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UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi
Demetrious Johnson
Demetrious Johnson
14-2-1 · USA
VS
Kyoji Horiguchi
Kyoji Horiguchi
15-1 · JPN
April 25, 2015 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
124.5lb
Weigh-in
124.5lb
Demetrious Johnson def. Kyoji Horiguchi by SUB (Armbar), R5 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson14/241/301:43
Horiguchi8/220/000:01
R2
Johnson13/345/602:37
Horiguchi7/231/200:35
R3
Johnson10/192/503:13
Horiguchi7/150/000:00
R4
Johnson18/311/301:50
Horiguchi7/230/300:26
R5 · 4:59
Johnson11/135/504:20
Horiguchi2/80/000:00
Total
Johnson66/12114/22013:43
Horiguchi31/911/501:02

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 probabilityHoriguchi
48.3%51.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
25%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 17.1 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 Horiguchi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Johnson48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%14%
Submission15%32%
Decision26%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 66
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.0)act 14
Horiguchi52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%33%
Submission10%19%
Decision25%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 31
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~110 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R220%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Johnson
60.6%-157
Horiguchi
+15738.5%
Most takedownstie 28.7%
Johnson
51.3%-257
Horiguchi
+25720.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 61.4
61.5
Over 61.5
42.4%
+136
Under 61.5
57.6%
-136
077154
Horiguchi
Expected: 48.3
48.5
Over 48.5
42.3%
+137
Under 48.5
57.7%
-137
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.6%
-117
Exactly 1
26.6%
push
Under 1
33.8%
+117
035
Horiguchi
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.4%
+161
Under 0.5
61.6%
-161
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 17.1 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
Johnson48.3%87.0%−38.7-980
Horiguchi51.7%13.0%+38.7+640

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
77.8Striking78.7
Horiguchi +0.9
64.1Grappling45.9
Johnson +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonHoriguchi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1644
Pound-for-pound
1589
1625
Divisional
1579
1497
Striking offense
1510
1550
Striking defense
1528
1524
Grappling offense
1495
1515
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'4"
66"
Reach
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.71
Strikes landed / min
3.99
52%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.98
Strikes absorbed / min
1.66
66%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.18
Takedowns / 15 min
1.41
51%
Takedown accuracy
57%
73%
Takedown defense
50%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
100%
+7
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demetrious Johnson
  • WChris CariasoSUB R2
    Close -14507mo before
  • WAli BagautinovU-DEC R5
    Close -69010mo before
  • WJoseph BenavidezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 4mo before
  • WJohn MoragaSUB R5
    Close -4201y 9mo before
  • WJohn DodsonU-DEC R5
    Close -2452y 3mo before
Kyoji Horiguchi
  • WLouis GaudinotU-DEC R3
    Close -5254mo before
  • WJon Delos ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -6607mo before
  • WDarrell MontagueU-DEC R3
    Close -21011mo before
  • WDustin PagueKO/TKO R2
    Close -1451y 6mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-1

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, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Horiguchi — 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Horiguchi
11
UFC fights
4
193.3 min · 17.6 avg
Octagon time
42.6 min · 10.7 avg
16y 11m
Career length
16y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Horiguchi
178W–27L · 86.8%
Overall
37W–17L · 68.5%
160W–26L · 86.0%
Wins
37W–17L · 68.5%
18W–1L · 94.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Horiguchi
48W–14L · 77.4%
Overall
121W–53L · 69.5%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
107W–52L · 67.3%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
14W–1L · 93.3%
Distance striking
Johnson
Horiguchi
4.52
Landed / min
4.02
40.2%
Accuracy
42.5%
75.8%
Defense
74.0%
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
43.5%
Time at distance
59.5%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Horiguchi
3.18
Takedowns / 15 min
1.41
50.6%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
73.2%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
53.0%
Control share
71.1%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head42%(301)div 60%
  • Body32%(233)div 24%
  • Legs26%(183)div 16%
Horiguchi
  • Head75%(127)div 60%
  • Body19%(32)div 24%
  • Legs6%(11)div 16%

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

Demetrious Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyoji Horiguchi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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