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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
19-13 · USA
VS
Julian Erosa
Julian Erosa
28-9 · USA
December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Alex Caceres def. Julian Erosa by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 3:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:04
Caceres16/300/010:05
Erosa10/220/000:00
Total
Caceres16/300/010:05
Erosa10/220/000:00

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
CaceresWin probabilityErosa
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
24%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.4 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 Caceres, blue toward Erosa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Caceres63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%35%12%
Submission15%23%8%
Decision26%42%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1860)act 16
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Erosa37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%54%16%
Submission9%25%13%
Decision8%21%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 10
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R228%
R33%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Caceres
56.8%-135
Erosa
+13542.0%
Most takedownstie 52.5%
Caceres
17.7%+167
Erosa
-16729.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
39.8%
+151
Under 44.5
60.2%
-151
056112
Erosa
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
39.5%
+153
Under 35.5
60.5%
-153
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.4%
+327
Under 0.5
76.6%
-327
035
Erosa
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.6%
+189
Under 0.5
65.4%
-189
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 8.4 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
Caceres63.2%39.3%+23.9+143
Erosa36.8%60.7%−23.9-174
By method
Caceres by KO/TKO26.8%12.0%+14.8+591
Caceres by submission14.9%7.7%+7.2+976
Caceres by decision21.5%20.3%+1.2+307
Erosa by KO/TKO15.6%15.6%±0.0+429
Erosa by submission8.7%13.3%−4.6+523
Erosa by decision12.5%31.1%−18.6+166
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds64.6%71.0%−6.4-313
Over 2.5 rds36.9%59.1%−22.2-170
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.0%54.1%−20.1-138

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
74.8Striking62.6
Caceres +12.2
55.3Grappling57.8
Erosa +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CaceresErosa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1556
1552
Divisional
1526
1512
Striking offense
1518
1535
Striking defense
1463
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
6.12
51%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.92
Strikes absorbed / min
6.19
64%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.58
Takedowns / 15 min
1.83
71%
Takedown accuracy
50%
64%
Takedown defense
62%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
55%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
36%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Caceres
  • LSodiq YusuffU-DEC R3
    Close +2169mo before
  • WSeungWoo ChoiSUB R2
    Close +2151y 2mo before
  • WKevin CroomU-DEC R3
    Close -1691y 10mo before
  • WAustin SpringerSUB R1
    Close -2252y 4mo before
  • WChase HooperU-DEC R3
    Close +1682y 6mo before
Julian Erosa
  • WHakeem DawoduU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1813mo before
  • WSteven PetersonS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -31010mo before
  • WCharles JourdainSUB R3
    Close +1581y 3mo before
  • LSeungWoo ChoiKO/TKO R1
    Close +1251y 6mo before
  • WNate LandwehrKO/TKO R1
    Close +1041y 10mo before
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 19-13-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 7 losses
W
37% of wins
L
54% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
47% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
14win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(9%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(45%) 5
9 (64%)Decision(45%) 5
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Erosa — win / loss by method
Record: 28-9-0

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, 5 losses
W
39% of wins
L
56% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
18% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
22win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (45%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
10 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (9%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Caceres
Erosa
26
UFC fights
11
312.7 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
106.4 min · 9.7 avg
17y 9m
Career length
15y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Caceres
Erosa
332W–95L · 77.8%
Overall
125W–29L · 81.2%
182W–65L · 73.7%
Wins
74W–19L · 79.6%
150W–30L · 83.3%
Losses
51W–10L · 83.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Caceres
Erosa
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
179W–69L · 72.2%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
148W–60L · 71.2%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
31W–9L · 77.5%
Distance striking
Caceres
Erosa
5.84
Landed / min
7.73
48.6%
Accuracy
44.1%
67.1%
Defense
51.5%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
60.6%
Time at distance
61.9%
Grappling & control
Caceres
Erosa
0.58
Takedowns / 15 min
1.83
70.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
64.2%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.71
35.2%
Control share
50.4%
Strike target map
Caceres
  • Head65%(841)div 64%
  • Body23%(299)div 20%
  • Legs12%(159)div 16%
Erosa
  • Head64%(419)div 64%
  • Body27%(175)div 20%
  • Legs9%(57)div 16%

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

Alex Caceres
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Julian Erosa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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