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The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
Brad Katona
Brad Katona
6-0 · CAN
VS
Jay Cucciniello
Jay Cucciniello
8-0 · IRL
July 6, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Brad Katona def. Jay Cucciniello by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Katona35/550/100:00
Cucciniello9/330/100:00
R2
Katona20/291/203:59
Cucciniello3/210/000:00
R3
Katona16/271/404:19
Cucciniello2/100/000:00
Total
Katona71/1112/708:18
Cucciniello14/640/100:00

Scorecards

Katona vs Cucciniello

RdAdalaide ByrdMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-810-810-810-8.4
Total30-2630-2630-2630-26.2

Media (16 cards) · avg 3026.4 · 16 Katona · 0 Cucciniello

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Katona-Cucciniello.

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
KatonaWin probabilityCucciniello
74.9%25.1%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
31%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Katona75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%22%
Submission21%29%
Decision37%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 71
Takedowns1.3 (0.13.0)act 2
Cucciniello25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%30%
Submission10%38%
Decision8%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 14
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~112 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R28%
R37%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Katona
61.0%-160
Cucciniello
+16038.1%
Most takedownstie 14.1%
Katona
80.3%-1429
Cucciniello
+14295.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Katona
Expected: 63.1
63
Over 63
42.1%
+135
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
56.8%
-135
079158
Cucciniello
Expected: 49.2
49
Over 49
42.1%
+134
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.5%
-134
062124
Takedowns — over/under
Katona
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
50.8%
-103
Under 1.5
49.2%
+103
035
Cucciniello
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.9%
Exactly 0
76.1%
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 9.2 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
Katona74.9%69.8%+5.1-260
Cucciniello25.1%30.2%−5.1+220

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1528
1520
Divisional
1528
1500
Striking offense
1500
1533
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
64"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Katona
No prior UFC fights.
Jay Cucciniello
No prior UFC fights.
Katona — 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Cucciniello — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% 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
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (63%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Katona
Cucciniello
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Katona
Cucciniello
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Katona
Cucciniello
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
40W–28L · 58.8%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
40W–28L · 58.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Katona
Cucciniello
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Katona
Cucciniello
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Katona
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Cucciniello
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Brad Katona

No UFC fights on record.

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

Jay Cucciniello

No UFC fights on record.

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