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Nathaniel Wood
Nathaniel Wood
15-4 · GBR
VS
John Castaneda
John Castaneda
17-4 · USA
July 25, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Nathaniel Wood def. John Castaneda by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Wood33/600/100:05
Castaneda22/440/100:07
R2
Wood52/880/100:32
Castaneda17/420/000:00
R3
Wood46/841/100:12
Castaneda16/440/000:04
Total
Wood131/2321/300:49
Castaneda55/1300/100:11

Scorecards

Wood vs Castaneda

RdDavid LethabyLukasz BosackiMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (18 cards) · avg 3027 · 18 Wood · 0 Castaneda

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Wood-Castaneda.

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
WoodWin probabilityCastaneda
57.3%42.7%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
8%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Wood, blue toward Castaneda. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Wood57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%45%
Submission5%10%
Decision26%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 131
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Castaneda43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%39%
Submission2%6%
Decision24%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~116 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R224%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Wood
62.8%-173
Castaneda
+17336.3%
Most takedownstie 44.6%
Wood
33.7%-155
Castaneda
+15521.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Wood
Expected: 66.3
66.5
Over 66.5
42.3%
+136
Under 66.5
57.7%
-136
083166
Castaneda
Expected: 49.7
49.5
Over 49.5
42.7%
+134
Under 49.5
57.3%
-134
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Wood
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.6%
+140
Under 0.5
58.4%
-140
035
Castaneda
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.8%
+225
Under 0.5
69.2%
-225
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
Wood57.3%77.5%−20.2-455
Castaneda42.7%22.5%+20.2+320

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
WoodCastaneda
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1530
1556
Divisional
1530
1505
Striking offense
1482
1494
Striking defense
1500
1519
Grappling offense
1561
1519
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.30
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
3.16
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
71%
Takedown accuracy
80%
Takedown defense
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
75%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nathaniel Wood
  • LJohn DodsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1505mo before
  • WJose QuinonezSUB R2
    Close -3351y 4mo before
  • WAndre EwellSUB R3
    Close -1201y 7mo before
  • WJohnny EduardoSUB R2
    Close -2452y 2mo before
John Castaneda
No prior UFC fights.
Wood — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Castaneda — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
41% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (29%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Wood
Castaneda
4
UFC fights
0
39.5 min · 9.9 avg
Octagon time
13y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Wood
Castaneda
70W–28L · 71.4%
Overall
50W–17L · 74.6%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Wood
Castaneda
99W–56L · 63.9%
Overall
199W–141L · 58.5%
77W–45L · 63.1%
Wins
168W–128L · 56.8%
22W–11L · 66.7%
Losses
31W–13L · 70.5%
Distance striking
Wood
Castaneda
5.46
Landed / min
38.0%
Accuracy
57.1%
Defense
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
59.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Wood
Castaneda
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
71.4%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
Takedown defense
1.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
74.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Wood
  • Head53%(90)div 63%
  • Body17%(29)div 21%
  • Legs30%(51)div 16%
Castaneda
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Nathaniel Wood
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Castaneda

No UFC fights on record.

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