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February 6, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Ovince Saint Preux def. Rafael Cavalcante by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saint Preux9/320/000:40
Cavalcante6/110/000:00
R2
Saint Preux14/290/002:02
Cavalcante2/40/000:00
R3
Saint Preux28/411/203:52
Cavalcante2/70/100:00
Total
Saint Preux51/1021/206:34
Cavalcante10/220/100:00

Scorecards

Saint Preux vs Cavalcante

RdGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-8.7
Total29-2830-2730-2729.9-26.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 3026.6 · 13 Saint Preux · 0 Cavalcante

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saint Preux-Cavalcante.

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
Saint PreuxWin probabilityCavalcante
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
39%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 6.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saint Preux52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%35%
Submission21%41%
Decision13%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 51
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Cavalcante48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%48%
Submission18%38%
Decision7%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R28%
R313%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Saint Preux
55.5%-131
Cavalcante
+13142.3%
Most takedownstie 63.0%
Saint Preux
21.2%-135
Cavalcante
+13515.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.5%
+135
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.0%
-135
03366
Cavalcante
Expected: 22.5
22.5
Over 22.5
42.6%
+135
Under 22.5
57.4%
-135
02957
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+312
Under 0.5
75.8%
-312
035
Cavalcante
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.0%
Exactly 0
81.0%
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 6.7 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
Saint Preux51.7%76.7%−25.0-385
Cavalcante48.3%23.3%+25.0+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
61.1Striking50.8
Saint Preux +10.2
46.6Grappling14.3
Saint Preux +32.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint PreuxCavalcante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1499
1581
Divisional
1499
1520
Striking offense
1489
1524
Striking defense
1488
1509
Grappling offense
1523
1501
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.29
Strikes landed / min
2.32
45%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.26
Strikes absorbed / min
4.69
47%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
52%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
25%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
25%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ovince Saint Preux
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R3
    Close -1406mo before
  • WPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R1
    Close -10510mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1501y 3mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R5
    Close +1701y 6mo before
  • WRyan JimmoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1651y 8mo before
Rafael Cavalcante
  • LPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R3
    Close +1556mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 8mo before
  • WIgor PokrajacKO/TKO R1
    Close -3352y 3mo before
  • LThiago SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2302y 8mo before
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
22% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4
Cavalcante — win / loss by method
Record: 12-6-0, 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
12 wins, 4 losses
W
100% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Saint Preux
Cavalcante
8
UFC fights
4
65.0 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
31.5 min · 7.9 avg
17y 10m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Preux
Cavalcante
121W–29L · 80.7%
Overall
62W–19L · 76.5%
82W–21L · 79.6%
Wins
25W–10L · 71.4%
39W–8L · 83.0%
Losses
37W–9L · 80.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Preux
Cavalcante
151W–55L · 73.3%
Overall
143W–48L · 74.9%
105W–47L · 69.1%
Wins
103W–32L · 76.3%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
40W–16L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Saint Preux
Cavalcante
3.51
Landed / min
3.76
40.5%
Accuracy
36.4%
58.7%
Defense
58.9%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
47.8%
Time at distance
40.5%
Grappling & control
Saint Preux
Cavalcante
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38.5%
Takedown accuracy
63.4%
Takedown defense
51.6%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
23.8%
Control share
3.5%
Strike target map
Saint Preux
  • Head68%(102)div 65%
  • Body22%(33)div 19%
  • Legs9%(14)div 17%
Cavalcante
  • Head84%(61)div 65%
  • Body10%(7)div 19%
  • Legs7%(5)div 17%

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

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Cavalcante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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