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Julius Walker
Julius Walker
6-1 · USA
VS
Rafael Cerqueira
Rafael Cerqueira
11-2 · BRA
August 9, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Julius Walker def. Rafael Cerqueira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Walker13/223/403:31
Cerqueira11/250/000:18
R2
Walker13/181/104:41
Cerqueira1/40/000:00
R3
Walker18/222/513:34
Cerqueira7/130/000:09
Total
Walker44/626/10111:46
Cerqueira19/420/000:27

Scorecards

Walker vs Cerqueira

RdAnthony ManessBen CartlidgeChris LeeCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-810-910-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total30-2730-2630-2729.7-27.3

Media (8 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 8 Walker · 0 Cerqueira

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Walker-Cerqueira.

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
WalkerWin probabilityCerqueira
79.1%20.9%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
23%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Walker79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%42%56%
Submission19%24%16%
Decision27%34%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2373)act 44
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 6
Cerqueira21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%48%9%
Submission4%19%4%
Decision7%33%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 19
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R217%
R311%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Walker
69.2%-233
Cerqueira
+23329.7%
Most takedownstie 45.5%
Walker
15.5%+252
Cerqueira
-25239.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Walker
Expected: 54.1
54
Over 54
39.4%
+151
Exactly 54
0.9%
push
Under 54
59.7%
-151
068136
Cerqueira
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
40.1%
+149
Under 28.5
59.9%
-149
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Walker
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.7%
+340
Under 0.5
77.3%
-340
035
Cerqueira
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+191
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
55.4%
-191
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 8.7 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
Walker79.1%84.0%−4.9-720
Cerqueira20.9%16.0%+4.9+497
By method
Walker by KO/TKO34.3%56.2%−21.9-201
Walker by submission17.9%16.2%+1.7+418
Walker by decision26.9%9.7%+17.2+768
Cerqueira by KO/TKO9.1%9.3%−0.2+808
Cerqueira by submission4.7%3.6%+1.1+2252
Cerqueira by decision7.1%5.1%+2.0+1562
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds61.9%35.3%+26.6+164
Over 2.5 rds45.3%19.3%+26.0+383
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.0%15.0%+19.0+531

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
59.5Striking47.2
Walker +12.3
35.1Grappling0.0
Walker +35.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WalkerCerqueira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1506
1506
Divisional
1506
1502
Striking offense
1479
1496
Striking defense
1484
1502
Grappling offense
1546
1502
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
78"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.73
Strikes landed / min
3.28
50%
Strike accuracy
43%
5.80
Strikes absorbed / min
14.43
41%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
11%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Julius Walker
  • LAlonzo MenifieldS-DEC R3
    Close +1856mo before
Rafael Cerqueira
  • LModestas BukauskasKO/TKO R1
    Close +2256mo before
  • LIbo AslanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1159mo before
Walker — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cerqueira — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
73% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (18%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Walker
Cerqueira
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
3.0 min · 1.5 avg
3y 3m
Career length
6y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Walker
Cerqueira
15W–5L · 75.0%
Overall
29W–7L · 80.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
15W–5L · 75.0%
Losses
29W–7L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Walker
Cerqueira
36W–28L · 56.3%
Overall
53W–33L · 61.6%
36W–28L · 56.3%
Wins
53W–33L · 61.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Walker
Cerqueira
7.03
Landed / min
3.31
41.1%
Accuracy
43.5%
40.9%
Defense
42.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.4%
Time at distance
98.9%
Grappling & control
Walker
Cerqueira
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
11.1%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
88.5%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Walker
  • Head43%(37)div 63%
  • Body38%(33)div 19%
  • Legs19%(16)div 17%
Cerqueira
  • Head40%(4)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs60%(6)div 17%

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

Julius Walker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Cerqueira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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