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Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez
17-4 · MEX
VS
Clay Collard
Clay Collard
14-5 · USA
June 13, 2015 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Gabriel Benitez def. Clay Collard by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benitez19/360/000:11
Collard15/501/302:21
R2
Benitez26/460/000:00
Collard13/623/300:42
R3
Benitez15/240/000:46
Collard6/462/501:43
Total
Benitez60/1060/000:57
Collard34/1586/1104:46

Scorecards

Benitez vs Collard

RdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 13 Benitez · 0 Collard

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benitez-Collard.

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
BenitezWin probabilityCollard
24.6%75.4%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
60%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 5.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benitez25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%14%
Submission18%74%
Decision3%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 60
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Collard75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%22%
Submission42%55%
Decision17%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 34
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.0)act 6
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R169%
R27%
R34%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Benitez
44.0%+123
Collard
-12354.0%
Most takedownstie 43.0%
Benitez
15.3%+273
Collard
-27341.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benitez
Expected: 25.6
25.5
Over 25.5
42.7%
+134
Under 25.5
57.3%
-134
03264
Collard
Expected: 28.6
28.5
Over 28.5
42.7%
+134
Under 28.5
57.3%
-134
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Benitez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.5%
Exactly 0
75.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Collard
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
49.4%
+102
Under 0.5
50.6%
-102
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 5.8 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
Benitez24.6%30.6%−6.0+215
Collard75.4%69.4%+6.0-255

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
61.2Striking50.3
Benitez +10.9
45.8Grappling54.1
Collard +8.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenitezCollard
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1520
1540
Divisional
1534
1500
Striking offense
1500
1505
Striking defense
1496
1507
Grappling offense
1501
1499
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
26 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.19
Strikes landed / min
4.52
38%
Strike accuracy
32%
1.71
Strikes absorbed / min
6.32
50%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
Takedown accuracy
27%
75%
Takedown defense
67%
7.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gabriel Benitez
  • WHumberto Brown MorrisonSUB R3
    Close -6007mo before
Clay Collard
  • WAlex WhiteU-DEC R3
    Close -1256mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R3
    Close +62510mo before
Benitez — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
Collard — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (23%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Benitez
Collard
1
UFC fights
2
10.5 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
28.8 min · 14.4 avg
19y 0m
Career length
15y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benitez
Collard
4W–4L · 50.0%
Overall
19W–4L · 82.6%
4W–4L · 50.0%
Wins
10W–1L · 90.9%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benitez
Collard
116W–75L · 60.7%
Overall
144W–74L · 66.1%
94W–63L · 59.9%
Wins
118W–59L · 66.7%
22W–12L · 64.7%
Losses
26W–15L · 63.4%
Distance striking
Benitez
Collard
5.57
Landed / min
5.35
35.8%
Accuracy
27.3%
60.0%
Defense
60.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
32.5%
Time at distance
61.1%
Grappling & control
Benitez
Collard
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
Takedown accuracy
26.7%
75.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
7.14
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.04
6.4%
Control share
52.6%
Strike target map
Benitez
  • Head65%(15)div 64%
  • Body22%(5)div 19%
  • Legs13%(3)div 17%
Collard
  • Head54%(70)div 64%
  • Body22%(28)div 19%
  • Legs25%(32)div 17%

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

Gabriel Benitez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Clay Collard
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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