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UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Dan Hooker
Dan Hooker
21-12 · NZL
VS
Claudio Puelles
Claudio Puelles
12-2 · PER
November 12, 2022 · New York City, New York, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.8lb
Weigh-in
155.2lb
Dan Hooker def. Claudio Puelles by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 4:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hooker10/270/001:11
Puelles0/50/200:00
R2 · 4:06
Hooker19/360/010:57
Puelles5/130/600:08
Total
Hooker29/630/012:08
Puelles5/180/800:08

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
HookerWin probabilityPuelles
37.6%62.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
21%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Hooker, blue toward Puelles. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hooker38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%43%25%
Submission6%15%7%
Decision16%42%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 29
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Puelles62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%8%
Submission15%24%23%
Decision34%55%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 5
Takedowns1.8 (0.05.0)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R214%
R39%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Hooker
54.5%-123
Puelles
+12344.3%
Most takedownstie 24.7%
Hooker
8.3%+805
Puelles
-80567.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hooker
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
39.3%
+151
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.5%
-151
054108
Puelles
Expected: 36.7
36.5
Over 36.5
40.0%
+150
Under 36.5
60.0%
-150
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Hooker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.3%
Exactly 0
80.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Puelles
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.8%
+127
Exactly 2
16.6%
push
Under 2
46.6%
-127
036

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 10.3 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
Hooker37.6%58.6%−21.0-159
Puelles62.4%41.4%+21.0+131
By method
Hooker by KO/TKO11.1%25.2%−14.1+225
Hooker by submission7.8%6.7%+1.1+1126
Hooker by decision18.8%25.4%−6.6+224
Puelles by KO/TKO18.4%8.2%+10.2+898
Puelles by submission12.9%23.2%−10.3+253
Puelles by decision31.1%11.2%+19.9+630
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.9%60.4%+12.5-182
Over 2.5 rds58.5%44.0%+14.5+113
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.9%37.9%+12.0+147

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
63.5Striking59.8
Hooker +3.7
46.0Grappling65.1
Puelles +19.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HookerPuelles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1581
1585
Divisional
1582
1539
Striking offense
1471
1493
Striking defense
1501
1497
Grappling offense
1527
1534
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
72"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.91
Strikes landed / min
1.99
47%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.81
Strikes absorbed / min
2.89
52%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.74
37%
Takedown accuracy
39%
79%
Takedown defense
60%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
83%
-2
Win/loss streak
+5
20%
Last-5 win rate
100%
73%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hooker
  • LArnold AllenKO/TKO R1
    Close -1058mo before
  • LIslam MakhachevSUB R1
    Close +4061y before
  • WNasrat HaqparastU-DEC R3
    Close -1531y 2mo before
  • LMichael ChandlerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 10mo before
  • LDustin PoirierU-DEC R5
    Close +1802y 5mo before
Claudio Puelles
  • WClay GuidaSUB R1
    Close -1137mo before
  • WChris GruetzemacherSUB R3
    Close -12611mo before
  • WJordan LeavittU-DEC R3
    Close +1741y 5mo before
  • WMarcos MarianoU-DEC R3
    Close -4003y 2mo before
  • WFelipe SilvaSUB R3
    Close +2654y 6mo before
Hooker — win / loss by method
Record: 21-12-0

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, 3 losses
W
48% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
2 (18%)Submission(13%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 2
Puelles — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hooker
Puelles
19
UFC fights
6
185.7 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
65.7 min · 11.0 avg
17y 5m
Career length
13y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hooker
Puelles
310W–81L · 79.3%
Overall
84W–31L · 73.0%
170W–53L · 76.2%
Wins
74W–31L · 70.5%
140W–28L · 83.3%
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hooker
Puelles
51W–22L · 69.9%
Overall
23W–19L · 54.8%
33W–18L · 64.7%
Wins
9W–16L · 36.0%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
14W–3L · 82.4%
Distance striking
Hooker
Puelles
6.32
Landed / min
3.04
45.3%
Accuracy
40.7%
53.6%
Defense
51.7%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.8%
Time at distance
33.1%
Grappling & control
Hooker
Puelles
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.74
36.7%
Takedown accuracy
38.7%
78.8%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
65.7%
Control share
76.6%
Strike target map
Hooker
  • Head64%(581)div 63%
  • Body15%(138)div 21%
  • Legs21%(193)div 16%
Puelles
  • Head64%(84)div 63%
  • Body30%(39)div 21%
  • Legs6%(8)div 16%

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

Dan Hooker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Claudio Puelles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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