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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
28-7 · USA
VS
Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
14-3-1 · BRA
February 21, 2016 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Donald Cerrone def. Alex Oliveira by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 2:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:33
Cerrone4/61/200:33
Oliveira14/240/000:51
Total
Cerrone4/61/200:33
Oliveira14/240/000:51

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
CerroneWin probabilityOliveira
32.8%67.2%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
6%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 16.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%36%
Submission3%10%
Decision18%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4194)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Oliveira67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%56%
Submission2%4%
Decision27%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes93 (54121)act 14
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~165 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R230%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Cerrone
37.7%+164
Oliveira
-16461.7%
Most takedownstie 66.8%
Cerrone
17.8%-116
Oliveira
+11615.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 72.1
72
Over 72
42.1%
+135
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
57.0%
-135
091181
Oliveira
Expected: 93.3
93.5
Over 93.5
42.4%
+136
Under 93.5
57.6%
-136
0117234
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.0%
+401
Under 0.5
80.0%
-401
035
Oliveira
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 16.6 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
Cerrone32.8%70.7%−37.9-270
Oliveira67.2%29.3%+37.9+230

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
64.0Striking59.0
Cerrone +5.0
55.6Grappling60.1
Oliveira +4.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneOliveira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1684
Pound-for-pound
1556
1535
Divisional
1554
1537
Striking offense
1498
1492
Striking defense
1511
1491
Grappling offense
1506
1572
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.73
Strikes landed / min
1.98
49%
Strike accuracy
37%
4.74
Strikes absorbed / min
1.93
52%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
2.80
39%
Takedown accuracy
32%
88%
Takedown defense
67%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
60%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
64
Days since last fight
106
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • LRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R1
    Close +1502mo before
  • WJohn MakdessiKO/TKO R2
    Close -7009mo before
  • WBenson HendersonU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 1mo before
  • WMyles JuryU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 2mo before
  • WEddie AlvarezU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 5mo before
Alex Oliveira
  • WPiotr HallmannKO/TKO R3
    Close -2803mo before
  • WJoe MerrittU-DEC R3
    Close -4258mo before
  • WKJ NoonsSUB R1
    Close -1859mo before
  • LGilbert BurnsSUB R3
    Close +55011mo before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 28-7-0, 1 NC

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (40%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-1, 1 NC

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
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Oliveira
19
UFC fights
4
174.1 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
42.9 min · 10.7 avg
20y 6m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Oliveira
334W–82L · 80.3%
Overall
43W–11L · 79.6%
262W–60L · 81.4%
Wins
34W–11L · 75.6%
72W–22L · 76.6%
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Oliveira
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
60W–45L · 57.1%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
41W–37L · 52.6%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
19W–8L · 70.4%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Oliveira
5.17
Landed / min
4.73
46.9%
Accuracy
34.1%
53.1%
Defense
64.5%
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
76.8%
Time at distance
28.6%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Oliveira
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
2.80
39.4%
Takedown accuracy
32.0%
88.4%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.05
65.0%
Control share
64.3%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head45%(369)div 63%
  • Body24%(197)div 21%
  • Legs31%(258)div 16%
Oliveira
  • Head73%(62)div 63%
  • Body12%(10)div 21%
  • Legs15%(13)div 16%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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