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UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
Cole Smith
Cole Smith
6-0 · CAN
VS
Mitch Gagnon
Mitch Gagnon
12-4 · CAN
May 4, 2019 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Cole Smith def. Mitch Gagnon by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smith15/351/301:46
Gagnon7/200/101:31
R2
Smith15/351/102:30
Gagnon5/230/000:23
R3
Smith8/180/003:48
Gagnon3/110/010:12
Total
Smith38/882/408:04
Gagnon15/540/112:06

Scorecards

Smith vs Gagnon

RdDave TirelliJason RodgersPatricia VanderMeerCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-99-109-109.3-9.8
Total30-2729-2829-2829.2-27.9

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.527.7 · 13 Smith · 0 Gagnon

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Smith-Gagnon.

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
SmithWin probabilityGagnon
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
39%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Smith42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%29%
Submission12%29%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 38
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.0)act 2
Gagnon58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission26%46%
Decision21%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 15
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R217%
R314%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Smith
51.4%-110
Gagnon
+11046.7%
Most takedownstie 27.1%
Smith
41.3%-131
Gagnon
+13131.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
41.5%
+136
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.2%
-136
03773
Gagnon
Expected: 27.6
27.5
Over 27.5
42.7%
+134
Under 27.5
57.3%
-134
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.1%
+102
Exactly 1
23.1%
push
Under 1
38.9%
-102
035
Gagnon
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.1%
+151
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
46.9%
-151
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 9.5 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
Smith42.1%47.8%−5.7+100
Gagnon57.9%52.2%+5.7-120

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
SmithGagnon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1537
1520
Divisional
1537
1500
Striking offense
1503
1500
Striking defense
1522
1500
Grappling offense
1524
1500
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
30 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'5"
67"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.18
Strike accuracy
49%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.13
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
Takedown accuracy
26%
Takedown defense
68%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
57%
Win/loss streak
-2
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
875
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cole Smith
No prior UFC fights.
Mitch Gagnon
  • LMatthew LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 5mo before
  • LRenan BaraoSUB R3
    Close +8004y 4mo before
  • WRoman SalazarSUB R1
    Close -7504y 7mo before
  • WTim GormanU-DEC R3
    Close -3155y 1mo before
  • WDustin KimuraSUB R1
    Close +1505y 7mo before
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Gagnon — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
83% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (88%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Gagnon
0
UFC fights
7
Octagon time
62.9 min · 9.0 avg
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smith
Gagnon
Overall
92W–16L · 85.2%
Wins
36W–8L · 81.8%
Losses
56W–8L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Gagnon
18W–9L · 66.7%
Overall
33W–12L · 73.3%
18W–9L · 66.7%
Wins
29W–12L · 70.7%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Smith
Gagnon
Landed / min
5.85
Accuracy
40.8%
Defense
71.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
Time at distance
31.8%
Grappling & control
Smith
Gagnon
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
Takedown accuracy
26.1%
Takedown defense
67.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.91
Control share
38.4%
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Gagnon
  • Head64%(127)div 63%
  • Body25%(50)div 21%
  • Legs12%(23)div 16%

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

Cole Smith

No UFC fights on record.

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

Mitch Gagnon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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