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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Todd Duffee
Todd Duffee
9-3 · USA
VS
Jeff Hughes
Jeff Hughes
10-2 · USA
September 14, 2019 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
244.5lb
Weigh-in
251.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:03
Duffee30/661/311:55
Hughes16/290/000:16
Total
Duffee30/661/311:55
Hughes16/290/000:16

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
DuffeeWin probabilityHughes
62.1%37.9%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
8%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Duffee62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO44%71%
Submission4%6%
Decision14%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 30
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Hughes38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%44%
Submission4%11%
Decision17%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 16
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R233%
R35%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Duffee
59.4%-152
Hughes
+15239.0%
Most takedownstie 53.5%
Duffee
23.8%-105
Hughes
+10522.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Duffee
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.3%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.9%
-138
04590
Hughes
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.7%
+134
Under 28.5
57.3%
-134
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Duffee
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.0%
+244
Under 0.5
71.0%
-244
035
Hughes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.0%
+257
Under 0.5
72.0%
-257
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 8.5 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
Duffee62.1%44.9%+17.2+110
Hughes37.9%55.1%−17.2-140

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
75.0Striking63.4
Duffee +11.6
25.0Grappling0.0
Duffee +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DuffeeHughes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1519
Striking offense
1501
1493
Striking defense
1500
1499
Grappling offense
1490
1506
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.56
Strikes landed / min
4.40
36%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.36
Strikes absorbed / min
4.67
61%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
90%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
1522
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Todd Duffee
  • LFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close -1904y 2mo before
  • WAnthony HamiltonKO/TKO R1
    Close -3154y 9mo before
  • WPhilip De FriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -3456y 8mo before
  • LMike RussowKO/TKO R3
    Close -2759y 4mo before
  • WTim HagueKO/TKO R1
    Close -22810y before
Jeff Hughes
  • LMaurice GreeneS-DEC R3
    Close -2556mo before
Duffee — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
100% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Duffee
Hughes
5
UFC fights
1
16.5 min · 3.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
19y 6m
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Duffee
Hughes
61W–15L · 80.3%
Overall
6W–2L · 75.0%
32W–5L · 86.5%
Wins
0W–0L
29W–10L · 74.4%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Duffee
Hughes
74W–40L · 64.9%
Overall
76W–35L · 68.5%
41W–29L · 58.6%
Wins
63W–30L · 67.7%
33W–11L · 75.0%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Duffee
Hughes
5.45
Landed / min
4.72
32.6%
Accuracy
44.6%
67.6%
Defense
60.0%
2.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
83.2%
Time at distance
87.5%
Grappling & control
Duffee
Hughes
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
90.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
43.8%
Control share
70.3%
Strike target map
Duffee
  • Head84%(77)div 66%
  • Body14%(13)div 19%
  • Legs2%(2)div 14%
Hughes
  • Head64%(42)div 66%
  • Body17%(11)div 19%
  • Legs20%(13)div 14%

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

Todd Duffee
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jeff Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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