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Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
17-12 · USA
VS
Kevin Croom
Kevin Croom
21-12 · USA
February 27, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Alex Caceres def. Kevin Croom by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Caceres18/280/000:32
Croom7/220/702:36
R2
Caceres8/110/000:03
Croom5/81/604:16
R3
Caceres22/291/103:09
Croom4/210/300:40
Total
Caceres48/681/103:44
Croom16/511/1607:32

Scorecards

Caceres vs Croom

RdChris LeeEric ColónTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-810-810-910-8.5
Total30-2630-2630-2729.7-26.8

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.926.4 · 18 Caceres · 0 Croom

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Caceres-Croom.

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
CaceresWin probabilityCroom
72.6%27.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
13%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Caceres, blue toward Croom. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Caceres73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%10%
Submission9%12%11%
Decision46%63%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 48
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Croom27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%39%10%
Submission4%16%19%
Decision12%45%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 16
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 1
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R214%
R35%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Caceres
54.8%-125
Croom
+12544.0%
Most takedownstie 39.3%
Caceres
17.9%+238
Croom
-23842.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 41.1
41
Over 41
39.2%
+152
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.6%
-152
052103
Croom
Expected: 34.6
34.5
Over 34.5
39.9%
+150
Under 34.5
60.1%
-150
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+260
Under 0.5
72.2%
-260
035
Croom
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.5%
+156
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
49.0%
-156
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 11.0 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
Caceres72.6%60.8%+11.8-176
Croom27.4%39.2%−11.8+143
By method
Caceres by KO/TKO21.0%9.7%+11.3+700
Caceres by submission9.3%11.1%−1.8+600
Caceres by decision42.3%32.7%+9.6+138
Croom by KO/TKO7.9%9.7%−1.8+700
Croom by submission3.5%19.5%−16.0+300
Croom by decision16.0%17.3%−1.3+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.1%72.6%+4.5-350
Over 2.5 rds63.6%62.5%+1.1-200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.3%57.7%+0.6-163

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
74.7Striking81.9
Croom +7.3
53.8Grappling50.0
Caceres +3.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CaceresCroom
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1504
1539
Divisional
1504
1510
Striking offense
1500
1536
Striking defense
1500
1476
Grappling offense
1509
1517
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
9.68
50%
Strike accuracy
83%
2.91
Strikes absorbed / min
3.87
65%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
77%
Takedown accuracy
59%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
29.0
Form & résumé
52%
UFC win rate
0%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Caceres
  • WAustin SpringerSUB R1
    Close -2256mo before
  • WChase HooperU-DEC R3
    Close +1689mo before
  • WSteven PetersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 7mo before
  • LKron GracieSUB R1
    Close +2452y before
  • WMartin BravoS-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 8mo before
Kevin Croom
No prior UFC fights.
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 17-12-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 7 losses
W
35% of wins
L
58% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
47% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
12win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(10%) 1
3 (25%)Submission(50%) 5
8 (67%)Decision(40%) 4
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Croom — win / loss by method
Record: 21-12-0, 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
6 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
48% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
21win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 4
10 (48%)Submission(33%) 4
5 (24%)Decision(33%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Caceres
Croom
23
UFC fights
1
274.2 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
0.5 min · 0.5 avg
17y 9m
Career length
17y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Caceres
Croom
290W–78L · 78.8%
Overall
151W–50L · 75.1%
Wins
139W–28L · 83.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Caceres
Croom
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
306W–170L · 64.3%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
179W–131L · 57.7%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
127W–39L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Caceres
Croom
5.80
Landed / min
15.00
47.7%
Accuracy
80.0%
68.0%
Defense
60.0%
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
29.03
61.3%
Time at distance
51.6%
Grappling & control
Caceres
Croom
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
59.4%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
29.03
35.7%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Caceres
  • Head65%(743)div 64%
  • Body23%(261)div 20%
  • Legs12%(135)div 16%
Croom
  • Head40%(2)div 64%
  • Body20%(1)div 20%
  • Legs40%(2)div 16%

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

Alex Caceres
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kevin Croom
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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