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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
Geoff Neal
Geoff Neal
10-2 · USA
VS
Belal Muhammad
Belal Muhammad
14-2 · USA
January 19, 2019 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.4lb
Weigh-in
170.2lb
Geoff Neal def. Belal Muhammad by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Neal16/470/000:30
Muhammad11/410/200:14
R2
Neal29/690/000:00
Muhammad23/830/300:05
R3
Neal26/740/020:26
Muhammad29/800/200:03
Total
Neal71/1900/020:56
Muhammad63/2040/700:22

Scorecards

Neal vs Muhammad

RdEric ColónSal D'AmatoTim CorradoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-8.6
Total30-2729-2830-2729.9-26.7

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.826.9 · 18 Neal · 0 Muhammad

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Neal-Muhammad.

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
NealWin probabilityMuhammad
30.0%70.0%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
1%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Neal30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%42%
Submission1%4%
Decision16%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 71
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Muhammad70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%
Submission0%0%
Decision52%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 63
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~146 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R213%
R310%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Neal
44.5%+123
Muhammad
-12354.8%
Most takedownstie 47.5%
Neal
11.7%+350
Muhammad
-35040.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Neal
Expected: 69.2
69
Over 69
42.2%
+135
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
56.9%
-135
087173
Muhammad
Expected: 77.2
77
Over 77
42.2%
+135
Exactly 77
0.9%
push
Under 77
56.9%
-135
097193
Takedowns — over/under
Neal
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.7%
Exactly 0
82.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Muhammad
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.3%
+121
Under 0.5
54.7%
-121
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 12.6 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
Neal30.0%64.3%−34.3-200
Muhammad70.0%35.7%+34.3+170

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
82.5Striking67.7
Neal +14.8
45.4Grappling57.4
Muhammad +12.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NealMuhammad
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1586
1544
Divisional
1586
1510
Striking offense
1509
1502
Striking defense
1494
1505
Grappling offense
1500
1518
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.95
Strikes landed / min
4.63
55%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.48
Strikes absorbed / min
3.94
63%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.48
Takedown accuracy
39%
100%
Takedown defense
90%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
71%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
232
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Geoff Neal
  • WFrank CamachoKO/TKO R2
    Close -2104mo before
  • WBrian CamozziSUB R1
    Close -21011mo before
Belal Muhammad
  • WChance RencountreU-DEC R3
    Close -4508mo before
  • WTim MeansS-DEC R3
    Close +1751y 2mo before
  • WJordan MeinU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 6mo before
  • WRandy BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 11mo before
  • LVicente LuqueKO/TKO R1
    Close +1052y 2mo before
Neal — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Muhammad — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Neal
Muhammad
2
UFC fights
7
9.2 min · 4.6 avg
Octagon time
90.6 min · 12.9 avg
13y 11m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Neal
Muhammad
29W–10L · 74.4%
Overall
116W–33L · 77.9%
29W–10L · 74.4%
Wins
93W–24L · 79.5%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–9L · 71.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Neal
Muhammad
43W–15L · 74.1%
Overall
70W–28L · 71.4%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Wins
70W–28L · 71.4%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Neal
Muhammad
8.35
Landed / min
5.64
53.6%
Accuracy
41.1%
62.5%
Defense
61.9%
3.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
78.3%
Time at distance
71.4%
Grappling & control
Neal
Muhammad
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.48
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
90.0%
1.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
86.2%
Control share
88.9%
Strike target map
Neal
  • Head92%(67)div 63%
  • Body5%(4)div 20%
  • Legs3%(2)div 16%
Muhammad
  • Head71%(298)div 63%
  • Body10%(43)div 20%
  • Legs19%(79)div 16%

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

Geoff Neal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Belal Muhammad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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