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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
Jared Cannonier
Jared Cannonier
15-6 · USA
VS
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
25-4 · USA
December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.5lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Jared Cannonier def. Sean Strickland by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cannonier16/430/000:00
Strickland13/481/100:43
R2
Cannonier25/580/000:00
Strickland28/730/000:00
R3
Cannonier33/690/000:00
Strickland35/810/000:00
R4
Cannonier27/610/000:00
Strickland33/870/000:05
R5
Cannonier40/790/000:00
Strickland43/1110/000:00
Total
Cannonier141/3100/000:00
Strickland152/4001/100:48

Scorecards

Cannonier vs Strickland

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.5-9.6
R210-910-99-109.4-9.6
R310-99-109-109.5-9.5
R49-1010-910-99.5-9.6
R510-910-99-109.5-9.5
Total49-4649-4646-4947.4-47.8

Media (20 cards) · avg 48.346.7 · 20 Cannonier · 0 Strickland

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cannonier-Strickland.

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
CannonierWin probabilityStrickland
37.4%62.6%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
4%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 19.6 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 Cannonier, blue toward Strickland. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cannonier37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%47%24%
Submission1%3%6%
Decision18%50%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes102 (43138)act 141
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.4)act 0
Strickland63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%28%17%
Submission3%5%6%
Decision42%67%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes129 (55175)act 152
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.5)act 1
Combined totals~231 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R211%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Cannonier
41.8%+138
Strickland
-13857.8%
Most takedownstie 44.8%
Cannonier
7.3%+657
Strickland
-65747.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cannonier
Expected: 101.7
101.5
Over 101.5
39.8%
+151
Under 101.5
60.2%
-151
0128255
Strickland
Expected: 128.9
129
Over 129
39.5%
+152
Exactly 129
0.4%
push
Under 129
60.1%
-152
0162323
Takedowns — over/under
Cannonier
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Strickland
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
37.6%
+166
Under 1.5
62.4%
-166
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 19.6 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
Cannonier37.4%51.6%−14.2-118
Strickland62.6%48.4%+14.2-103
By method
Cannonier by KO/TKO13.1%24.2%−11.1+241
Cannonier by submission1.6%5.7%−4.1+1340
Cannonier by decision22.6%19.4%+3.2+325
Strickland by KO/TKO22.0%16.6%+5.4+399
Strickland by submission2.7%6.3%−3.6+1206
Strickland by decision37.9%27.7%+10.2+198
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds91.1%77.0%+14.1-470
Over 2.5 rds79.8%67.2%+12.6-257
Over 3.5 rds70.1%59.8%+10.3-178
Over 4.5 rds64.5%54.2%+10.3-137
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision60.5%50.6%+9.9-118

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
69.7Striking71.6
Strickland +1.9
30.5Grappling57.9
Strickland +27.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CannonierStrickland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1586
Pound-for-pound
1650
1591
Divisional
1621
1533
Striking offense
1529
1498
Striking defense
1489
1475
Grappling offense
1484
1524
Grappling defense
1583
Physical
38 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
76"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.73
Strikes landed / min
5.54
51%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.50
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
61%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
25%
Takedown accuracy
62%
66%
Takedown defense
85%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
75%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jared Cannonier
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +3996mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -16410mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -1491y 4mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 2mo before
  • WJack HermanssonKO/TKO R2
    Close +2353y 3mo before
Sean Strickland
  • LAlex PereiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1286mo before
  • WJack HermanssonS-DEC R5
    Close -25010mo before
  • WUriah HallU-DEC R5
    Close -2021y 5mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -2641y 8mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close -1062y 1mo before
Cannonier — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 25-4-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (67%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cannonier
Strickland
14
UFC fights
16
156.1 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
209.9 min · 13.1 avg
15y 1m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cannonier
Strickland
254W–58L · 81.4%
Overall
258W–67L · 79.4%
142W–34L · 80.7%
Wins
207W–58L · 78.1%
112W–24L · 82.4%
Losses
51W–9L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cannonier
Strickland
61W–36L · 62.9%
Overall
83W–34L · 70.9%
61W–36L · 62.9%
Wins
83W–34L · 70.9%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cannonier
Strickland
4.05
Landed / min
6.21
46.0%
Accuracy
39.2%
62.2%
Defense
66.9%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
70.4%
Time at distance
78.5%
Grappling & control
Cannonier
Strickland
0.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
65.5%
Takedown defense
85.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
26.3%
Control share
61.3%
Strike target map
Cannonier
  • Head64%(374)div 63%
  • Body18%(103)div 20%
  • Legs18%(106)div 17%
Strickland
  • Head84%(976)div 63%
  • Body10%(115)div 20%
  • Legs6%(71)div 17%

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

Jared Cannonier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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