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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Kelvin Gastelum
Kelvin Gastelum
15-3 · USA
VS
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
25-5 · BRA
May 12, 2018 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Kelvin Gastelum def. Jacare Souza by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gastelum7/70/000:17
Souza21/220/202:57
R2
Gastelum24/730/010:13
Souza24/560/300:01
R3
Gastelum22/650/000:05
Souza19/371/400:30
Total
Gastelum53/1450/010:35
Souza64/1151/903:28

Scorecards

Gastelum vs Souza

RdChris LeeGuilherme BravoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1---8.9-10
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9.5-9.6
Total29-2829-2828-2928.3-28.7

Media (23 cards) · avg 28.928 · 20 Gastelum · 0 Souza · 3 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gastelum-Souza.

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
GastelumWin probabilitySouza
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
8%
Decision
57%
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 Gastelum, blue toward Souza. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gastelum54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%33%
Submission3%5%
Decision33%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 53
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Souza46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%36%
Submission5%12%
Decision24%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 64
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R27%
R321%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Gastelum
59.3%-150
Souza
+15039.6%
Most takedownstie 45.0%
Gastelum
12.0%+360
Souza
-36043.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 51.9
52
Over 52
41.7%
+137
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
57.0%
-137
065130
Souza
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.9%
-137
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.6%
Exactly 0
81.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Souza
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
48.4%
+107
Under 0.5
51.6%
-107
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
Gastelum54.0%48.9%+5.1-105
Souza46.0%51.1%−5.1-115

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
71.4Striking68.3
Gastelum +3.1
46.0Grappling70.5
Souza +24.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GastelumSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1645
1577
Divisional
1642
1528
Striking offense
1500
1523
Striking defense
1516
1494
Grappling offense
1533
1532
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
26 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
71"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.89
Strikes landed / min
2.48
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
2.38
63%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.90
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
50%
Takedown accuracy
34%
58%
Takedown defense
100%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
80%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
56%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kelvin Gastelum
  • WMichael BispingKO/TKO R1
    Close -2856mo before
  • LChris WeidmanSUB R3
    Close -15510mo before
  • WTim KennedyKO/TKO R3
    Close +1051y 5mo before
  • WJohny HendricksU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 10mo before
  • LNeil MagnyS-DEC R5
    Close -3302y 6mo before
Jacare Souza
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1203mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close -2651y 1mo before
  • WTim BoetschSUB R1
    Close -6001y 3mo before
  • WVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -2802y before
  • LYoel RomeroS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 5mo before
Gastelum — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0, 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (44%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0, 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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Gastelum
Souza
13
UFC fights
10
150.1 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
74.1 min · 7.4 avg
17y 4m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gastelum
Souza
212W–62L · 77.4%
Overall
216W–62L · 77.7%
169W–52L · 76.5%
Wins
189W–57L · 76.8%
43W–10L · 81.1%
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gastelum
Souza
6W–7L · 46.2%
Overall
241W–61L · 79.8%
6W–7L · 46.2%
Wins
194W–53L · 78.5%
0W–0L
Losses
47W–8L · 85.5%
Distance striking
Gastelum
Souza
5.24
Landed / min
2.18
41.1%
Accuracy
36.5%
66.9%
Defense
61.5%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
58.4%
Time at distance
47.6%
Grappling & control
Gastelum
Souza
0.90
Takedowns / 15 min
2.43
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
34.3%
58.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.20
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.42
47.6%
Control share
91.3%
Strike target map
Gastelum
  • Head68%(400)div 63%
  • Body18%(107)div 19%
  • Legs13%(77)div 18%
Souza
  • Head72%(132)div 63%
  • Body21%(38)div 19%
  • Legs8%(14)div 18%

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

Kelvin Gastelum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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