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UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Alex Pereira
Alex Pereira
5-1 · BRA
VS
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
25-3 · USA
July 2, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Alex Pereira def. Sean Strickland by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:36
Pereira25/400/010:03
Strickland15/290/000:00
Total
Pereira25/400/010:03
Strickland15/290/000:00

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
PereiraWin probabilityStrickland
23.1%76.9%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
20%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Pereira, blue toward Strickland. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%41%31%
Submission4%19%3%
Decision9%40%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 25
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Strickland77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%31%18%
Submission16%21%9%
Decision37%48%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 15
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R225%
R35%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Pereira
47.6%+108
Strickland
-10851.2%
Most takedownstie 45.9%
Pereira
9.0%+499
Strickland
-49945.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 39.9
40
Over 40
39.0%
+153
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.8%
-153
050100
Strickland
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
39.1%
+153
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.8%
-153
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Strickland
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.6%
+167
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
51.2%
-167
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 10.0 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
Pereira23.1%46.4%−23.3+106
Strickland76.9%53.6%+23.3-128
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO7.7%31.0%−23.3+158
Pereira by submission4.7%2.7%+2.0+2843
Pereira by decision10.7%13.7%−3.0+485
Strickland by KO/TKO25.8%18.1%+7.7+342
Strickland by submission15.6%9.5%+6.1+746
Strickland by decision35.5%25.1%+10.4+219
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.3%63.3%+13.0-206
Over 2.5 rds50.9%46.7%+4.2+100
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.1%41.3%+4.8+127

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
83.2Striking71.9
Pereira +11.3
20.4Grappling58.0
Strickland +37.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraStrickland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1672
1542
Divisional
1641
1511
Striking offense
1528
1531
Striking defense
1496
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
79"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.86
Strikes landed / min
5.53
60%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
3.94
61%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
Takedown accuracy
62%
73%
Takedown defense
85%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+6
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Pereira
  • WBruno SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -2114mo before
  • WAndreas MichailidisKO/TKO R2
    Close -2778mo before
Sean Strickland
  • WJack HermanssonS-DEC R5
    Close -2505mo before
  • WUriah HallU-DEC R5
    Close -20211mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -2641y 2mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close -1061y 8mo before
  • WJack MarshmanU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -3751y 8mo before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 25-3-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% 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
67% of losses
UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (67%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Strickland
2
UFC fights
15
20.3 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
207.3 min · 13.8 avg
10y 9m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pereira
Strickland
35W–10L · 77.8%
Overall
253W–66L · 79.3%
35W–10L · 77.8%
Wins
207W–58L · 78.1%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–8L · 85.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Strickland
21W–11L · 65.6%
Overall
83W–34L · 70.9%
18W–11L · 62.1%
Wins
83W–34L · 70.9%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pereira
Strickland
9.03
Landed / min
6.22
56.3%
Accuracy
39.1%
62.6%
Defense
67.4%
0.74
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
49.1%
Time at distance
78.3%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Strickland
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
73.3%
Takedown defense
85.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
15.7%
Control share
61.4%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head54%(64)div 64%
  • Body39%(46)div 20%
  • Legs8%(9)div 17%
Strickland
  • Head84%(967)div 64%
  • Body10%(109)div 20%
  • Legs6%(71)div 17%

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

Alex Pereira
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.