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Cody Garbrandt
Cody Garbrandt
10-0 · USA
VS
Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz
22-1 · USA
December 30, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garbrandt12/381/100:09
Cruz20/500/200:00
R2
Garbrandt16/450/000:00
Cruz19/600/200:00
R3
Garbrandt17/460/000:01
Cruz20/700/200:01
R4
Garbrandt15/470/020:06
Cruz17/540/000:00
R5
Garbrandt8/190/300:24
Cruz12/570/100:00
Total
Garbrandt68/1951/420:40
Cruz88/2910/700:01

Scorecards

Garbrandt vs Cruz

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenTony WeeksCommunity
R110-99-109-109.6-9.4
R29-1010-99-109.4-9.6
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-810-810-910-8.2
R59-109-1010-99.3-9.7
Total48-4648-4648-4748.3-45.9

Media (22 cards) · avg 48.246 · 22 Garbrandt · 0 Cruz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Garbrandt-Cruz.

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
GarbrandtWin probabilityCruz
33.1%66.9%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
4%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 18.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garbrandt33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%75%
Submission1%3%
Decision7%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (4398)act 68
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 1
Cruz67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%45%
Submission4%5%
Decision33%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes104 (60135)act 88
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~179 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R26%
R323%
R414%
R59%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Garbrandt
34.7%+187
Cruz
-18764.7%
Most takedownstie 51.7%
Garbrandt
8.8%+446
Cruz
-44639.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 75.1
75
Over 75
42.1%
+135
Exactly 75
0.9%
push
Under 75
57.0%
-135
094188
Cruz
Expected: 104.0
104
Over 104
42.2%
+136
Exactly 104
0.7%
push
Under 104
57.2%
-136
0130260
Takedowns — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.9%
Exactly 0
87.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cruz
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.2%
+205
Exactly 1
14.1%
push
Under 1
57.7%
-205
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 18.9 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
Garbrandt33.1%31.6%+1.5+205
Cruz66.9%68.4%−1.5-245

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
70.7Striking70.0
Garbrandt +0.7
28.1Grappling62.4
Cruz +34.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarbrandtCruz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1639
1584
Divisional
1640
1528
Striking offense
1504
1518
Striking defense
1515
1493
Grappling offense
1516
1515
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
65"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
3.71
38%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.72
Strikes absorbed / min
2.55
67%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.42
44%
Takedown accuracy
44%
Takedown defense
84%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+5
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
209
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Garbrandt
  • WTakeya MizugakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -5254mo before
  • WThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1707mo before
  • WAugusto MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close -45010mo before
  • WHenry BrionesU-DEC R3
    Close -10001y 6mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R3
    Close -1102y before
Dominick Cruz
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R5
    Close -3807mo before
  • WTJ DillashawS-DEC R5
    Close +13511mo before
  • WTakeya MizugakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -5602y 3mo before
  • WDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close -5505y 3mo before
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R5
    Close -1855y 6mo before
Garbrandt — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
90% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cruz — win / loss by method
Record: 22-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (80%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (35%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
10 (59%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garbrandt
Cruz
5
UFC fights
5
37.8 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
101.0 min · 20.2 avg
13y 7m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garbrandt
Cruz
70W–16L · 81.4%
Overall
97W–22L · 81.5%
70W–16L · 81.4%
Wins
97W–22L · 81.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garbrandt
Cruz
19W–6L · 76.0%
Overall
109W–33L · 76.8%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Wins
92W–32L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
17W–1L · 94.4%
Distance striking
Garbrandt
Cruz
3.88
Landed / min
4.21
37.0%
Accuracy
34.9%
66.9%
Defense
75.2%
2.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
92.7%
Time at distance
70.6%
Grappling & control
Garbrandt
Cruz
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.42
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
44.2%
Takedown defense
84.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
85.1%
Control share
79.4%
Strike target map
Garbrandt
  • Head86%(135)div 63%
  • Body6%(10)div 21%
  • Legs8%(12)div 16%
Cruz
  • Head70%(261)div 63%
  • Body19%(71)div 21%
  • Legs11%(43)div 16%

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

Cody Garbrandt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dominick Cruz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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