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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
16-12 · USA
VS
Austin Springer
Austin Springer
12-3 · USA
August 29, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Alex Caceres def. Austin Springer by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:38
Caceres18/310/000:10
Springer14/320/100:03
Total
Caceres18/310/000:10
Springer14/320/100:03

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 probabilitySpringer
65.8%34.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
13%
Decision
56%
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 Caceres, blue toward Springer. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Caceres66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission9%14%
Decision41%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Springer34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%46%
Submission3%9%
Decision15%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 14
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R213%
R35%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Caceres
63.3%-179
Springer
+17935.4%
Most takedownstie 54.4%
Caceres
24.6%-117
Springer
+11721.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
42.6%
+135
Under 44.5
57.4%
-135
056112
Springer
Expected: 32.7
32.5
Over 32.5
43.0%
+133
Under 32.5
57.0%
-133
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Caceres
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.2%
+231
Under 0.5
69.8%
-231
035
Springer
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.6%
+275
Under 0.5
73.4%
-275
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
Caceres65.8%65.6%+0.2-225
Springer34.2%34.4%−0.2+176

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CaceresSpringer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1521
1523
Divisional
1521
1510
Striking offense
1500
1536
Striking defense
1500
1469
Grappling offense
1500
1510
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.14
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
2.90
Strikes absorbed / min
65%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
77%
Takedown accuracy
59%
Takedown defense
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
27%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Caceres
  • WChase HooperU-DEC R3
    Close +1683mo before
  • WSteven PetersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 1mo before
  • LKron GracieSUB R1
    Close +2451y 6mo before
  • WMartin BravoS-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 2mo before
  • LWang GuanS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 9mo before
Austin Springer
No prior UFC fights.
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 16-12-0, 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
19% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 7 losses
W
31% of wins
L
58% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
11win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(10%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 5
8 (73%)Decision(40%) 4
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Springer — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
58% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Caceres
Springer
22
UFC fights
0
270.6 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
17y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Caceres
Springer
278W–75L · 78.8%
Overall
139W–47L · 74.7%
Wins
139W–28L · 83.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Caceres
Springer
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
102W–47L · 68.5%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
53W–25L · 67.9%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
49W–22L · 69.0%
Distance striking
Caceres
Springer
5.81
Landed / min
47.5%
Accuracy
68.1%
Defense
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
60.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Caceres
Springer
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
59.0%
Takedown defense
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
35.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Caceres
  • Head65%(732)div 64%
  • Body23%(257)div 19%
  • Legs12%(132)div 16%
Springer
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Austin Springer

No UFC fights on record.

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