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Bryan Caraway
Bryan Caraway
20-7 · USA
VS
May 29, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Bryan Caraway def. Aljamain Sterling by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Caraway1/40/000:00
Sterling7/201/203:40
R2
Caraway6/181/202:42
Sterling19/340/100:11
R3
Caraway2/92/403:52
Sterling6/100/000:00
Total
Caraway9/313/606:34
Sterling32/641/303:51

Scorecards

Caraway vs Sterling

RdAdalaide ByrdDave HagenTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-109-108.6-10
R29-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total28-2929-2829-2828.5-28.1

Media (25 cards) · avg 28.528 · 12 Caraway · 0 Sterling · 13 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Caraway-Sterling.

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
CarawayWin probabilitySterling
6.3%93.7%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
18%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Caraway6%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%31%
Submission2%34%
Decision2%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 3
Sterling94%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%38%
Submission16%17%
Decision42%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 32
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R238%
R35%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Caraway
19.2%+414
Sterling
-41479.7%
Most takedownstie 35.7%
Caraway
18.2%+254
Sterling
-25446.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Caraway
Expected: 24.3
24.5
Over 24.5
42.1%
+138
Under 24.5
57.9%
-138
03161
Sterling
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.6%
-134
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Caraway
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
31.2%
+221
Under 0.5
68.8%
-221
035
Sterling
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.4%
+128
Exactly 1
21.5%
push
Under 1
44.0%
-128
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 10.4 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
Caraway6.3%27.1%−20.8+255
Sterling93.7%72.9%+20.8-310

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
57.2Striking80.8
Sterling +23.6
59.5Grappling69.4
Sterling +9.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CarawaySterling
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1591
1558
Divisional
1590
1484
Striking offense
1490
1504
Striking defense
1525
1523
Grappling offense
1545
1504
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.54
Strikes landed / min
3.24
34%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.44
Strikes absorbed / min
0.99
59%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.58
27%
Takedown accuracy
46%
76%
Takedown defense
43%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
309
Days since last fight
171
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bryan Caraway
  • WEddie WinelandU-DEC R3
    Close +12010mo before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close +4001y 8mo before
  • WErik PerezSUB R2
    Close +1102y before
  • WJohnny BedfordSUB R3
    Close +1003y 1mo before
  • LTakeya MizugakiS-DEC R3
    Close +1953y 3mo before
Aljamain Sterling
  • WJohnny EduardoSUB R2
    Close -6406mo before
  • WTakeya MizugakiSUB R3
    Close -3451y 1mo before
  • WHugo VianaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2501y 10mo before
  • WCody GibsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3402y 3mo before
Caraway — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 2 losses
W
80% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
12 (80%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(40%) 2
Sterling — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Caraway
Sterling
7
UFC fights
4
86.9 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
50.3 min · 12.6 avg
20y 10m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Caraway
Sterling
123W–53L · 69.9%
Overall
66W–21L · 75.9%
85W–42L · 66.9%
Wins
66W–21L · 75.9%
38W–11L · 77.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Caraway
Sterling
142W–70L · 67.0%
Overall
34W–17L · 66.7%
92W–54L · 63.0%
Wins
34W–17L · 66.7%
50W–16L · 75.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Caraway
Sterling
3.90
Landed / min
2.92
32.4%
Accuracy
31.0%
60.7%
Defense
78.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
56.0%
Time at distance
30.0%
Grappling & control
Caraway
Sterling
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.58
27.3%
Takedown accuracy
46.2%
76.5%
Takedown defense
42.9%
1.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.49
78.1%
Control share
88.1%
Strike target map
Caraway
  • Head78%(172)div 63%
  • Body12%(26)div 21%
  • Legs10%(23)div 16%
Sterling
  • Head52%(84)div 63%
  • Body31%(51)div 21%
  • Legs17%(28)div 16%

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

Bryan Caraway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Aljamain Sterling
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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