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Dennis Bermudez
Dennis Bermudez
14-5 · USA
VS
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri
35-8-2 · JPN
February 21, 2016 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Dennis Bermudez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bermudez7/91/102:58
Kawajiri5/101/300:34
R2
Bermudez40/470/001:03
Kawajiri4/100/303:13
R3
Bermudez14/243/400:20
Kawajiri3/60/103:42
Total
Bermudez61/804/504:21
Kawajiri12/261/707:29

Scorecards

Bermudez vs Kawajiri

RdAndrew AdkinsEric ColónTodd KruszkaCommunity
R19-109-109-109.2-9.8
R210-910-910-910-8.6
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-27.2

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.227.9 · 17 Bermudez · 0 Kawajiri

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bermudez-Kawajiri.

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
BermudezWin probabilityKawajiri
66.0%34.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
37%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bermudez66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%34%
Submission24%36%
Decision20%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 61
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 4
Kawajiri34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%38%
Submission13%38%
Decision8%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 12
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 1
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R223%
R36%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Bermudez
56.7%-137
Kawajiri
+13741.2%
Most takedownstie 29.4%
Bermudez
39.3%-126
Kawajiri
+12631.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bermudez
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
42.2%
+137
Under 27.5
57.8%
-137
03569
Kawajiri
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
41.3%
+135
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
55.9%
-135
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Bermudez
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.3%
+124
Exactly 1
25.4%
push
Under 1
41.3%
-124
035
Kawajiri
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.8%
-107
Under 0.5
48.2%
+107
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 7.7 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
Bermudez66.0%75.5%−9.5-355
Kawajiri34.0%24.5%+9.5+295

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
68.0Striking63.8
Bermudez +4.1
84.7Grappling63.8
Bermudez +20.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BermudezKawajiri
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1607
1572
Divisional
1603
1503
Striking offense
1494
1492
Striking defense
1500
1535
Grappling offense
1517
1504
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
29 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
66"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.45
Strikes landed / min
1.99
43%
Strike accuracy
62%
3.32
Strikes absorbed / min
2.28
57%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
4.13
42%
Takedown accuracy
36%
93%
Takedown defense
70%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
75%
-2
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
43%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
225
Days since last fight
72
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dennis Bermudez
  • LJeremy StephensKO/TKO R3
    opp missedClose -2457mo before
  • LRicardo LamasSUB R1
    Close -1651y 3mo before
  • WClay GuidaSUB R2
    Close -1751y 7mo before
  • WJimy HettesKO/TKO R3
    Close -2601y 11mo before
  • WSteven SilerU-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 3mo before
Tatsuya Kawajiri
  • WJason KnightU-DEC R3
    Close -2752mo before
  • WDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    Close +1308mo before
  • LClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 10mo before
  • WSean SorianoSUB R2
    Close -1022y 2mo before
Bermudez — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (57%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Kawajiri — win / loss by method
Record: 35-8-2

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
34% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 3 losses
W
34% of wins
L
38% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
32win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
9 (28%)Submission(43%) 3
10 (31%)Decision(29%) 2
1 (3%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bermudez
Kawajiri
10
UFC fights
4
104.3 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
50.8 min · 12.7 avg
16y 9m
Career length
26y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bermudez
Kawajiri
157W–54L · 74.4%
Overall
76W–25L · 75.2%
106W–33L · 76.3%
Wins
46W–11L · 80.7%
51W–21L · 70.8%
Losses
30W–14L · 68.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bermudez
Kawajiri
76W–40L · 65.5%
Overall
444W–158L · 73.8%
36W–27L · 57.1%
Wins
353W–148L · 70.5%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
91W–10L · 90.1%
Distance striking
Bermudez
Kawajiri
5.52
Landed / min
3.55
32.7%
Accuracy
41.4%
63.7%
Defense
61.3%
0.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
38.4%
Time at distance
22.7%
Grappling & control
Bermudez
Kawajiri
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
4.13
42.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.9%
92.9%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.59
87.3%
Control share
76.1%
Strike target map
Bermudez
  • Head71%(330)div 64%
  • Body12%(56)div 20%
  • Legs17%(78)div 17%
Kawajiri
  • Head87%(88)div 64%
  • Body8%(8)div 20%
  • Legs5%(5)div 17%

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

Dennis Bermudez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tatsuya Kawajiri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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