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The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale
Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez
24-4 · USA
VS
Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
10-1 · USA
December 3, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Joseph Benavidez def. Henry Cejudo by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benavidez22/690/000:01
Cejudo21/661/310:06
R2
Benavidez22/760/000:00
Cejudo21/640/000:00
R3
Benavidez25/870/000:00
Cejudo26/650/400:07
Total
Benavidez69/2320/000:01
Cejudo68/1951/710:13

Scorecards

Benavidez vs Cejudo

RdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesCommunity
R19-910-89-99.1-9
R210-910-99-109.3-9.7
R310-910-99-109.6-9.4
Total29-2730-2627-2928-28.1

Media (19 cards) · avg 28.627.5 · 10 Benavidez · 0 Cejudo · 9 draws

Point deductions: R11 Cejudo (Low Blow)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benavidez-Cejudo. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
BenavidezWin probabilityCejudo
48.1%51.9%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
4%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benavidez48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%41%
Submission4%8%
Decision24%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 69
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Cejudo52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%42%
Submission0%1%
Decision30%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 68
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~103 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R226%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Benavidez
55.6%-128
Cejudo
+12843.3%
Most takedownstie 44.0%
Benavidez
11.6%+383
Cejudo
-38344.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 54.9
55
Over 55
41.7%
+137
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
57.1%
-137
069138
Cejudo
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
41.9%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.0%
Exactly 0
81.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cejudo
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
50.2%
-101
Under 0.5
49.8%
+101
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 11.1 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
Benavidez48.1%63.7%−15.6-200
Cejudo51.9%36.3%+15.6+163

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
67.7Striking74.0
Cejudo +6.3
45.5Grappling56.2
Cejudo +10.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenavidezCejudo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1656
Pound-for-pound
1574
1637
Divisional
1559
1510
Striking offense
1481
1524
Striking defense
1507
1499
Grappling offense
1511
1528
Grappling defense
1538
Physical
32 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'4"
65"
Reach
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.85
Strikes landed / min
3.71
36%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.49
Strikes absorbed / min
2.24
61%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.39
29%
Takedown accuracy
36%
74%
Takedown defense
100%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
85%
UFC win rate
80%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
36%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joseph Benavidez
  • WZach MakovskyU-DEC R3
    Close -42010mo before
  • WAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close -3401y 2mo before
  • WJohn MoragaU-DEC R3
    Close -7501y 6mo before
  • WDustin OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close -4302y before
  • WTim ElliottSUB R1
    Close -4502y 7mo before
Henry Cejudo
  • LDemetrious JohnsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +2807mo before
  • WJussier FormigaS-DEC R3
    Close -5501y before
  • WChico CamusU-DEC R3
    Close -12751y 6mo before
  • WChris CariasoU-DEC R3
    Close -7501y 9mo before
  • WDustin KimuraU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y before
Benavidez — win / loss by method
Record: 24-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (64%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 2
Cejudo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Benavidez
Cejudo
13
UFC fights
5
154.4 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
62.8 min · 12.6 avg
20y 2m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benavidez
Cejudo
176W–49L · 78.2%
Overall
76W–18L · 80.9%
157W–45L · 77.7%
Wins
60W–16L · 78.9%
19W–4L · 82.6%
Losses
16W–2L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benavidez
Cejudo
154W–33L · 82.4%
Overall
14W–19L · 42.4%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
14W–19L · 42.4%
28W–2L · 93.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Benavidez
Cejudo
4.27
Landed / min
3.75
31.8%
Accuracy
37.6%
65.3%
Defense
77.3%
0.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
70.0%
Time at distance
56.1%
Grappling & control
Benavidez
Cejudo
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.39
29.2%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
74.1%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.24
74.2%
Control share
91.7%
Strike target map
Benavidez
  • Head56%(335)div 62%
  • Body24%(145)div 24%
  • Legs19%(114)div 15%
Cejudo
  • Head52%(122)div 62%
  • Body42%(99)div 24%
  • Legs5%(12)div 15%

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

Joseph Benavidez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Henry Cejudo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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