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UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
35-11 · USA
VS
Al Iaquinta
Al Iaquinta
14-4-1 · USA
May 4, 2019 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Donald Cerrone def. Al Iaquinta by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cerrone20/450/000:00
Iaquinta19/580/100:00
R2
Cerrone21/680/000:00
Iaquinta24/590/000:00
R3
Cerrone28/780/010:10
Iaquinta18/390/100:00
R4
Cerrone26/720/010:09
Iaquinta9/200/100:00
R5
Cerrone43/980/000:03
Iaquinta20/470/200:00
Total
Cerrone138/3610/020:22
Iaquinta90/2230/500:00

Scorecards

Cerrone vs Iaquinta

RdDave TirelliEric ColónJason RodgersCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-810-8.7
R410-910-810-910-8.7
R510-910-910-910-9
Total49-4649-4549-4548.9-45.5

Media (22 cards) · avg 48.845.9 · 22 Cerrone · 0 Iaquinta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cerrone-Iaquinta.

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
CerroneWin probabilityIaquinta
36.2%63.8%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
2%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 18.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%49%
Submission2%4%
Decision17%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes123 (71160)act 138
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Iaquinta64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%44%
Submission0%0%
Decision36%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes134 (77175)act 90
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~257 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R217%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Cerrone
45.7%+118
Iaquinta
-11853.9%
Most takedownstie 75.7%
Cerrone
16.6%-217
Iaquinta
+2177.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 123.0
123
Over 123
42.2%
+136
Exactly 123
0.6%
push
Under 123
57.2%
-136
0154308
Iaquinta
Expected: 134.1
134
Over 134
42.3%
+135
Exactly 134
0.5%
push
Under 134
57.2%
-135
0168336
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
17.6%
+470
Under 0.5
82.4%
-470
035
Iaquinta
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.8%
Exactly 0
91.2%
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 18.1 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
Cerrone36.2%45.7%−9.5+110
Iaquinta63.8%54.3%+9.5-130

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
64.3Striking66.1
Iaquinta +1.8
52.0Grappling38.7
Cerrone +13.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneIaquinta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1680
Pound-for-pound
1615
1694
Divisional
1613
1547
Striking offense
1528
1497
Striking defense
1502
1482
Grappling offense
1470
1582
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
36 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.76
Strikes landed / min
4.30
50%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.72
Strikes absorbed / min
4.05
52%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.81
31%
Takedown accuracy
23%
88%
Takedown defense
74%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
73%
Finish rate
44%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R2
    Close +1803mo before
  • WMike PerrySUB R1
    Close +1706mo before
  • LLeon EdwardsU-DEC R5
    Close +21510mo before
  • WYancy MedeirosKO/TKO R1
    Close +1001y 2mo before
  • LDarren TillKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 6mo before
Al Iaquinta
  • WKevin LeeU-DEC R5
    Close +2755mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovU-DEC R5
    Close +4701y 1mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close -4202y before
  • WJorge MasvidalS-DEC R3
    Close -1104y 1mo before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1854y 3mo before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 35-11-0, 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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
49% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
23% of wins
L
55% of losses
UFC
22win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (45%)KO/TKO(50%) 4
6 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (27%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Iaquinta — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
5 (56%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Iaquinta
30
UFC fights
12
275.6 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
148.0 min · 12.3 avg
20y 6m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Iaquinta
535W–150L · 78.1%
Overall
191W–48L · 79.9%
375W–103L · 78.5%
Wins
151W–46L · 76.6%
160W–47L · 77.3%
Losses
40W–2L · 95.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Iaquinta
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
19W–11L · 63.3%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
10W–9L · 52.6%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Iaquinta
5.21
Landed / min
5.23
46.7%
Accuracy
39.9%
54.5%
Defense
65.3%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.71
74.2%
Time at distance
74.6%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Iaquinta
1.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.81
31.3%
Takedown accuracy
22.9%
88.3%
Takedown defense
73.6%
0.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
66.7%
Control share
31.7%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head48%(634)div 63%
  • Body25%(334)div 20%
  • Legs26%(344)div 17%
Iaquinta
  • Head70%(446)div 63%
  • Body18%(112)div 20%
  • Legs12%(79)div 17%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Al Iaquinta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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