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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
22-5 · USA
VS
Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
18-1 · USA
April 14, 2018 · Glendale, Arizona, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Dustin Poirier def. Justin Gaethje by KO/TKO (Punch), R4 0:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Poirier63/1320/000:00
Gaethje34/640/000:00
R2
Poirier55/1220/300:05
Gaethje46/850/000:04
R3
Poirier38/730/200:00
Gaethje33/550/001:00
R4 · 0:33
Poirier18/240/000:01
Gaethje2/80/000:00
Total
Poirier174/3510/500:06
Gaethje115/2120/001:04

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
PoirierWin probabilityGaethje
31.2%68.8%
KO / TKO
77%
Submission
8%
Decision
15%
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 Poirier, blue toward Gaethje. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Poirier31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%62%
Submission5%15%
Decision7%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (47107)act 174
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Gaethje69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO58%84%
Submission3%4%
Decision8%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 115
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~151 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R224%
R36%
R44%
R52%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Poirier
58.2%-142
Gaethje
+14241.1%
Most takedownstie 71.0%
Poirier
18.4%-173
Gaethje
+17310.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 82.2
82
Over 82
42.2%
+135
Exactly 82
0.8%
push
Under 82
56.9%
-135
0103206
Gaethje
Expected: 68.4
68.5
Over 68.5
42.4%
+136
Under 68.5
57.6%
-136
086171
Takedowns — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Gaethje
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.4%
Exactly 0
87.6%
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 9.0 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
Poirier31.2%53.2%−22.0-125
Gaethje68.8%46.8%+22.0+105

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
73.7Striking69.4
Poirier +4.4
62.3Grappling16.7
Poirier +45.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoirierGaethje
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1656
Pound-for-pound
1555
1606
Divisional
1555
1554
Striking offense
1496
1486
Striking defense
1490
1533
Grappling offense
1537
1518
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.30
Strikes landed / min
9.50
50%
Strike accuracy
55%
3.52
Strikes absorbed / min
10.34
58%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
45%
Takedown accuracy
0%
66%
Takedown defense
60%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
74%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
64%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dustin Poirier
  • WAnthony PettisKO/TKO R3
    Close -1105mo before
  • WJim MillerM-DEC R3
    Close -4501y 2mo before
  • LMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1651y 7mo before
  • WKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 10mo before
  • WJoe DuffyU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 3mo before
Justin Gaethje
  • LEddie AlvarezKO/TKO R3
    Close -1704mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1459mo before
Poirier — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0, 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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
14win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (21%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (36%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Gaethje — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
83% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (6%)Submission() 0
2 (12%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Poirier
Gaethje
19
UFC fights
2
164.7 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
23.8 min · 11.9 avg
17y 2m
Career length
14y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Poirier
Gaethje
261W–67L · 79.6%
Overall
45W–16L · 73.8%
200W–47L · 81.0%
Wins
17W–11L · 60.7%
61W–20L · 75.3%
Losses
28W–5L · 84.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Poirier
Gaethje
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
244W–97L · 71.6%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
244W–97L · 71.6%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Poirier
Gaethje
7.81
Landed / min
9.04
45.1%
Accuracy
51.4%
62.6%
Defense
58.9%
0.91
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.9%
Time at distance
85.1%
Grappling & control
Poirier
Gaethje
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
45.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
65.7%
Takedown defense
60.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.9%
Control share
18.2%
Strike target map
Poirier
  • Head77%(668)div 63%
  • Body9%(82)div 20%
  • Legs14%(122)div 17%
Gaethje
  • Head58%(131)div 63%
  • Body10%(22)div 20%
  • Legs32%(73)div 17%

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

Dustin Poirier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Justin Gaethje
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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