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UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz
25-7-2 · USA
VS
Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
17-9 · USA
December 19, 2015 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Nik Lentz def. Danny Castillo by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lentz12/311/200:29
Castillo15/230/301:57
R2
Lentz25/541/100:33
Castillo18/510/100:45
R3
Lentz22/471/300:33
Castillo24/502/200:51
Total
Lentz59/1323/601:35
Castillo57/1242/603:33

Scorecards

Lentz vs Castillo

RdBarry LuxenbergChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R39-1010-99-109.7-9.3
Total28-2930-2729-2829.5-27.5

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 13 Lentz · 0 Castillo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lentz-Castillo.

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
LentzWin probabilityCastillo
54.5%45.5%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
20%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lentz55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%36%
Submission13%24%
Decision22%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 59
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Castillo45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%43%
Submission8%16%
Decision18%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 57
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 2
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R219%
R39%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Lentz
54.6%-124
Castillo
+12443.9%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Lentz
34.2%-122
Castillo
+12228.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
41.7%
+135
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.5%
-135
04793
Castillo
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.5%
+136
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.5%
-136
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Lentz
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.3%
+194
Exactly 1
16.8%
push
Under 1
54.9%
-194
035
Castillo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.4%
+147
Under 0.5
59.6%
-147
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 9.4 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
Lentz54.5%56.2%−1.7-140
Castillo45.5%43.8%+1.7+120

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
64.9Striking68.9
Castillo +4.0
64.2Grappling50.6
Lentz +13.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LentzCastillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1538
1569
Divisional
1538
1508
Striking offense
1478
1495
Striking defense
1512
1539
Grappling offense
1504
1471
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
31 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
68"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
2.61
49%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.78
Strikes absorbed / min
1.96
49%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.94
Takedowns / 15 min
2.75
35%
Takedown accuracy
35%
44%
Takedown defense
63%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
54%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
60%
Last-5 win rate
20%
22%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nik Lentz
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close +2257mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close -5401y 7mo before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +6002y before
  • WHacran DiasU-DEC R3
    Close -1012y 7mo before
  • WDiego NunesU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 11mo before
Danny Castillo
  • LJim MillerS-DEC R3
    Close +1205mo before
  • LPaul FelderKO/TKO R2
    Close -25511mo before
  • LTony FergusonS-DEC R3
    Close +2451y 4mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3551y 8mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaM-DEC R3
    Close +2552y before
Lentz — win / loss by method
Record: 25-7-2, 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, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
9win4loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(25%) 1
7 (78%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 17-9-0

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, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
41% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lentz
Castillo
15
UFC fights
13
194.1 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
158.5 min · 12.2 avg
21y 0m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lentz
Castillo
181W–50L · 78.4%
Overall
198W–51L · 79.5%
126W–39L · 76.4%
Wins
115W–33L · 77.7%
55W–11L · 83.3%
Losses
83W–18L · 82.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lentz
Castillo
108W–59L · 64.7%
Overall
76W–36L · 67.9%
82W–43L · 65.6%
Wins
54W–33L · 62.1%
26W–16L · 61.9%
Losses
22W–3L · 88.0%
Distance striking
Lentz
Castillo
5.84
Landed / min
2.97
39.0%
Accuracy
32.1%
56.8%
Defense
65.9%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
29.3%
Time at distance
46.0%
Grappling & control
Lentz
Castillo
3.94
Takedowns / 15 min
2.75
34.7%
Takedown accuracy
34.9%
44.4%
Takedown defense
63.0%
1.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.28
58.9%
Control share
76.6%
Strike target map
Lentz
  • Head60%(366)div 63%
  • Body25%(153)div 20%
  • Legs16%(96)div 17%
Castillo
  • Head64%(265)div 63%
  • Body16%(66)div 20%
  • Legs20%(83)div 17%

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

Nik Lentz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Danny Castillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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