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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
Cody Garbrandt
Cody Garbrandt
7-0 · USA
VS
Augusto Mendes
Augusto Mendes
5-0 · BRA
February 21, 2016 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Catch Weight · 142 lb · 3 rounds
140.5lb
Weigh-in
142.0lb
Cody Garbrandt def. Augusto Mendes by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:18
Garbrandt11/410/010:05
Mendes11/380/000:00
Total
Garbrandt11/410/010:05
Mendes11/380/000:00

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
GarbrandtWin probabilityMendes
66.8%33.2%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
26%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garbrandt67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%38%
Submission12%18%
Decision30%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 11
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Mendes33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%21%
Submission13%41%
Decision13%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 11
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R26%
R321%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garbrandt
51.6%-109
Mendes
+10947.2%
Most takedownstie 35.7%
Garbrandt
9.5%+574
Mendes
-57454.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
42.7%
+134
Under 44.5
57.3%
-134
056112
Mendes
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.6%
+135
Under 42.5
57.4%
-135
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Mendes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
35.1%
+111
Exactly 1
26.0%
push
Under 1
38.9%
-111
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 10.2 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
Garbrandt66.8%79.0%−12.2-450
Mendes33.2%21.0%+12.2+360

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarbrandtMendes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1517
1517
Divisional
1517
1506
Striking offense
1474
1532
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
65"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.79
Strikes landed / min
39%
Strike accuracy
2.61
Strikes absorbed / min
67%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.01
Takedowns / 15 min
44%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
225
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Garbrandt
  • WHenry BrionesU-DEC R3
    Close -10007mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R3
    Close -1101y 2mo before
Augusto Mendes
No prior UFC fights.
Garbrandt — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Garbrandt
Mendes
2
UFC fights
0
29.8 min · 14.9 avg
Octagon time
13y 7m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Garbrandt
Mendes
23W–7L · 76.7%
Overall
23W–7L · 76.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garbrandt
Mendes
19W–6L · 76.0%
Overall
13W–6L · 68.4%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Wins
13W–6L · 68.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Garbrandt
Mendes
3.65
Landed / min
37.5%
Accuracy
67.2%
Defense
1.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
91.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Garbrandt
Mendes
2.01
Takedowns / 15 min
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
83.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Garbrandt
  • Head88%(99)div 66%
  • Body8%(9)div 20%
  • Legs4%(5)div 14%
Mendes
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Cody Garbrandt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Augusto Mendes

No UFC fights on record.

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