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Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
15-6-1 · MDA
VS
Devin Clark
Devin Clark
12-5 · USA
September 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Ion Cutelaba def. Devin Clark by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cutelaba47/733/412:08
Clark11/191/200:53
R2
Cutelaba11/192/303:24
Clark3/130/000:01
R3
Cutelaba6/93/503:16
Clark9/200/401:04
Total
Cutelaba64/1018/1218:48
Clark23/521/601:58

Scorecards

Cutelaba vs Clark

RdJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-810-810-810-8
R210-810-910-910-8.4
R39-1010-99-109.8-9.2
Total29-2630-2629-2729.8-25.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.825.8 · 13 Cutelaba · 0 Clark

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cutelaba-Clark.

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
CutelabaWin probabilityClark
49.7%50.3%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
22%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 7.8 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 Cutelaba, blue toward Clark. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%65%40%
Submission11%23%5%
Decision6%12%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 64
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 8
Clark50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%37%13%
Submission11%22%6%
Decision21%41%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 23
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R219%
R310%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Cutelaba
49.3%-101
Clark
+10148.8%
Most takedownstie 41.3%
Cutelaba
25.1%+133
Clark
-13333.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 25.3
25.5
Over 25.5
39.3%
+155
Under 25.5
60.7%
-155
03264
Clark
Expected: 24.9
25
Over 25
38.7%
+154
Exactly 25
1.9%
push
Under 25
59.4%
-154
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.7%
+188
Under 0.5
65.3%
-188
035
Clark
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.9%
+133
Under 0.5
57.1%
-133
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 7.8 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
Cutelaba49.7%59.2%−9.5-163
Clark50.3%40.8%+9.5+135
By method
Cutelaba by KO/TKO25.3%40.5%−15.2+105
Cutelaba by submission11.2%4.9%+6.3+1601
Cutelaba by decision13.3%11.5%+1.8+623
Clark by KO/TKO25.6%13.0%+12.6+538
Clark by submission11.3%6.2%+5.1+1230
Clark by decision13.4%24.0%−10.6+245
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds55.9%55.7%+0.2-149
Over 2.5 rds36.4%43.6%−7.2+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.7%37.7%−11.0+150

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
63.4Striking70.3
Clark +6.9
65.2Grappling53.2
Cutelaba +12.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CutelabaClark
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1538
1524
Divisional
1549
1513
Striking offense
1495
1499
Striking defense
1513
1515
Grappling offense
1512
1493
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.03
Strikes landed / min
3.33
40%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
47%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.70
58%
Takedown accuracy
37%
78%
Takedown defense
77%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
55%
0
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • DDustin JacobyS-DEC R3
    Close -1315mo before
  • LMagomed AnkalaevKO/TKO R1
    Close +25011mo before
  • LMagomed AnkalaevKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 7mo before
  • WKhalil Rountree Jr.KO/TKO R1
    Close -1052y before
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R2
    Close +1002y 5mo before
Devin Clark
  • LAnthony SmithSUB R1
    Close +11510mo before
  • WAlonzo MenifieldU-DEC R3
    Close +1851y 3mo before
  • WDequan TownsendU-DEC R3
    Close -4001y 7mo before
  • LRyan SpannSUB R2
    Close +1551y 11mo before
  • WDarko StosicU-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 4mo before
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-1, 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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
80% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
4win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Clark — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(60%) 3
6 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Clark
10
UFC fights
11
77.3 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
116.7 min · 10.6 avg
14y 4m
Career length
13y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Clark
119W–22L · 84.4%
Overall
149W–48L · 75.6%
47W–10L · 82.5%
Wins
70W–18L · 79.5%
72W–12L · 85.7%
Losses
79W–30L · 72.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Clark
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
20W–4L · 83.3%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
20W–4L · 83.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Clark
4.68
Landed / min
4.94
30.5%
Accuracy
40.3%
50.8%
Defense
63.3%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
61.7%
Time at distance
29.1%
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Clark
3.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.70
57.6%
Takedown accuracy
36.8%
78.3%
Takedown defense
76.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.13
52.6%
Control share
62.8%
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head73%(284)div 65%
  • Body19%(75)div 19%
  • Legs8%(30)div 16%
Clark
  • Head54%(212)div 65%
  • Body32%(124)div 19%
  • Legs14%(53)div 16%

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Devin Clark
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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