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UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
11-2 · USA
VS
Sergio Pettis
Sergio Pettis
16-2 · USA
December 2, 2017 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Henry Cejudo def. Sergio Pettis by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cejudo19/301/103:42
Pettis7/170/000:00
R2
Cejudo5/211/203:07
Pettis5/300/000:00
R3
Cejudo12/321/202:45
Pettis13/510/100:00
Total
Cejudo36/833/509:34
Pettis25/980/100:00

Scorecards

Cejudo vs Pettis

RdEric ColónRoy SilbertSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (19 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 19 Cejudo · 0 Pettis

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cejudo-Pettis.

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
CejudoWin probabilityPettis
42.9%57.1%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
8%
Decision
73%
Expected fight time: 12.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cejudo43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission2%4%
Decision30%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 36
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 3
Pettis57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%14%
Submission6%11%
Decision43%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3785)act 25
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~118 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R26%
R38%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Cejudo
40.0%+148
Pettis
-14859.1%
Most takedownstie 37.3%
Cejudo
56.2%-854
Pettis
+8546.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cejudo
Expected: 53.0
53
Over 53
41.9%
+136
Exactly 53
1.3%
push
Under 53
56.8%
-136
067133
Pettis
Expected: 65.1
65
Over 65
42.1%
+135
Exactly 65
1.0%
push
Under 65
56.8%
-135
082163
Takedowns — over/under
Cejudo
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.6%
+106
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-106
035
Pettis
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.6%
Exactly 0
87.4%
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 12.8 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
Cejudo42.9%73.3%−30.4-320
Pettis57.1%26.7%+30.4+260

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
73.1Striking69.7
Cejudo +3.3
54.9Grappling50.2
Cejudo +4.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CejudoPettis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1579
Pound-for-pound
1601
1564
Divisional
1577
1495
Striking offense
1507
1513
Striking defense
1506
1497
Grappling offense
1485
1542
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
30 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
64"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.02
Strikes landed / min
3.84
44%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.58
Strikes absorbed / min
2.58
71%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.21
35%
Takedown accuracy
41%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
78%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
20%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Henry Cejudo
  • WWilson ReisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4003mo before
  • LJoseph BenavidezS-DEC R3
    Close +1631y before
  • LDemetrious JohnsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +2801y 7mo before
  • WJussier FormigaS-DEC R3
    Close -5502y before
  • WChico CamusU-DEC R3
    Close -12752y 6mo before
Sergio Pettis
  • WBrandon MorenoU-DEC R5
    Close +1554mo before
  • WJohn MoragaU-DEC R3
    Close -16011mo before
  • WChris KeladesU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 7mo before
  • WChris CariasoU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 2mo before
  • LRyan BenoitKO/TKO R2
    Close -6602y 9mo before
Cejudo — 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% 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
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Pettis — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cejudo
Pettis
7
UFC fights
9
83.2 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
136.2 min · 15.1 avg
13y 5m
Career length
14y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cejudo
Pettis
122W–29L · 80.8%
Overall
115W–39L · 74.7%
82W–23L · 78.1%
Wins
99W–31L · 76.2%
40W–6L · 87.0%
Losses
16W–8L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cejudo
Pettis
14W–19L · 42.4%
Overall
40W–43L · 48.2%
14W–19L · 42.4%
Wins
40W–43L · 48.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cejudo
Pettis
4.01
Landed / min
5.27
37.9%
Accuracy
35.7%
75.0%
Defense
69.7%
0.54
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.11
64.5%
Time at distance
63.0%
Grappling & control
Cejudo
Pettis
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.21
35.1%
Takedown accuracy
40.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
67.4%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.55
92.0%
Control share
37.6%
Strike target map
Cejudo
  • Head52%(175)div 62%
  • Body40%(135)div 23%
  • Legs7%(25)div 15%
Pettis
  • Head77%(405)div 62%
  • Body11%(59)div 23%
  • Legs11%(59)div 15%

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

Henry Cejudo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sergio Pettis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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