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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
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Johnny Eduardo
Johnny Eduardo
27-9 · BRA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Aljamain Sterling def. Johnny Eduardo by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 4:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sterling3/201/102:17
Eduardo2/50/000:01
R2 · 4:18
Sterling20/411/101:11
Eduardo2/190/000:00
Total
Sterling23/612/203:28
Eduardo4/240/000:01

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
SterlingWin probabilityEduardo
95.4%4.6%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
10%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sterling95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%35%
Submission10%10%
Decision52%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3275)act 23
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.3)act 2
Eduardo5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%43%
Submission1%11%
Decision2%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 4
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R214%
R314%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Sterling
79.7%-414
Eduardo
+41419.3%
Most takedownstie 23.1%
Sterling
74.9%-3732
Eduardo
+37322.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 57.4
57.5
Over 57.5
42.3%
+136
Under 57.5
57.7%
-136
072144
Eduardo
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.1%
+137
Under 27.5
57.9%
-137
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.6%
+126
Exactly 2
19.7%
push
Under 2
44.7%
-126
036
Eduardo
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.4%
Exactly 0
93.6%
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 11.5 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
Sterling95.4%83.1%+12.3-640
Eduardo4.6%16.9%−12.3+470

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
82.7Striking63.6
Sterling +19.0
67.4Grappling24.9
Sterling +42.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SterlingEduardo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1551
1575
Divisional
1552
1492
Striking offense
1502
1516
Striking defense
1514
1550
Grappling offense
1477
1538
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
26 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
2.60
58%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.12
Strikes absorbed / min
2.60
67%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42%
Takedown accuracy
0%
43%
Takedown defense
70%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
236
Days since last fight
579
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aljamain Sterling
  • WTakeya MizugakiSUB R3
    Close -3458mo before
  • WHugo VianaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2501y 5mo before
  • WCody GibsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3401y 10mo before
Johnny Eduardo
  • WEddie WinelandKO/TKO R1
    Close +7351y 7mo before
  • WJeff CurranU-DEC R3
    Close -1203y 7mo before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close +1454y 3mo before
Sterling — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Eduardo — win / loss by method
Record: 27-9-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 6 losses
W
41% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
22% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (32%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
11 (44%)Submission(75%) 6
6 (24%)Decision(13%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sterling
Eduardo
3
UFC fights
3
41.0 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
34.6 min · 11.5 avg
15y 3m
Career length
29y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sterling
Eduardo
39W–12L · 76.5%
Overall
72W–27L · 72.7%
39W–12L · 76.5%
Wins
56W–23L · 70.9%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–4L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sterling
Eduardo
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
105W–49L · 68.2%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
81W–43L · 65.3%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–6L · 80.0%
1 of Eduardo's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Sterling
Eduardo
3.61
Landed / min
2.96
33.0%
Accuracy
33.5%
76.7%
Defense
76.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
22.9%
Time at distance
83.0%
Grappling & control
Sterling
Eduardo
3.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
41.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
42.9%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.43
86.7%
Control share
2.0%
Strike target map
Sterling
  • Head50%(70)div 63%
  • Body32%(45)div 21%
  • Legs18%(25)div 16%
Eduardo
  • Head48%(43)div 63%
  • Body13%(12)div 21%
  • Legs39%(35)div 16%

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

Aljamain Sterling
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Johnny Eduardo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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