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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
14-4 · MDA
VS
September 28, 2019 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Ion Cutelaba def. Khalil Rountree Jr. by KO/TKO (Elbows), R1 2:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:35
Cutelaba15/264/501:20
Rountree Jr.5/120/000:00
Total
Cutelaba15/264/501:20
Rountree Jr.5/120/000:00

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
CutelabaWin probabilityRountree Jr.
51.5%48.5%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
6%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%66%
Submission4%9%
Decision13%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 15
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 4
Rountree Jr.48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%60%
Submission1%3%
Decision18%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R219%
R315%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Cutelaba
55.8%-130
Rountree Jr.
+13042.8%
Most takedownstie 50.2%
Cutelaba
42.9%-621
Rountree Jr.
+6216.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.4%
+138
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.0%
-138
053105
Rountree Jr.
Expected: 36.3
36.5
Over 36.5
42.1%
+137
Under 36.5
57.9%
-137
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.2%
+187
Exactly 1
16.2%
push
Under 1
54.6%
-187
035
Rountree Jr.
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.5%
Exactly 0
89.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 8.8 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
Cutelaba51.5%48.9%+2.6-105
Rountree Jr.48.5%51.1%−2.6-115

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
66.7Striking60.4
Cutelaba +6.3
55.4Grappling17.8
Cutelaba +37.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CutelabaRountree Jr.
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1532
1537
Divisional
1531
1504
Striking offense
1507
1515
Striking defense
1504
1500
Grappling offense
1482
1492
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.24
Strikes landed / min
3.06
39%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.21
Strikes absorbed / min
2.72
49%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
80%
Takedown defense
52%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R2
    Close +1005mo before
  • WGadzhimurad AntigulovKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 2mo before
  • WHenrique da SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3052y 4mo before
  • LJared CannonierU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 10mo before
  • WJonathan WilsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1203y before
Khalil Rountree Jr.
  • WEryk AndersU-DEC R3
    Close +1606mo before
  • LJohnny WalkerKO/TKO R1
    Close -15510mo before
  • WGokhan SakiKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 3mo before
  • WPaul CraigKO/TKO R1
    Close -1452y 2mo before
  • WDaniel JollyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1852y 8mo before
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0, 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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Rountree Jr. — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0, 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, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Rountree Jr.
6
UFC fights
8
54.8 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
58.5 min · 7.3 avg
14y 4m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Rountree Jr.
86W–17L · 83.5%
Overall
51W–11L · 82.3%
39W–7L · 84.8%
Wins
26W–6L · 81.3%
47W–10L · 82.5%
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Rountree Jr.
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
12W–3L · 80.0%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Rountree Jr.
4.83
Landed / min
3.64
29.1%
Accuracy
36.2%
54.6%
Defense
52.7%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.05
61.3%
Time at distance
67.6%
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Rountree Jr.
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
Takedown defense
52.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
40.2%
Control share
8.0%
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head70%(200)div 65%
  • Body23%(67)div 19%
  • Legs7%(20)div 16%
Rountree Jr.
  • Head59%(106)div 65%
  • Body17%(31)div 19%
  • Legs23%(42)div 16%

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Khalil Rountree Jr.
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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