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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz
22-3 · USA
VS
Casey Kenney
Casey Kenney
16-2-1 · USA
March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Dominick Cruz def. Casey Kenney by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cruz26/560/200:00
Kenney23/630/000:17
R2
Cruz36/820/300:00
Kenney33/730/000:09
R3
Cruz27/642/402:07
Kenney18/570/200:00
Total
Cruz89/2022/902:07
Kenney74/1930/200:26

Scorecards

Cruz vs Kenney

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R29-109-1010-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total29-2828-2930-2729.4-27.7

Media (24 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 24 Cruz · 0 Kenney

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cruz-Kenney.

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
CruzWin probabilityKenney
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
22%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Cruz, blue toward Kenney. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cruz54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%35%8%
Submission7%13%5%
Decision28%52%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1652)act 89
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 2
Kenney46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%21%14%
Submission15%32%10%
Decision22%47%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1961)act 74
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R312%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Cruz
44.1%+124
Kenney
-12454.8%
Most takedownstie 32.3%
Cruz
42.5%-169
Kenney
+16925.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 38.5
38.5
Over 38.5
39.8%
+152
Under 38.5
60.2%
-152
04997
Kenney
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
39.4%
+151
Exactly 45
1.1%
push
Under 45
59.5%
-151
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.4%
+127
Exactly 1
21.8%
push
Under 1
43.8%
-127
035
Kenney
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.2%
+149
Under 0.5
59.8%
-149
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 10.7 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
Cruz53.9%47.0%+7.0+101
Kenney46.1%53.0%−6.9-127
By method
Cruz by KO/TKO15.3%8.0%+7.3+900
Cruz by submission11.7%5.3%+6.4+1399
Cruz by decision26.9%33.2%−6.3+140
Kenney by KO/TKO13.1%14.5%−1.4+450
Kenney by submission10.0%10.0%±0.0+700
Kenney by decision23.0%29.0%−6.0+175
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.7%76.6%+1.1-450
Over 2.5 rds61.7%68.7%−7.0-275
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.9%66.3%−16.4-250

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
68.0Striking70.4
Kenney +2.4
53.5Grappling46.5
Cruz +7.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CruzKenney
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1607
Pound-for-pound
1594
1603
Divisional
1561
1500
Striking offense
1512
1511
Striking defense
1503
1505
Grappling offense
1512
1526
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
35 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.65
Strikes landed / min
4.92
37%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
4.06
68%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.54
Takedowns / 15 min
1.15
37%
Takedown accuracy
50%
82%
Takedown defense
48%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
83%
-2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
20%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dominick Cruz
  • LHenry CejudoKO/TKO R2
    Close +18510mo before
  • LCody GarbrandtU-DEC R5
    Close -2454y 2mo before
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R5
    Close -3804y 9mo before
  • WTJ DillashawS-DEC R5
    Close +1355y 2mo before
  • WTakeya MizugakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -5606y 5mo before
Casey Kenney
  • WNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1774mo before
  • WHeili AlatengheiliU-DEC R3
    Close -3355mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaSUB R1
    Close -2709mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 1mo before
  • WManny BermudezU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 7mo before
Cruz — win / loss by method
Record: 22-3-0

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
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (35%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
10 (59%)Decision(0%) 0
Kenney — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-1

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
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Cruz
Kenney
7
UFC fights
6
136.0 min · 19.4 avg
Octagon time
78.0 min · 13.0 avg
21y 6m
Career length
11y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cruz
Kenney
122W–24L · 83.6%
Overall
80W–24L · 76.9%
97W–22L · 81.5%
Wins
71W–20L · 78.0%
25W–2L · 92.6%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cruz
Kenney
109W–33L · 76.8%
Overall
80W–40L · 66.7%
92W–32L · 74.2%
Wins
67W–36L · 65.0%
17W–1L · 94.4%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Cruz
Kenney
3.99
Landed / min
7.60
34.1%
Accuracy
45.5%
71.1%
Defense
64.6%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
77.1%
Time at distance
56.5%
Grappling & control
Cruz
Kenney
2.54
Takedowns / 15 min
1.15
36.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
82.4%
Takedown defense
47.6%
0.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
76.6%
Control share
42.3%
Strike target map
Cruz
  • Head67%(334)div 63%
  • Body18%(88)div 21%
  • Legs15%(74)div 17%
Kenney
  • Head52%(198)div 63%
  • Body29%(110)div 21%
  • Legs20%(76)div 17%

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

Dominick Cruz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Casey Kenney
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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