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UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
19-5 · USA
VS
Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa
15-1 · GBR
September 5, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Anthony Johnson def. Jimi Manuwa by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson18/282/203:18
Manuwa6/150/000:51
R2 · 0:28
Johnson7/140/010:03
Manuwa2/50/000:00
Total
Johnson25/422/213:21
Manuwa8/200/000:51

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
JohnsonWin probabilityManuwa
84.3%15.7%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
7%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO57%68%
Submission5%6%
Decision22%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 25
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Manuwa16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%70%
Submission2%14%
Decision3%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R235%
R36%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Johnson
77.3%-363
Manuwa
+36321.3%
Most takedownstie 37.4%
Johnson
55.3%-755
Manuwa
+7557.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.2%
+137
Under 42.5
57.8%
-137
053106
Manuwa
Expected: 21.4
21.5
Over 21.5
42.3%
+136
Under 21.5
57.7%
-136
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.2%
+120
Exactly 1
26.9%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-120
035
Manuwa
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
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 7.9 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
Johnson84.3%84.7%−0.4-750
Manuwa15.7%15.3%+0.4+525

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
73.9Striking70.1
Johnson +3.8
67.9Grappling45.9
Johnson +21.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonManuwa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1585
1551
Divisional
1585
1545
Striking offense
1519
1549
Striking defense
1505
1521
Grappling offense
1496
1542
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.14
Strikes landed / min
3.81
46%
Strike accuracy
60%
1.67
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
65%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
57%
Takedown accuracy
33%
79%
Takedown defense
79%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Johnson
  • LDaniel CormierSUB R3
    Close -1203mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R1
    Close +2607mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -6601y 1mo before
  • WPhil DavisU-DEC R3
    Close +2201y 4mo before
  • LVitor BelfortSUB R1
    missedClose +1153y 8mo before
Jimi Manuwa
  • WJan BlachowiczU-DEC R3
    Close +1005mo before
  • LAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R2
    Close +4501y 6mo before
  • WRyan JimmoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 10mo before
  • WCyrille DiabateKO/TKO R1
    Close -2002y 7mo before
  • WKyle KingsburyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2452y 11mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 4 losses
W
0% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(80%) 4
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0
Manuwa — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
87% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (91%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Manuwa
15
UFC fights
5
101.6 min · 6.8 avg
Octagon time
46.0 min · 9.2 avg
19y 11m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Manuwa
226W–57L · 79.9%
Overall
81W–19L · 81.0%
144W–30L · 82.8%
Wins
66W–17L · 79.5%
82W–27L · 75.2%
Losses
15W–2L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Manuwa
98W–36L · 73.1%
Overall
51W–32L · 61.4%
98W–36L · 73.1%
Wins
51W–32L · 61.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Johnson
Manuwa
4.43
Landed / min
6.27
37.5%
Accuracy
51.0%
72.7%
Defense
59.2%
1.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
41.6%
Time at distance
37.1%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Manuwa
2.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.98
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
78.6%
Takedown defense
78.6%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
66.5%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head68%(218)div 64%
  • Body14%(46)div 19%
  • Legs17%(55)div 17%
Manuwa
  • Head39%(69)div 64%
  • Body23%(41)div 19%
  • Legs37%(65)div 17%

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

Anthony Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jimi Manuwa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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