
37.5 min · 12.5 avg
Career length
15y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bolanos
Phillips
Overall
32W–6L · 84.2%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
32W–6L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bolanos
Phillips
36W–22L · 62.1%
Overall
48W–35L · 57.8%
22W–16L · 57.9%
Wins
42W–34L · 55.3%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Bolanos
Phillips
Landed / min
4.90
Accuracy
43.1%
Defense
58.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
15.2%
Grappling & control
Bolanos
Phillips
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
44.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.40
Control share
4.1%
Strike target map
Bolanos
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Phillips
  • Head47%(29)div 62%
  • Body47%(29)div 21%
  • Legs6%(4)div 17%

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

Gaston Bolanos

No UFC fights on record.

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

Aaron Phillips
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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