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Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez
26-5 · USA
VS
Dustin Ortiz
Dustin Ortiz
19-7 · USA
January 19, 2019 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Joseph Benavidez def. Dustin Ortiz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benavidez9/213/412:26
Ortiz16/290/100:32
R2
Benavidez11/221/401:17
Ortiz19/353/701:41
R3
Benavidez1/73/403:04
Ortiz14/230/000:49
Total
Benavidez21/507/1216:47
Ortiz49/873/803:02

Scorecards

Benavidez vs Ortiz

RdDarryl PorterDouglas CrosbyTim CorradoCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---9.1-9.9
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-27.9

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 16 Benavidez · 0 Ortiz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benavidez-Ortiz.

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
BenavidezWin probabilityOrtiz
42.3%57.7%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
23%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benavidez42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%34%
Submission12%27%
Decision16%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 7
Ortiz58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%46%
Submission11%19%
Decision20%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 49
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 3
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R222%
R39%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Benavidez
48.7%+102
Ortiz
-10249.7%
Most takedownstie 42.1%
Benavidez
19.9%+192
Ortiz
-19238.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.1%
+137
Under 34.5
57.9%
-137
04386
Ortiz
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+133
Under 34.5
57.2%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+235
Under 0.5
70.1%
-235
035
Ortiz
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
47.2%
+112
Under 0.5
52.8%
-112
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 9.0 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
Benavidez42.3%67.9%−25.6-240
Ortiz57.7%32.1%+25.6+200

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
66.5Striking66.7
Ortiz +0.2
43.4Grappling47.8
Ortiz +4.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenavidezOrtiz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1661
Pound-for-pound
1581
1642
Divisional
1579
1518
Striking offense
1505
1522
Striking defense
1516
1497
Grappling offense
1523
1531
Grappling defense
1474
Physical
34 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
65"
Reach
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.01
Strikes landed / min
2.91
35%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.86
Strikes absorbed / min
2.24
61%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
27%
Takedown accuracy
36%
74%
Takedown defense
55%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
81%
UFC win rate
62%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
38%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
50
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joseph Benavidez
  • WAlex PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close +10050d before
  • LSergio PettisS-DEC R3
    Close -2007mo before
  • WHenry CejudoS-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 2mo before
  • WZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -4202y 11mo before
  • WAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close -3403y 4mo before
Dustin Ortiz
  • WMatheus NicolauKO/TKO R1
    Close +1706mo before
  • WAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y before
  • WHector SandovalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 5mo before
  • LBrandon MorenoSUB R2
    Close -1201y 9mo before
  • WZach MakovskyS-DEC R3
    Close +1102y 1mo before
Benavidez — win / loss by method
Record: 26-5-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (62%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 2
Ortiz — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
37% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
4 (50%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Benavidez
Ortiz
16
UFC fights
13
188.7 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
159.4 min · 12.3 avg
20y 2m
Career length
16y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benavidez
Ortiz
223W–57L · 79.6%
Overall
207W–41L · 83.5%
188W–50L · 79.0%
Wins
124W–22L · 84.9%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Losses
83W–19L · 81.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benavidez
Ortiz
154W–33L · 82.4%
Overall
72W–53L · 57.6%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
57W–47L · 54.8%
28W–2L · 93.3%
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Benavidez
Ortiz
4.48
Landed / min
3.75
31.7%
Accuracy
26.4%
64.8%
Defense
64.7%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
71.5%
Time at distance
30.1%
Grappling & control
Benavidez
Ortiz
1.35
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
26.6%
Takedown accuracy
36.0%
74.2%
Takedown defense
54.7%
0.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.09
77.2%
Control share
57.1%
Strike target map
Benavidez
  • Head56%(422)div 62%
  • Body25%(189)div 23%
  • Legs19%(146)div 15%
Ortiz
  • Head60%(279)div 62%
  • Body28%(129)div 23%
  • Legs12%(56)div 15%

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

Joseph Benavidez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dustin Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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