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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
VS
Kevin Casey
Kevin Casey
9-3 · USA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:11
Carlos Junior1/40/000:00
Casey0/20/000:00
Total
Carlos Junior1/40/000:00
Casey0/20/000:00

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
Carlos JuniorWin probabilityCasey
81.0%19.0%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
26%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Carlos Junior81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%21%
Submission23%28%
Decision41%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 1
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.1)act 0
Casey19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%31%
Submission3%18%
Decision10%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 0
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R210%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Carlos Junior
66.8%-213
Casey
+21331.3%
Most takedownstie 25.2%
Carlos Junior
60.5%-424
Casey
+42414.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Carlos Junior
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
42.5%
+135
Under 32.5
57.5%
-135
04182
Casey
Expected: 21.7
21.5
Over 21.5
43.0%
+133
Under 21.5
57.0%
-133
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Carlos Junior
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
51.0%
-104
Under 1.5
49.0%
+104
035
Casey
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.9%
+223
Under 0.5
69.1%
-223
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 10.0 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
Carlos Junior81.0%73.6%+7.4-325
Casey19.0%26.4%−7.4+265

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
57.8Striking70.9
Casey +13.1
71.1Grappling30.7
Carlos Junior +40.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Carlos JuniorCasey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
25 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
79"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.59
Strikes landed / min
3.00
40%
Strike accuracy
56%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
2.49
49%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
63%
Takedown accuracy
25%
60%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
33%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
166
Days since last fight
148
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Antonio Carlos Junior
  • WEddie GordonSUB R3
    Close -1705mo before
  • LPatrick CumminsU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y before
  • WVitor MirandaU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 6mo before
Kevin Casey
  • WIldemar AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +1205mo before
  • LJosh SammanKO/TKO R2
    Close +4052y 8mo before
Carlos Junior — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Casey — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0, 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
3 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Carlos Junior
Casey
3
UFC fights
3
44.6 min · 14.9 avg
Octagon time
23.3 min · 7.8 avg
13y 0m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Carlos Junior
Casey
22W–7L · 75.9%
Overall
30W–9L · 76.9%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
21W–7L · 75.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Carlos Junior
Casey
3W–6L · 33.3%
Overall
104W–66L · 61.2%
3W–6L · 33.3%
Wins
47W–35L · 57.3%
0W–0L
Losses
57W–31L · 64.8%
Distance striking
Carlos Junior
Casey
3.57
Landed / min
2.49
30.8%
Accuracy
37.0%
70.1%
Defense
71.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.64
25.7%
Time at distance
46.5%
Grappling & control
Carlos Junior
Casey
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
1.01
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.29
51.1%
Control share
75.2%
Strike target map
Carlos Junior
  • Head66%(47)div 63%
  • Body25%(18)div 19%
  • Legs8%(6)div 18%
Casey
  • Head70%(49)div 63%
  • Body16%(11)div 19%
  • Legs14%(10)div 18%

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

Antonio Carlos Junior
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kevin Casey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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