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UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze
Brian Kelleher
Brian Kelleher
23-12 · USA
VS
Kevin Croom
Kevin Croom
21-13 · USA
January 15, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
144.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Brian Kelleher def. Kevin Croom by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kelleher11/291/210:17
Croom33/880/100:24
R2
Kelleher14/252/201:43
Croom22/720/000:23
R3
Kelleher13/233/404:26
Croom5/140/000:00
Total
Kelleher38/776/816:26
Croom60/1740/100:47

Scorecards

Kelleher vs Croom

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.2
R210-910-99-109.7-9.3
R310-910-910-910-8.4
Total30-2730-2729-2829.6-26.9

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.826.5 · 13 Kelleher · 0 Croom

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kelleher-Croom.

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
KelleherWin probabilityCroom
51.8%48.2%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
17%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Kelleher, blue toward Croom. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kelleher52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%41%15%
Submission9%17%30%
Decision22%42%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 38
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 6
Croom48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%38%10%
Submission8%17%7%
Decision22%45%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 60
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R223%
R36%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Kelleher
47.3%+108
Croom
-10851.3%
Most takedownstie 31.0%
Kelleher
28.9%+139
Croom
-13940.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
39.7%
+152
Under 33.5
60.3%
-152
04284
Croom
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
39.6%
+153
Under 35.5
60.4%
-153
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.5%
+125
Under 0.5
55.5%
-125
035
Croom
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.4%
+130
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
44.7%
-130
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 9.6 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
Kelleher51.8%75.0%−23.2-369
Croom48.2%25.0%+23.2+281
By method
Kelleher by KO/TKO20.3%15.4%+4.9+427
Kelleher by submission9.1%29.6%−20.5+174
Kelleher by decision22.4%26.3%−3.9+208
Croom by KO/TKO18.9%10.3%+8.6+686
Croom by submission8.4%6.9%+1.5+1068
Croom by decision20.9%11.5%+9.4+602
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.2%59.5%+12.7-177
Over 2.5 rds48.8%41.4%+7.4+129
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision43.3%38.4%+4.9+143

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
57.0Striking44.2
Kelleher +12.7
48.7Grappling33.6
Kelleher +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KelleherCroom
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1491
1515
Divisional
1490
1502
Striking offense
1500
1489
Striking defense
1498
1502
Grappling offense
1509
1495
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
66"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.63
Strikes landed / min
1.35
41%
Strike accuracy
37%
4.72
Strikes absorbed / min
3.22
54%
Strike defense
32%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
0.97
33%
Takedown accuracy
6%
59%
Takedown defense
50%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
71%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
322
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Kelleher
  • WDomingo PilarteU-DEC R3
    Close -1855mo before
  • LRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close +20511mo before
  • WRay RodriguezSUB R1
    Close -3801y 4mo before
  • LCody StamannU-DEC R3
    Close +2101y 7mo before
  • WHunter AzureKO/TKO R2
    Close +1701y 8mo before
Kevin Croom
  • LAlex CaceresU-DEC R3
    Close +14411mo before
Kelleher — win / loss by method
Record: 23-12-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 6 losses
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
22% of wins
L
42% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (29%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (44%)Submission(57%) 4
3 (19%)Decision(43%) 3
Croom — win / loss by method
Record: 21-13-0, 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
6 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
31% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
48% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 4
10 (48%)Submission(33%) 4
5 (24%)Decision(33%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Kelleher
Croom
12
UFC fights
2
105.3 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
15.5 min · 7.8 avg
15y 5m
Career length
17y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kelleher
Croom
200W–43L · 82.3%
Overall
17W–12L · 58.6%
118W–26L · 81.9%
Wins
0W–0L
82W–17L · 82.8%
Losses
17W–12L · 58.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kelleher
Croom
153W–76L · 66.8%
Overall
306W–170L · 64.3%
101W–63L · 61.6%
Wins
179W–131L · 57.7%
52W–13L · 80.0%
Losses
127W–39L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Kelleher
Croom
5.21
Landed / min
5.38
36.3%
Accuracy
35.3%
56.5%
Defense
37.3%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.97
54.3%
Time at distance
21.6%
Grappling & control
Kelleher
Croom
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
0.97
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
6.3%
59.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.85
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.97
60.3%
Control share
67.6%
Strike target map
Kelleher
  • Head66%(253)div 64%
  • Body14%(54)div 20%
  • Legs20%(75)div 16%
Croom
  • Head57%(12)div 64%
  • Body10%(2)div 20%
  • Legs33%(7)div 16%

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

Brian Kelleher
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kevin Croom
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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