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Sage Northcutt
Sage Northcutt
8-2 · USA
VS
Michel Quinones
Michel Quinones
8-2 · USA
November 11, 2017 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Sage Northcutt def. Michel Quinones by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Northcutt25/521/100:02
Quinones21/540/000:00
R2
Northcutt24/541/100:23
Quinones25/570/000:00
R3
Northcutt30/551/300:18
Quinones9/500/000:00
Total
Northcutt79/1613/500:43
Quinones55/1610/000:00

Scorecards

Northcutt vs Quinones

RdDerek ClearyLuc BelhumeurRon RodriguezCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (12 cards) · avg 3027 · 12 Northcutt · 0 Quinones

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Northcutt-Quinones.

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
NorthcuttWin probabilityQuinones
86.2%13.8%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
11%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Northcutt86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%42%
Submission10%11%
Decision40%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 79
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 3
Quinones14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%44%
Submission1%6%
Decision7%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R222%
R37%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Northcutt
72.5%-275
Quinones
+27526.4%
Most takedownstie 37.4%
Northcutt
45.6%-268
Quinones
+26817.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 52.0
52
Over 52
41.9%
+135
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.8%
-135
066131
Quinones
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
42.6%
+135
Under 30.5
57.4%
-135
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.2%
+131
Exactly 1
18.6%
push
Under 1
46.1%
-131
035
Quinones
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+259
Under 0.5
72.1%
-259
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 10.2 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
Northcutt86.2%63.5%+22.7-190
Quinones13.8%36.5%−22.7+165

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
72.4Striking32.3
Northcutt +40.1
46.2Grappling9.3
Northcutt +36.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NorthcuttQuinones
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1507
1564
Divisional
1522
1507
Striking offense
1497
1518
Striking defense
1493
1506
Grappling offense
1493
1486
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
21 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.77
Strikes landed / min
1.70
58%
Strike accuracy
21%
1.57
Strikes absorbed / min
7.13
50%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
36%
Takedown accuracy
40%
Takedown defense
33%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
329
Days since last fight
139
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sage Northcutt
  • LMickey GallSUB R2
    Close +14011mo before
  • WEnrique MarinU-DEC R3
    Close -4901y 4mo before
  • LBryan BarberenaSUB R2
    Close -2751y 9mo before
  • WCody PfisterSUB R2
    Close -10001y 11mo before
  • WFrancisco TrevinoKO/TKO R1
    Close -4702y 1mo before
Michel Quinones
  • LJared GordonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1155mo before
Northcutt — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Quinones — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
63% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Northcutt
Quinones
5
UFC fights
1
36.4 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
9.4 min · 9.4 avg
11y 8m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Northcutt
Quinones
46W–11L · 80.7%
Overall
12W–1L · 92.3%
33W–8L · 80.5%
Wins
0W–0L
13W–3L · 81.3%
Losses
12W–1L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Northcutt
Quinones
29W–41L · 41.4%
Overall
59W–83L · 41.5%
29W–41L · 41.4%
Wins
51W–81L · 38.6%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Northcutt
Quinones
4.70
Landed / min
3.30
40.9%
Accuracy
19.7%
62.9%
Defense
58.5%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
22.2%
Time at distance
48.3%
Grappling & control
Northcutt
Quinones
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.3%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Northcutt
  • Head77%(78)div 63%
  • Body15%(15)div 20%
  • Legs8%(8)div 17%
Quinones
  • Head38%(6)div 63%
  • Body25%(4)div 20%
  • Legs38%(6)div 17%

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

Sage Northcutt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michel Quinones
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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