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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Tristan Connelly
Tristan Connelly
13-6 · CAN
VS
Michel Pereira
Michel Pereira
23-9 · BRA
September 14, 2019 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
172.0lbMissed +1.0
Tristan Connelly def. Michel Pereira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Connelly15/370/401:59
Pereira17/341/200:24
R2
Connelly18/440/100:00
Pereira13/341/202:23
R3
Connelly31/440/103:45
Pereira2/70/100:16
Total
Connelly64/1250/605:44
Pereira32/752/503:03

Scorecards

Connelly vs Pereira

RdDave HagenDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R210-99-109-109.5-9.5
R310-910-810-810-8.4
Total29-2829-2729-2729-27.4

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.6 · 13 Connelly · 0 Pereira · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Connelly-Pereira.

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
ConnellyWin probabilityPereira
29.4%70.6%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
15%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Connelly29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%24%
Submission7%24%
Decision15%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 64
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Pereira71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%29%
Submission8%11%
Decision43%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R221%
R38%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Connelly
39.1%+153
Pereira
-15359.7%
Most takedownstie 29.7%
Connelly
40.3%-134
Pereira
+13430.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Connelly
Expected: 43.3
43.5
Over 43.5
42.2%
+137
Under 43.5
57.8%
-137
055109
Pereira
Expected: 54.2
54
Over 54
42.1%
+134
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
56.6%
-134
068136
Takedowns — over/under
Connelly
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.4%
+122
Exactly 1
23.7%
push
Under 1
41.8%
-122
035
Pereira
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.6%
+184
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
52.5%
-184
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 11.6 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
Connelly29.4%20.7%+8.7+365
Pereira70.6%79.3%−8.7-460

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
ConnellyPereira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1537
1508
Divisional
1537
1482
Striking offense
1507
1500
Striking defense
1535
1561
Grappling offense
1495
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
33 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
68"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.36
Strike accuracy
55%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.12
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tristan Connelly
No prior UFC fights.
Michel Pereira
  • WDanny RobertsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2104mo before
Connelly — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-0

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
31% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 4 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
9 (69%)Submission(17%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 4
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-0, 2 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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 7 losses
W
30% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
22win9loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
9 (41%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
6 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
7 (32%)Decision(78%) 7

Profiles

Experience
Connelly
Pereira
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
1.8 min · 1.8 avg
Career length
14y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Connelly
Pereira
Overall
16W–4L · 80.0%
Wins
16W–4L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Connelly
Pereira
134W–82L · 62.0%
Overall
281W–129L · 68.5%
95W–56L · 62.9%
Wins
171W–84L · 67.1%
39W–26L · 60.0%
Losses
110W–45L · 71.0%
Distance striking
Connelly
Pereira
Landed / min
3.06
Accuracy
50.0%
Defense
50.0%
Knockdowns / 15 min
8.41
Time at distance
91.6%
Grappling & control
Connelly
Pereira
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Connelly
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Pereira
  • Head67%(4)div 63%
  • Body33%(2)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Tristan Connelly

No UFC fights on record.

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

Michel Pereira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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