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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera
Grant Dawson
Grant Dawson
17-1-1 · USA
VS
Jared Gordon
Jared Gordon
18-4 · USA
April 30, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Grant Dawson def. Jared Gordon by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 4:11
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dawson15/321/402:42
Gordon20/280/000:14
R2
Dawson10/283/703:42
Gordon14/270/000:05
R3 · 4:11
Dawson29/513/600:47
Gordon43/640/000:53
Total
Dawson54/1117/1707:11
Gordon77/1190/001:12

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
DawsonWin probabilityGordon
68.9%31.1%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
22%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Dawson, blue toward Gordon. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dawson69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%38%11%
Submission20%29%16%
Decision23%33%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 54
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.2)act 7
Gordon31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%36%11%
Submission3%8%4%
Decision17%56%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 77
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R222%
R39%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Dawson
51.6%-110
Gordon
+11047.0%
Most takedownstie 26.0%
Dawson
51.7%-232
Gordon
+23222.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
39.6%
+153
Under 35.5
60.4%
-153
04589
Gordon
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.7%
+155
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.9%
-155
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
035
Gordon
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.5%
+141
Under 0.5
58.5%
-141
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 9.5 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
Dawson68.9%63.5%+5.4-199
Gordon31.1%36.5%−5.4+161
By method
Dawson by KO/TKO25.8%11.4%+14.4+616
Dawson by submission15.2%15.9%−0.7+411
Dawson by decision27.9%34.7%−6.8+134
Gordon by KO/TKO11.6%10.8%+0.8+653
Gordon by submission6.9%4.4%+2.5+1740
Gordon by decision12.6%22.7%−10.1+258
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.8%72.6%−1.8-350
Over 2.5 rds49.1%65.6%−16.5-233
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.5%61.4%−20.9-188

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
67.4Striking78.4
Gordon +11.0
53.4Grappling44.6
Dawson +8.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DawsonGordon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1581
1552
Divisional
1539
1497
Striking offense
1516
1503
Striking defense
1483
1523
Grappling offense
1505
1501
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
68"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.00
Strikes landed / min
5.22
51%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.19
Strikes absorbed / min
3.12
49%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.44
Takedowns / 15 min
2.54
31%
Takedown accuracy
40%
33%
Takedown defense
50%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
0
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Grant Dawson
  • DRicky GlennM-DEC R3
    Close -5166mo before
  • WLeonardo SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close -2031y 1mo before
  • WNad NarimaniU-DEC R3
    Close -2501y 9mo before
  • WDarrick MinnerSUB R2
    missedClose -4752y 2mo before
  • WMichael TrizanoSUB R2
    Close -1652y 11mo before
Jared Gordon
  • WJoe SoleckiS-DEC R3
    Close +1117mo before
  • WDanny ChavezU-DEC R3
    Close +1061y 2mo before
  • WChris FishgoldU-DEC R3
    Close -1431y 9mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +3202y 5mo before
  • WDan MoretU-DEC R3
    Close -3502y 10mo before
Dawson — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-1

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
65% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Gordon — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

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
6 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dawson
Gordon
6
UFC fights
9
74.1 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
100.5 min · 11.2 avg
11y 11m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dawson
Gordon
84W–22L · 79.2%
Overall
133W–30L · 81.6%
84W–22L · 79.2%
Wins
84W–19L · 81.6%
0W–0L
Losses
49W–11L · 81.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dawson
Gordon
98W–70L · 58.3%
Overall
76W–35L · 68.5%
93W–68L · 57.8%
Wins
65W–30L · 68.4%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Dawson
Gordon
6.28
Landed / min
7.27
42.7%
Accuracy
47.6%
57.1%
Defense
63.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.5%
Time at distance
40.4%
Grappling & control
Dawson
Gordon
3.44
Takedowns / 15 min
2.54
31.5%
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
33.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.01
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
85.9%
Control share
81.0%
Strike target map
Dawson
  • Head56%(124)div 63%
  • Body24%(54)div 20%
  • Legs20%(44)div 17%
Gordon
  • Head77%(406)div 63%
  • Body12%(65)div 20%
  • Legs10%(53)div 17%

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

Grant Dawson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jared Gordon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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