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Greg Hardy
Greg Hardy
5-2 · USA
VS
May 9, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.5lb
Weigh-in
262.0lb
Greg Hardy def. Yorgan De Castro by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardy25/550/000:00
De Castro15/410/000:00
R2
Hardy16/310/000:00
De Castro4/110/000:00
R3
Hardy14/380/000:53
De Castro5/170/000:00
Total
Hardy55/1240/000:53
De Castro24/690/000:00

Scorecards

Hardy vs De Castro

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyHoward ReichbachCommunity
R110-910-910-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.1-27.9

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Hardy · 0 De Castro

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hardy-De Castro.

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
HardyWin probabilityDe Castro
81.1%18.9%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
12%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hardy81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%51%
Submission10%12%
Decision30%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
De Castro19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%46%
Submission2%12%
Decision8%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 24
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R222%
R37%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hardy
67.0%-212
De Castro
+21231.6%
Most takedownstie 54.6%
Hardy
25.0%-123
De Castro
+12320.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
42.0%
+134
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-134
054108
De Castro
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
41.3%
+137
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.5%
-137
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+235
Under 0.5
70.1%
-235
035
De Castro
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.4%
+294
Under 0.5
74.6%
-294
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 9.1 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
Hardy81.1%64.3%+16.8-200
De Castro18.9%35.7%−16.8+170

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
70.3Striking47.3
Hardy +23.0
23.1Grappling0.0
Hardy +23.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardyDe Castro
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1534
1512
Divisional
1534
1505
Striking offense
1507
1514
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.42
Strikes landed / min
1.85
48%
Strike accuracy
33%
3.16
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
56%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
100%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Greg Hardy
  • LAlexander VolkovU-DEC R3
    Close +2306mo before
  • WJuan AdamsKO/TKO R1
    Close -10510mo before
  • WDmitrii SmoliakovKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y before
  • LAllen CrowderDQ R2
    Close -4501y 4mo before
Yorgan De Castro
  • WJustin TafaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1157mo before
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
De Castro — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hardy
De Castro
5
UFC fights
1
40.5 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
2.2 min · 2.2 avg
8y 1m
Career length
8y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardy
De Castro
53W–13L · 80.3%
Overall
3W–0L · 100.0%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Wins
3W–0L · 100.0%
39W–10L · 79.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardy
De Castro
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
12W–12L · 50.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
12W–12L · 50.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hardy
De Castro
3.50
Landed / min
9.35
40.1%
Accuracy
50.0%
56.2%
Defense
33.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
6.92
87.4%
Time at distance
19.7%
Grappling & control
Hardy
De Castro
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.2%
Control share
14.8%
Strike target map
Hardy
  • Head63%(113)div 66%
  • Body15%(26)div 19%
  • Legs22%(40)div 15%
De Castro
  • Head50%(2)div 66%
  • Body50%(2)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%

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

Greg Hardy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yorgan De Castro
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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