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UFC on FOX: Dillashaw vs. Barao II
Jim Miller
Jim Miller
24-6 · USA
VS
Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
17-8 · USA
July 25, 2015 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Jim Miller def. Danny Castillo by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller4/111/102:04
Castillo4/150/101:33
R2
Miller23/470/000:00
Castillo16/460/100:00
R3
Miller18/521/200:06
Castillo15/420/400:47
Total
Miller45/1102/302:10
Castillo35/1030/602:20

Scorecards

Miller vs Castillo

RdBrian PuccilloRick WinterSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.5-9.5
R39-1010-99-109.2-9.8
Total29-2830-2728-2928.6-28.4

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Miller · 0 Castillo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Miller-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
MillerWin probabilityCastillo
63.7%36.3%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
21%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%19%
Submission18%29%
Decision33%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 45
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 2
Castillo36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%
Submission3%9%
Decision21%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R29%
R38%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Miller
47.9%+106
Castillo
-10650.7%
Most takedownstie 41.9%
Miller
43.5%-298
Castillo
+29814.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
42.7%
+134
Under 38.5
57.3%
-134
04997
Castillo
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
41.3%
+138
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
57.1%
-138
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.9%
+162
Exactly 1
19.1%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-162
035
Castillo
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.6%
Exactly 0
76.4%
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 10.6 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
Miller63.7%56.2%+7.5-140
Castillo36.3%43.8%−7.5+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
64.2Striking70.1
Castillo +6.0
65.6Grappling54.7
Miller +10.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerCastillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1551
1620
Divisional
1551
1478
Striking offense
1478
1522
Striking defense
1513
1533
Grappling offense
1510
1523
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.44
Strikes landed / min
2.64
37%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.34
Strikes absorbed / min
1.85
63%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
3.03
43%
Takedown accuracy
38%
43%
Takedown defense
67%
2.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
68%
UFC win rate
58%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
62%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jim Miller
  • LBeneil DariushU-DEC R3
    Close +1453mo before
  • LDonald CerroneKO/TKO R2
    Close +2201y before
  • WYancy MedeirosSUB R1
    Close -1851y 3mo before
  • WFabricio CamoesSUB R1
    Close -4201y 7mo before
  • WJoe LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close -1852y 7mo before
Danny Castillo
  • LPaul FelderKO/TKO R2
    Close -2557mo before
  • LTony FergusonS-DEC R3
    Close +24511mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3551y 3mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaM-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 7mo before
  • WTim MeansU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2652y before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-0, 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, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
13win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (46%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (38%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0

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
38% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Castillo
19
UFC fights
12
197.6 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
143.5 min · 12.0 avg
20y 8m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Castillo
268W–69L · 79.5%
Overall
174W–45L · 79.5%
201W–53L · 79.1%
Wins
115W–33L · 77.7%
67W–16L · 80.7%
Losses
59W–12L · 83.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Castillo
80W–44L · 64.5%
Overall
76W–36L · 67.9%
75W–44L · 63.0%
Wins
54W–33L · 62.1%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
22W–3L · 88.0%
Distance striking
Miller
Castillo
3.68
Landed / min
2.92
28.8%
Accuracy
31.8%
70.6%
Defense
67.0%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
38.8%
Time at distance
43.7%
Grappling & control
Miller
Castillo
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
3.03
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
37.7%
43.2%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
49.7%
Control share
78.1%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head62%(298)div 63%
  • Body19%(90)div 20%
  • Legs20%(95)div 17%
Castillo
  • Head64%(243)div 63%
  • Body16%(61)div 20%
  • Legs20%(75)div 17%

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

Jim Miller
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.