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Hunter Azure
Hunter Azure
7-0 · USA
VS
Brad Katona
Brad Katona
8-1 · CAN
September 14, 2019 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Hunter Azure def. Brad Katona by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Azure8/220/000:03
Katona5/120/503:05
R2
Azure18/460/000:00
Katona8/232/402:36
R3
Azure15/500/100:26
Katona8/251/300:42
Total
Azure41/1180/100:29
Katona21/603/1206:23

Scorecards

Azure vs Katona

RdClayton WelchDave HagenDavid TherienCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-99-109.3-9.7
Total30-2729-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.128 · 10 Azure · 0 Katona · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Azure-Katona.

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
AzureWin probabilityKatona
62.8%37.2%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Azure63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%40%
Submission9%15%
Decision29%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 41
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 0
Katona37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%
Submission6%17%
Decision21%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 21
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R222%
R37%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Azure
62.4%-171
Katona
+17136.4%
Most takedownstie 26.1%
Azure
45.3%-158
Katona
+15828.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Azure
Expected: 51.8
52
Over 52
41.6%
+137
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
57.1%
-137
065130
Katona
Expected: 39.0
39
Over 39
41.6%
+136
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.7%
-136
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Azure
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.3%
-118
Exactly 1
21.8%
push
Under 1
35.9%
+118
035
Katona
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.4%
+165
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-165
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 10.4 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
Azure62.8%45.7%+17.1+110
Katona37.2%54.3%−17.1-130

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
AzureKatona
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1533
1527
Divisional
1519
1482
Striking offense
1499
1500
Striking defense
1524
1561
Grappling offense
1488
1558
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.98
Strike accuracy
55%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.07
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
Takedown accuracy
20%
Takedown defense
44%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
67%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Hunter Azure
No prior UFC fights.
Brad Katona
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1404mo before
  • WMatthew LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1609mo before
  • WJay CuccinielloU-DEC R3
    Close -2601y 2mo before
Azure — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0
Katona — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Azure
Katona
0
UFC fights
3
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Azure
Katona
Overall
26W–7L · 78.8%
Wins
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
8W–4L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Azure
Katona
20W–15L · 57.1%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
20W–15L · 57.1%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Azure
Katona
Landed / min
5.42
Accuracy
51.0%
Defense
60.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
55.0%
Grappling & control
Azure
Katona
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
Takedown defense
43.8%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
49.1%
Strike target map
Azure
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Katona
  • Head58%(103)div 63%
  • Body13%(24)div 21%
  • Legs29%(52)div 17%

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

Hunter Azure

No UFC fights on record.

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

Brad Katona
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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