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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo
Claudio Puelles
Claudio Puelles
10-2 · PER
VS
December 4, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Claudio Puelles def. Chris Gruetzemacher by SUB (Kneebar), R3 3:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Puelles18/251/104:26
Gruetzemacher9/110/000:00
R2
Puelles17/300/501:14
Gruetzemacher12/230/001:46
R3 · 3:25
Puelles8/130/200:40
Gruetzemacher17/211/101:03
Total
Puelles43/681/806:20
Gruetzemacher38/551/102:49

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
PuellesWin probabilityGruetzemacher
65.5%34.5%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
21%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Puelles, blue toward Gruetzemacher. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Puelles65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%30%8%
Submission16%25%16%
Decision30%45%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 43
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.9)act 1
Gruetzemacher35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%43%18%
Submission5%14%5%
Decision15%43%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R212%
R314%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Puelles
50.7%-105
Gruetzemacher
+10548.2%
Most takedownstie 19.8%
Puelles
74.2%-1224
Gruetzemacher
+12246.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Puelles
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
39.0%
+153
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.8%
-153
052103
Gruetzemacher
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.2%
+152
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.5%
-152
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Puelles
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.1%
+127
Under 2.5
55.9%
-127
047
Gruetzemacher
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.6%
Exactly 0
83.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.1 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
Puelles65.5%53.1%+12.4-126
Gruetzemacher34.5%46.9%−12.4+103
By method
Puelles by KO/TKO22.5%8.0%+14.5+930
Puelles by submission13.9%15.6%−1.7+426
Puelles by decision29.1%27.3%+1.8+200
Gruetzemacher by KO/TKO11.9%17.7%−5.8+363
Gruetzemacher by submission7.3%5.3%+2.0+1433
Gruetzemacher by decision15.3%26.1%−10.8+214
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.7%72.6%−1.9-350
Over 2.5 rds58.4%61.3%−2.9-189
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.4%57.1%−12.7-159

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
57.9Striking72.1
Gruetzemacher +14.2
67.2Grappling17.0
Puelles +50.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PuellesGruetzemacher
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1537
1549
Divisional
1549
1483
Striking offense
1515
1495
Striking defense
1484
1513
Grappling offense
1491
1509
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
25 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.76
Strikes landed / min
6.93
47%
Strike accuracy
56%
3.02
Strikes absorbed / min
5.35
49%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
48%
Takedown accuracy
0%
63%
Takedown defense
61%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
40%
33%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Claudio Puelles
  • WJordan LeavittU-DEC R3
    Close +1746mo before
  • WMarcos MarianoU-DEC R3
    Close -4002y 2mo before
  • WFelipe SilvaSUB R3
    Close +2653y 7mo before
  • LMartin BravoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1155y 1mo before
Chris Gruetzemacher
  • WRafa GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close +2534mo before
  • LAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R1
    Close +3151y 1mo before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1253y 8mo before
  • LDavi RamosSUB R3
    Close +3254y before
  • LChas SkellySUB R2
    Close +2904y 10mo before
Puelles — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1
Gruetzemacher — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (25%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Puelles
Gruetzemacher
4
UFC fights
6
49.3 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
59.6 min · 9.9 avg
13y 0m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Puelles
Gruetzemacher
32W–6L · 84.2%
Overall
91W–29L · 75.8%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Wins
58W–22L · 72.5%
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
33W–7L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Puelles
Gruetzemacher
23W–19L · 54.8%
Overall
117W–91L · 56.3%
9W–16L · 36.0%
Wins
106W–82L · 56.4%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
11W–9L · 55.0%
Distance striking
Puelles
Gruetzemacher
2.76
Landed / min
8.69
36.7%
Accuracy
50.0%
54.6%
Defense
57.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
34.5%
Time at distance
55.4%
Grappling & control
Puelles
Gruetzemacher
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
47.8%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
61.1%
0.91
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.4%
Control share
11.9%
Strike target map
Puelles
  • Head60%(52)div 63%
  • Body32%(28)div 20%
  • Legs8%(7)div 17%
Gruetzemacher
  • Head53%(218)div 63%
  • Body27%(113)div 20%
  • Legs20%(82)div 17%

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

Claudio Puelles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Gruetzemacher
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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