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UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs Cruz
Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz
20-1 · USA
VS
TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
12-2 · USA
January 17, 2016 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Dominick Cruz def. TJ Dillashaw by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cruz21/621/500:07
Dillashaw19/870/200:12
R2
Cruz17/522/200:10
Dillashaw16/790/200:00
R3
Cruz19/541/100:13
Dillashaw19/770/200:03
R4
Cruz25/580/200:03
Dillashaw22/701/100:56
R5
Cruz30/760/100:00
Dillashaw33/950/100:00
Total
Cruz112/3024/1100:33
Dillashaw109/4081/801:11

Scorecards

Cruz vs Dillashaw

RdDavid GinsbergSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-99-109-109.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R49-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R59-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total48-4746-4949-4647.8-47.2

Media (23 cards) · avg 48.147 · 22 Cruz · 0 Dillashaw · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cruz-Dillashaw.

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
CruzWin probabilityDillashaw
54.6%45.4%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
10%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 18.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cruz55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%26%
Submission3%6%
Decision37%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (49111)act 112
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 4
Dillashaw45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%38%
Submission6%14%
Decision22%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes95 (55124)act 109
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~181 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R210%
R38%
R45%
R54%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Cruz
44.4%+124
Dillashaw
-12455.0%
Most takedownstie 45.6%
Cruz
25.9%+110
Dillashaw
-11028.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 85.2
85
Over 85
42.2%
+135
Exactly 85
0.8%
push
Under 85
57.0%
-135
0107213
Dillashaw
Expected: 95.3
95.5
Over 95.5
42.4%
+136
Under 95.5
57.6%
-136
0120239
Takedowns — over/under
Cruz
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
33.8%
+196
Under 0.5
66.2%
-196
035
Dillashaw
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+176
Under 0.5
63.8%
-176
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 18.8 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
Cruz54.6%41.2%+13.4+135
Dillashaw45.4%58.8%−13.4-155

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
72.5Striking80.0
Dillashaw +7.4
71.3Grappling68.7
Cruz +2.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CruzDillashaw
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1606
Pound-for-pound
1615
1606
Divisional
1615
1504
Striking offense
1521
1508
Striking defense
1516
1515
Grappling offense
1520
1516
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.45
Strikes landed / min
5.81
45%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.25
Strikes absorbed / min
2.63
68%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.76
47%
Takedown accuracy
39%
82%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
80%
+3
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
477
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dominick Cruz
  • WTakeya MizugakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -5601y 4mo before
  • WDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R5
    Close -5504y 4mo before
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R5
    Close -1854y 7mo before
TJ Dillashaw
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R4
    Close -2006mo before
  • WJoe SotoKO/TKO R5
    Close -11001y 5mo before
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R5
    Close +7101y 8mo before
  • WMike EastonU-DEC R3
    Close -3302y before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoS-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 3mo before
Cruz — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (35%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
10 (59%)Decision(0%) 0
Dillashaw — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cruz
Dillashaw
3
UFC fights
10
51.0 min · 17.0 avg
Octagon time
119.6 min · 12.0 avg
21y 6m
Career length
16y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cruz
Dillashaw
52W–12L · 81.3%
Overall
159W–30L · 84.1%
52W–12L · 81.3%
Wins
128W–21L · 85.9%
0W–0L
Losses
31W–9L · 77.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cruz
Dillashaw
109W–33L · 76.8%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
92W–32L · 74.2%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
17W–1L · 94.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cruz
Dillashaw
4.10
Landed / min
6.43
36.0%
Accuracy
38.9%
73.0%
Defense
70.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.63
55.5%
Time at distance
64.3%
Grappling & control
Cruz
Dillashaw
4.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.76
47.1%
Takedown accuracy
38.9%
81.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.38
80.7%
Control share
98.6%
Strike target map
Cruz
  • Head58%(102)div 63%
  • Body31%(54)div 21%
  • Legs11%(20)div 16%
Dillashaw
  • Head70%(487)div 63%
  • Body15%(103)div 21%
  • Legs15%(105)div 16%

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

Dominick Cruz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

TJ Dillashaw
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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