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Brad Katona
Brad Katona
8-0 · CAN
May 4, 2019 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Merab Dvalishvili def. Brad Katona by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dvalishvili25/542/201:18
Katona16/290/000:36
R2
Dvalishvili7/102/304:20
Katona8/110/000:00
R3
Dvalishvili23/381/402:53
Katona8/160/000:00
Total
Dvalishvili55/1025/908:31
Katona32/560/000:36

Scorecards

Dvalishvili vs Katona

RdDave TirelliDeclan WoodsJason RodgersCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.1

Media (18 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 18 Dvalishvili · 0 Katona

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dvalishvili-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
DvalishviliWin probabilityKatona
92.7%7.3%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
17%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dvalishvili93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%39%
Submission16%17%
Decision41%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 55
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.2)act 5
Katona7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%33%
Submission2%21%
Decision3%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 32
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R222%
R35%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Dvalishvili
76.3%-338
Katona
+33822.6%
Most takedownstie 19.0%
Dvalishvili
72.5%-852
Katona
+8528.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 52.1
52
Over 52
42.0%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.7%
-135
066131
Katona
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.5%
+136
Under 27.5
57.5%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.2%
+117
Exactly 2
21.6%
push
Under 2
42.2%
-117
036
Katona
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
25.9%
Exactly 0
74.1%
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 9.6 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
Dvalishvili92.7%59.6%+33.1-160
Katona7.3%40.4%−33.1+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
67.3Striking78.1
Katona +10.8
66.1Grappling26.0
Dvalishvili +40.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DvalishviliKatona
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1552
1498
Divisional
1536
1484
Striking offense
1502
1513
Striking defense
1530
1550
Grappling offense
1490
1530
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.78
Strikes landed / min
4.90
34%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
59%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
7.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
42%
Takedown accuracy
20%
80%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
33%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Merab Dvalishvili
  • WTerrion WareU-DEC R3
    Close -5508mo before
  • LRicky SimonSUB R3
    Close -1101y before
  • LFrankie SaenzS-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 5mo before
Brad Katona
  • WMatthew LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1605mo before
  • WJay CuccinielloU-DEC R3
    Close -26010mo before
Dvalishvili — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
Katona — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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

Profiles

Experience
Dvalishvili
Katona
3
UFC fights
2
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 6m
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dvalishvili
Katona
39W–14L · 73.6%
Overall
18W–3L · 85.7%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Wins
18W–3L · 85.7%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dvalishvili
Katona
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dvalishvili
Katona
5.23
Landed / min
5.89
26.8%
Accuracy
51.5%
70.7%
Defense
59.8%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
36.5%
Time at distance
66.2%
Grappling & control
Dvalishvili
Katona
7.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
41.5%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
80.0%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.8%
Control share
90.3%
Strike target map
Dvalishvili
  • Head75%(127)div 63%
  • Body14%(23)div 21%
  • Legs12%(20)div 16%
Katona
  • Head56%(82)div 63%
  • Body14%(20)div 21%
  • Legs31%(45)div 16%

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

Merab Dvalishvili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.