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Kron Gracie
Kron Gracie
4-0 · BRA
VS
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
14-11 · USA
February 17, 2019 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Kron Gracie def. Alex Caceres by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:06
Gracie2/101/201:14
Caceres4/140/000:00
Total
Gracie2/101/201:14
Caceres4/140/000:00

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
GracieWin probabilityCaceres
36.9%63.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
5%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gracie37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%
Submission2%5%
Decision25%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 2
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Caceres63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%27%
Submission3%4%
Decision43%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R210%
R36%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Gracie
24.6%+303
Caceres
-30374.5%
Most takedownstie 51.6%
Gracie
30.7%-174
Caceres
+17417.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gracie
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.2%
+137
Under 35.5
57.8%
-137
04589
Caceres
Expected: 63.1
63
Over 63
42.0%
+135
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
56.9%
-135
079158
Takedowns — over/under
Gracie
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.9%
+179
Under 0.5
64.1%
-179
035
Caceres
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.7%
+322
Under 0.5
76.3%
-322
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 12.1 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
Gracie36.9%72.0%−35.1-290
Caceres63.1%28.0%+35.1+245

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
GracieCaceres
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1525
1516
Divisional
1504
1482
Striking offense
1505
1500
Striking defense
1535
1561
Grappling offense
1484
1558
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.86
Strike accuracy
49%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.78
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.57
Takedown accuracy
75%
Takedown defense
60%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
47%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
226
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kron Gracie
No prior UFC fights.
Alex Caceres
  • WMartin BravoS-DEC R3
    Close -1307mo before
  • LWang GuanS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 3mo before
  • WRolando DyKO/TKO R2
    Close -3201y 8mo before
  • LJason KnightSUB R2
    Close +1152y 1mo before
  • LYair RodriguezS-DEC R5
    Close +2752y 6mo before
Gracie — win / loss by method
Record: 4-0-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 14-11-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 6 losses
W
36% of wins
L
55% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
9win9loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(44%) 4
6 (67%)Decision(44%) 4
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gracie
Caceres
0
UFC fights
19
Octagon time
238.4 min · 12.5 avg
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gracie
Caceres
Overall
248W–67L · 78.7%
Wins
113W–39L · 74.3%
Losses
135W–28L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gracie
Caceres
68W–38L · 64.2%
Overall
18W–5L · 78.3%
68W–38L · 64.2%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Gracie
Caceres
Landed / min
5.47
Accuracy
46.7%
Defense
67.2%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
Time at distance
59.7%
Grappling & control
Gracie
Caceres
Takedowns / 15 min
0.57
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
Takedown defense
59.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.82
Control share
36.6%
Strike target map
Gracie
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Caceres
  • Head64%(587)div 65%
  • Body24%(217)div 19%
  • Legs13%(116)div 16%

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

Kron Gracie

No UFC fights on record.

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

Alex Caceres
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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