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UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis
Matthew Lopez
Matthew Lopez
8-1 · USA
VS
Mitch Gagnon
Mitch Gagnon
12-3 · CAN
December 10, 2016 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Matthew Lopez def. Mitch Gagnon by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lopez11/211/101:18
Gagnon24/361/311:22
R2
Lopez10/202/204:00
Gagnon3/60/100:22
R3
Lopez9/132/303:59
Gagnon4/80/000:19
Total
Lopez30/545/609:17
Gagnon31/501/412:03

Scorecards

Lopez vs Gagnon

RdCardo UrsoDr. Greg JacksonEric ColónCommunity
R1---8.7-10
R2---10-8.9
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2728.7-27.9

Media (17 cards) · avg 28.827.9 · 16 Lopez · 0 Gagnon · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lopez-Gagnon.

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
LopezWin probabilityGagnon
57.8%42.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
30%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lopez58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission14%23%
Decision27%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 30
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 5
Gagnon42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%18%
Submission17%39%
Decision18%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 31
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R220%
R311%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Lopez
46.5%+111
Gagnon
-11151.8%
Most takedownstie 28.2%
Lopez
46.9%-189
Gagnon
+18924.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.1%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.8%
-138
04080
Gagnon
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.9%
+133
Under 33.5
57.1%
-133
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.6%
+135
Under 1.5
57.4%
-135
035
Gagnon
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.5%
+130
Under 0.5
56.5%
-130
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 10.3 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
Lopez57.8%45.7%+12.1+110
Gagnon42.2%54.3%−12.1-130

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
52.2Striking74.1
Gagnon +21.9
69.1Grappling67.0
Lopez +2.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LopezGagnon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1555
1513
Divisional
1555
1483
Striking offense
1504
1498
Striking defense
1522
1552
Grappling offense
1527
1542
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'5"
69"
Reach
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
0.98
Strikes landed / min
3.53
41%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.17
47%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.05
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
100%
Takedown accuracy
26%
50%
Takedown defense
80%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
150
Days since last fight
721
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matthew Lopez
  • LRani YahyaSUB R3
    Close -1705mo before
Mitch Gagnon
  • LRenan BaraoSUB R3
    Close +8002y before
  • WRoman SalazarSUB R1
    Close -7502y 2mo before
  • WTim GormanU-DEC R3
    Close -3152y 8mo before
  • WDustin KimuraSUB R1
    Close +1503y 3mo before
  • WWalel WatsonSUB R1
    Close +1644y 3mo before
Lopez — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Gagnon — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
83% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (88%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lopez
Gagnon
1
UFC fights
6
14.3 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
47.9 min · 8.0 avg
13y 2m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopez
Gagnon
21W–8L · 72.4%
Overall
84W–15L · 84.8%
0W–0L
Wins
36W–8L · 81.8%
21W–8L · 72.4%
Losses
48W–7L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopez
Gagnon
26W–17L · 60.5%
Overall
33W–12L · 73.3%
26W–17L · 60.5%
Wins
29W–12L · 70.7%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Lopez
Gagnon
2.99
Landed / min
6.39
40.6%
Accuracy
40.9%
52.8%
Defense
74.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
30.3%
Time at distance
35.3%
Grappling & control
Lopez
Gagnon
1.05
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
26.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
2.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.51
21.6%
Control share
46.7%
Strike target map
Lopez
  • Head50%(7)div 63%
  • Body21%(3)div 21%
  • Legs29%(4)div 16%
Gagnon
  • Head62%(105)div 63%
  • Body26%(44)div 21%
  • Legs12%(20)div 16%

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

Matthew Lopez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mitch Gagnon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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