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Julian Erosa
Julian Erosa
27-9 · USA
VS
Hakeem Dawodu
Hakeem Dawodu
13-2-1 · CAN
September 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
149.5lbMissed +3.5
Julian Erosa def. Hakeem Dawodu by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Erosa48/870/200:41
Dawodu31/570/000:04
R2
Erosa22/511/102:30
Dawodu21/390/000:00
R3
Erosa22/501/301:11
Dawodu22/510/000:08
Total
Erosa92/1882/604:22
Dawodu74/1470/000:12

Scorecards

Erosa vs Dawodu

RdDouglas CrosbyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.8

Media (21 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 21 Erosa · 0 Dawodu

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Erosa-Dawodu.

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
ErosaWin probabilityDawodu
28.3%71.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
7%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Erosa, blue toward Dawodu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Erosa28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%38%9%
Submission5%20%12%
Decision12%42%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2064)act 92
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 2
Dawodu72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%34%26%
Submission1%2%5%
Decision46%64%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (3095)act 74
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~118 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R215%
R35%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Erosa
36.6%+171
Dawodu
-17162.6%
Most takedownstie 44.4%
Erosa
38.9%-233
Dawodu
+23316.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Erosa
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
39.6%
+153
Under 47.5
60.4%
-153
060119
Dawodu
Expected: 70.3
70.5
Over 70.5
39.6%
+153
Under 70.5
60.4%
-153
088176
Takedowns — over/under
Erosa
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.4%
+187
Exactly 1
15.7%
push
Under 1
54.9%
-187
035
Dawodu
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+313
Under 0.5
75.8%
-313
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 11.0 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
Erosa28.3%34.2%−5.9+180
Dawodu71.7%65.8%+5.9-219
By method
Erosa by KO/TKO10.0%8.8%+1.2+856
Erosa by submission1.9%11.6%−9.7+620
Erosa by decision16.4%15.0%+1.4+456
Dawodu by KO/TKO25.2%26.0%−0.8+222
Dawodu by submission4.9%5.5%−0.6+1422
Dawodu by decision41.6%33.1%+8.5+153
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.7%67.6%+10.1-262
Over 2.5 rds62.8%57.8%+5.0-123
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.1%48.7%+9.4-108

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
62.6Striking78.2
Dawodu +15.7
61.4Grappling18.3
Erosa +43.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ErosaDawodu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1586
1507
Divisional
1583
1517
Striking offense
1515
1462
Striking defense
1519
1506
Grappling offense
1472
1519
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.12
Strikes landed / min
5.39
48%
Strike accuracy
50%
6.39
Strikes absorbed / min
2.72
49%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55%
Takedown accuracy
0%
62%
Takedown defense
66%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Julian Erosa
  • WSteven PetersonS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -3107mo before
  • WCharles JourdainSUB R3
    Close +1581y before
  • LSeungWoo ChoiKO/TKO R1
    Close +1251y 3mo before
  • WNate LandwehrKO/TKO R1
    Close +1041y 7mo before
  • WSean WoodsonSUB R3
    Close +3252y 2mo before
Hakeem Dawodu
  • WMichael TrizanoU-DEC R3
    Close -1767mo before
  • LMovsar EvloevU-DEC R3
    Close +1821y 3mo before
  • WZubaira TukhugovS-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 11mo before
  • WJulio ArceS-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 10mo before
  • WYoshinori HorieKO/TKO R3
    Close -4403y 1mo before
Erosa — win / loss by method
Record: 27-9-0

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
41% of wins
L
56% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
22win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (45%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
10 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (9%)Decision(75%) 3
Dawodu — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (83%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Erosa
Dawodu
10
UFC fights
8
91.4 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
104.8 min · 13.1 avg
15y 10m
Career length
12y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Erosa
Dawodu
112W–27L · 80.6%
Overall
100W–18L · 84.7%
61W–17L · 78.2%
Wins
75W–16L · 82.4%
51W–10L · 83.6%
Losses
25W–2L · 92.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Erosa
Dawodu
179W–69L · 72.2%
Overall
61W–23L · 72.6%
148W–60L · 71.2%
Wins
61W–23L · 72.6%
31W–9L · 77.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Erosa
Dawodu
7.90
Landed / min
6.42
44.8%
Accuracy
47.4%
51.1%
Defense
62.2%
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
62.3%
Time at distance
71.2%
Grappling & control
Erosa
Dawodu
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
61.5%
Takedown defense
65.9%
0.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
43.1%
Control share
40.3%
Strike target map
Erosa
  • Head64%(359)div 64%
  • Body26%(147)div 20%
  • Legs9%(53)div 16%
Dawodu
  • Head45%(254)div 64%
  • Body30%(168)div 20%
  • Legs25%(143)div 16%

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

Julian Erosa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Hakeem Dawodu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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