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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
Parker Porter
Parker Porter
11-6 · USA
VS
Chase Sherman
Chase Sherman
15-7 · USA
August 21, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
262.0lb
Weigh-in
256.0lb
Parker Porter def. Chase Sherman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Porter21/561/101:57
Sherman29/590/000:00
R2
Porter57/1050/300:05
Sherman51/1020/000:00
R3
Porter71/1170/400:17
Sherman37/880/000:00
Total
Porter149/2781/802:19
Sherman117/2490/000:00

Scorecards

Porter vs Sherman

RdJunichiro KamijoRick WinterTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-99-109.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2729-2829.9-27.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 12 Porter · 0 Sherman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Porter-Sherman.

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
PorterWin probabilitySherman
33.5%66.5%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
9%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Porter, blue toward Sherman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Porter33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%37%15%
Submission6%17%9%
Decision15%46%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 149
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 1
Sherman67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%61%36%
Submission3%5%5%
Decision23%34%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2066)act 117
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~99 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R218%
R39%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Porter
50.3%-103
Sherman
+10348.7%
Most takedownstie 56.9%
Porter
28.8%-201
Sherman
+20114.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Porter
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
39.5%
+151
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.6%
-151
063126
Sherman
Expected: 48.6
48.5
Over 48.5
39.9%
+151
Under 48.5
60.1%
-151
061122
Takedowns — over/under
Porter
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.3%
+209
Under 0.5
67.7%
-209
035
Sherman
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
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 9.1 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
Porter33.5%36.1%−2.6+164
Sherman66.5%63.9%+2.6-202
By method
Porter by KO/TKO17.6%14.8%+2.8+459
Porter by submission3.1%8.8%−5.7+840
Porter by decision12.7%15.1%−2.4+446
Sherman by KO/TKO35.1%35.7%−0.6+131
Sherman by submission6.2%4.9%+1.3+1593
Sherman by decision25.3%20.7%+4.6+298
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.6%59.0%+6.6-171
Over 2.5 rds47.3%44.6%+2.7+109
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.0%38.1%−0.1+146

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
64.4Striking63.1
Porter +1.3
40.1Grappling21.6
Porter +18.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PorterSherman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1484
1506
Divisional
1484
1505
Striking offense
1520
1489
Striking defense
1476
1492
Grappling offense
1481
1509
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
36 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.35
Strikes landed / min
6.00
51%
Strike accuracy
45%
7.76
Strikes absorbed / min
5.77
47%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
78%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Parker Porter
  • WJosh ParisianU-DEC R3
    Close +1609mo before
  • LChris DaukausKO/TKO R1
    Close -1181y before
Chase Sherman
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1184mo before
  • WIke VillanuevaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y 3mo before
  • LAugusto SakaiKO/TKO R3
    Close +1902y 11mo before
  • LJustin WillisU-DEC R3
    Close +2453y 4mo before
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R1
    Close +1053y 9mo before
Porter — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

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
5 wins, 3 losses
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
3 (30%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1
Sherman — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
14 wins, 4 losses
W
93% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
3win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Porter
Sherman
2
UFC fights
9
19.5 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
97.5 min · 10.8 avg
18y 9m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Porter
Sherman
21W–6L · 77.8%
Overall
123W–44L · 73.7%
13W–3L · 81.3%
Wins
45W–14L · 76.3%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
78W–30L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Porter
Sherman
92W–71L · 56.4%
Overall
47W–59L · 44.3%
55W–50L · 52.4%
Wins
45W–58L · 43.7%
37W–21L · 63.8%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Porter
Sherman
9.70
Landed / min
6.13
48.6%
Accuracy
42.8%
50.8%
Defense
55.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
63.0%
Time at distance
85.5%
Grappling & control
Porter
Sherman
1.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.9%
Control share
47.2%
Strike target map
Porter
  • Head71%(102)div 65%
  • Body12%(17)div 19%
  • Legs17%(24)div 16%
Sherman
  • Head54%(317)div 65%
  • Body21%(125)div 19%
  • Legs24%(143)div 16%

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

Parker Porter
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chase Sherman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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