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UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz
21-1 · USA
VS
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
33-8 · USA
June 4, 2016 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds
Dominick Cruz def. Urijah Faber by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cruz10/241/301:53
Faber4/131/100:10
R2
Cruz21/580/010:08
Faber6/290/200:00
R3
Cruz21/650/100:00
Faber10/400/200:00
R4
Cruz18/570/000:04
Faber7/440/100:00
R5
Cruz17/572/301:19
Faber7/330/000:00
Total
Cruz87/2613/713:24
Faber34/1591/600:10

Scorecards

Cruz vs Faber

RdJeff MullenRon McCarthyWade VierraCommunity
R110-910-99-109.8-9.3
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4549-4649.8-45.2

Media (23 cards) · avg 49.945.1 · 23 Cruz · 0 Faber

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

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
CruzWin probabilityFaber
70.5%29.5%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
10%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 18.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cruz71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%35%
Submission2%3%
Decision44%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (47107)act 87
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Faber29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%34%
Submission7%26%
Decision12%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 34
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~138 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R212%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Cruz
67.2%-210
Faber
+21032.1%
Most takedownstie 47.8%
Cruz
25.1%+108
Faber
-10827.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 82.3
82.5
Over 82.5
42.4%
+136
Under 82.5
57.6%
-136
0103206
Faber
Expected: 55.8
56
Over 56
41.7%
+137
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
57.1%
-137
070140
Takedowns — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+213
Under 0.5
68.1%
-213
035
Faber
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.0%
+194
Under 0.5
66.0%
-194
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 18.7 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
Cruz70.5%76.7%−6.2-380
Faber29.5%23.3%+6.2+315

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
69.6Striking69.7
Faber +0.2
65.8Grappling48.7
Cruz +17.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CruzFaber
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1623
Pound-for-pound
1633
1623
Divisional
1649
1504
Striking offense
1471
1509
Striking defense
1527
1516
Grappling offense
1523
1519
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.79
Strikes landed / min
3.12
41%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
71%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.68
44%
Takedown accuracy
29%
84%
Takedown defense
68%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
69%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
25%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
139
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dominick Cruz
  • WTJ DillashawS-DEC R5
    Close +1355mo before
  • WTakeya MizugakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -5601y 8mo before
  • WDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close -5504y 8mo before
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R5
    Close -1854y 11mo before
Urijah Faber
  • WFrankie SaenzU-DEC R3
    Close -4906mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +4251y 1mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R2
    Close -9251y 6mo before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R3
    Close -7051y 11mo before
  • LRenan BaraoKO/TKO R1
    Close +3052y 4mo before
Cruz — win / loss by method
Record: 21-1-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (35%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
10 (59%)Decision(0%) 0
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 33-8-0

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, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
18% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cruz
Faber
4
UFC fights
13
76.0 min · 19.0 avg
Octagon time
179.1 min · 13.8 avg
21y 6m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cruz
Faber
64W–14L · 82.1%
Overall
235W–45L · 83.9%
64W–14L · 82.1%
Wins
141W–38L · 78.8%
0W–0L
Losses
94W–7L · 93.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cruz
Faber
109W–33L · 76.8%
Overall
309W–96L · 76.3%
92W–32L · 74.2%
Wins
251W–87L · 74.3%
17W–1L · 94.4%
Losses
58W–9L · 86.6%
Distance striking
Cruz
Faber
4.38
Landed / min
3.14
36.2%
Accuracy
39.0%
73.6%
Defense
68.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
67.0%
Time at distance
62.8%
Grappling & control
Cruz
Faber
3.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.68
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
29.0%
84.2%
Takedown defense
67.5%
0.20
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
76.6%
Control share
72.1%
Strike target map
Cruz
  • Head69%(199)div 63%
  • Body22%(63)div 21%
  • Legs9%(26)div 16%
Faber
  • Head72%(403)div 63%
  • Body21%(118)div 21%
  • Legs7%(37)div 16%

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

Dominick Cruz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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