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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
Brian Kelleher
Brian Kelleher
22-12 · USA
VS
Domingo Pilarte
Domingo Pilarte
8-2 · USA
August 21, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Brian Kelleher def. Domingo Pilarte by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kelleher13/191/104:50
Pilarte0/20/000:00
R2
Kelleher4/81/103:08
Pilarte2/60/001:29
R3
Kelleher11/131/104:51
Pilarte1/30/000:00
Total
Kelleher28/403/3012:49
Pilarte3/110/001:29

Scorecards

Kelleher vs Pilarte

RdJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.6
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.1

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 14 Kelleher · 0 Pilarte

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

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 probabilityPilarte
36.6%63.4%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
27%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.6 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 Pilarte. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kelleher37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%39%27%
Submission11%30%18%
Decision12%31%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 28
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 3
Pilarte63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%34%10%
Submission16%26%13%
Decision25%40%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 3
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R219%
R35%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Kelleher
45.7%+115
Pilarte
-11552.7%
Most takedownstie 32.4%
Kelleher
18.1%+275
Pilarte
-27549.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 27.1
27
Over 27
39.0%
+152
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.3%
-152
03468
Pilarte
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
39.0%
+152
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.4%
-152
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
035
Pilarte
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.8%
+103
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-103
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 8.6 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
Kelleher36.6%62.1%−25.5-185
Pilarte63.4%37.9%+25.5+153
By method
Kelleher by KO/TKO13.2%27.0%−13.8+201
Kelleher by submission9.9%17.5%−7.6+364
Kelleher by decision13.5%15.5%−2.0+424
Pilarte by KO/TKO22.8%9.8%+13.0+726
Pilarte by submission17.2%13.4%+3.8+508
Pilarte by decision23.4%16.8%+6.6+385
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds60.8%54.3%+6.5-138
Over 2.5 rds42.3%39.8%+2.5+135
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision36.9%35.1%+1.8+167

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
54.4Striking57.2
Pilarte +2.9
41.1Grappling60.6
Pilarte +19.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KelleherPilarte
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1505
1537
Divisional
1505
1509
Striking offense
1484
1486
Striking defense
1495
1498
Grappling offense
1503
1485
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
35 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
6'0"
66"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.92
Strikes landed / min
0.77
40%
Strike accuracy
48%
5.47
Strikes absorbed / min
1.86
53%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.92
25%
Takedown accuracy
40%
59%
Takedown defense
75%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
83%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
560
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Kelleher
  • LRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close +2056mo before
  • WRay RodriguezSUB R1
    Close -38011mo before
  • LCody StamannU-DEC R3
    Close +2101y 2mo before
  • WHunter AzureKO/TKO R2
    Close +1701y 3mo before
  • WOde OsbourneSUB R1
    Close +1251y 7mo before
Domingo Pilarte
  • LFelipe ColaresS-DEC R3
    Close -4002y 1mo before
Kelleher — win / loss by method
Record: 22-12-0

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
36% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 6 losses
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
18% of wins
L
42% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (17%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (44%)Submission(57%) 4
3 (19%)Decision(43%) 3
Pilarte — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kelleher
Pilarte
11
UFC fights
2
90.3 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
15.6 min · 7.8 avg
15y 5m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kelleher
Pilarte
192W–41L · 82.4%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
110W–24L · 82.1%
Wins
0W–0L
82W–17L · 82.8%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kelleher
Pilarte
153W–76L · 66.8%
Overall
32W–21L · 60.4%
101W–63L · 61.6%
Wins
27W–21L · 56.3%
52W–13L · 80.0%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Kelleher
Pilarte
5.25
Landed / min
2.67
36.3%
Accuracy
31.3%
56.3%
Defense
47.4%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
62.6%
Time at distance
12.0%
Grappling & control
Kelleher
Pilarte
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.92
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
59.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.66
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.96
46.6%
Control share
47.9%
Strike target map
Kelleher
  • Head65%(229)div 63%
  • Body15%(52)div 21%
  • Legs21%(73)div 17%
Pilarte
  • Head42%(5)div 63%
  • Body42%(5)div 21%
  • Legs17%(2)div 17%

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.

Domingo Pilarte
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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