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Max Holloway
Max Holloway
12-3 · USA
VS
Cub Swanson
Cub Swanson
21-6 · USA
April 18, 2015 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Max Holloway def. Cub Swanson by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 3:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway27/750/000:00
Swanson24/490/000:00
R2
Holloway34/800/000:00
Swanson21/650/100:00
R3 · 3:58
Holloway21/430/001:28
Swanson11/220/200:07
Total
Holloway82/1980/001:28
Swanson56/1360/300:07

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
HollowayWin probabilitySwanson
82.9%17.1%
KO / TKO
66%
Submission
1%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO53%64%
Submission1%1%
Decision29%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes129 (75168)act 82
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Swanson17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%71%
Submission0%1%
Decision5%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes88 (51115)act 56
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~218 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R217%
R345%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
67.1%-207
Swanson
+20732.5%
Most takedownstie 70.4%
Holloway
23.5%-379
Swanson
+3796.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 129.2
129
Over 129
42.3%
+135
Exactly 129
0.5%
push
Under 129
57.1%
-135
0162323
Swanson
Expected: 88.4
88.5
Over 88.5
42.5%
+136
Under 88.5
57.5%
-136
0111222
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.7%
Exactly 0
75.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Swanson
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
7.8%
Exactly 0
92.2%
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 12.1 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
Holloway82.9%41.2%+41.7+135
Swanson17.1%58.8%−41.7-155

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
73.4Striking67.2
Holloway +6.2
47.8Grappling48.3
Swanson +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowaySwanson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1601
1578
Divisional
1595
1526
Striking offense
1525
1514
Striking defense
1521
1483
Grappling offense
1486
1532
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
23 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.62
Strikes landed / min
3.21
42%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.75
Strikes absorbed / min
3.18
70%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
50%
Takedown accuracy
86%
77%
Takedown defense
62%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
75%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -4502mo before
  • WAkira CorassaniKO/TKO R1
    Close -5706mo before
  • WClay CollardKO/TKO R3
    Close -9508mo before
  • WAndre FiliSUB R3
    Close +1251y before
  • WWill ChopeKO/TKO R2
    Close -2651y 3mo before
Cub Swanson
  • LFrankie EdgarSUB R5
    Close +1605mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R5
    Close -22510mo before
  • WDennis SiverKO/TKO R3
    Close -1781y 9mo before
  • WDustin PoirierU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 2mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +2152y 7mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Swanson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
52% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (27%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Swanson
11
UFC fights
8
126.3 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
103.9 min · 13.0 avg
15y 11m
Career length
22y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Swanson
136W–38L · 78.2%
Overall
125W–40L · 75.8%
102W–32L · 76.1%
Wins
98W–34L · 74.2%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
27W–6L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Swanson
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
126W–37L · 77.3%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
84W–28L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
42W–9L · 82.4%
Distance striking
Holloway
Swanson
5.91
Landed / min
4.42
37.2%
Accuracy
40.4%
72.7%
Defense
71.7%
0.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
72.5%
Time at distance
60.3%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Swanson
0.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
85.7%
77.5%
Takedown defense
61.7%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.14
25.1%
Control share
15.9%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head71%(503)div 64%
  • Body23%(160)div 19%
  • Legs6%(46)div 17%
Swanson
  • Head70%(233)div 64%
  • Body13%(44)div 19%
  • Legs17%(56)div 17%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cub Swanson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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