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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
Phil Hawes
Phil Hawes
10-2 · USA
VS
Kyle Daukaus
Kyle Daukaus
10-1 · USA
May 8, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Phil Hawes def. Kyle Daukaus by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hawes16/221/200:33
Daukaus5/210/202:56
R2
Hawes29/450/100:35
Daukaus22/510/501:17
R3
Hawes21/341/104:26
Daukaus1/100/000:00
Total
Hawes66/1012/405:34
Daukaus28/820/704:13

Scorecards

Hawes vs Daukaus

RdMichael BellSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.4-9.6
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R310-810-810-810-8.2
Total30-2629-2730-2629.1-27.1

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.227 · 15 Hawes · 0 Daukaus

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hawes-Daukaus.

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
HawesWin probabilityDaukaus
37.0%63.0%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
27%
Decision
46%
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 Hawes, blue toward Daukaus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hawes37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%44%25%
Submission6%16%5%
Decision15%40%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 66
Takedowns2.9 (0.06.8)act 2
Daukaus63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%17%13%
Submission21%34%23%
Decision31%49%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~3.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R213%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Hawes
44.3%+122
Daukaus
-12254.0%
Most takedownstie 12.0%
Hawes
78.1%-791
Daukaus
+7919.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hawes
Expected: 26.0
26
Over 26
38.9%
+153
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.3%
-153
03366
Daukaus
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
39.1%
+151
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.3%
-151
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Hawes
Expected: 2.9
3
Over 3
38.9%
+120
Exactly 3
14.6%
push
Under 3
46.6%
-120
059
Daukaus
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.0%
+185
Under 0.5
65.0%
-185
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
Hawes37.0%43.7%−6.7+118
Daukaus63.0%56.3%+6.7-144
By method
Hawes by KO/TKO10.0%25.3%−15.3+210
Hawes by submission10.1%4.6%+5.5+1601
Hawes by decision16.9%13.1%+3.8+500
Daukaus by KO/TKO17.0%13.1%+3.9+500
Daukaus by submission17.1%23.1%−6.0+240
Daukaus by decision28.8%20.9%+7.9+275
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.0%57.7%+8.3-163
Over 2.5 rds53.2%39.0%+14.2+140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.7%35.4%+10.3+163

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
58.8Striking66.8
Daukaus +8.0
44.6Grappling62.7
Daukaus +18.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HawesDaukaus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1534
1550
Divisional
1534
1489
Striking offense
1509
1497
Striking defense
1495
1550
Grappling offense
1507
1548
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.48
Strikes landed / min
3.27
58%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
40%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.92
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
57%
Takedown accuracy
42%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Hawes
  • WNassourdine ImavovM-DEC R3
    Close -1273mo before
  • WJacob MalkounKO/TKO R1
    Close -2256mo before
Kyle Daukaus
  • WDustin StoltzfusU-DEC R3
    Close -3156mo before
  • LBrendan AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +23510mo before
Hawes — 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Daukaus — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
8 (89%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hawes
Daukaus
2
UFC fights
2
15.3 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 5m
Career length
9y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hawes
Daukaus
13W–2L · 86.7%
Overall
27W–4L · 87.1%
13W–2L · 86.7%
Wins
13W–1L · 92.9%
0W–0L
Losses
14W–3L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hawes
Daukaus
67W–41L · 62.0%
Overall
56W–22L · 71.8%
49W–37L · 57.0%
Wins
56W–22L · 71.8%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hawes
Daukaus
9.30
Landed / min
11.65
54.9%
Accuracy
47.5%
54.7%
Defense
57.5%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.7%
Time at distance
16.3%
Grappling & control
Hawes
Daukaus
3.92
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
99.0%
Control share
68.2%
Strike target map
Hawes
  • Head53%(20)div 63%
  • Body18%(7)div 19%
  • Legs29%(11)div 17%
Daukaus
  • Head87%(85)div 63%
  • Body10%(10)div 19%
  • Legs3%(3)div 17%

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

Phil Hawes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyle Daukaus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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