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UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos
Johny Hendricks
Johny Hendricks
16-3 · USA
VS
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
19-12 · USA
March 14, 2015 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Johny Hendricks def. Matt Brown by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hendricks10/163/403:46
Brown11/210/000:00
R2
Hendricks21/424/403:21
Brown7/160/000:00
R3
Hendricks5/92/204:01
Brown5/120/000:21
Total
Hendricks36/679/10011:08
Brown23/490/000:21

Scorecards

Hendricks vs Brown

RdDerek ClearyJacob MontalvoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 15 Hendricks · 0 Brown

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hendricks-Brown.

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
HendricksWin probabilityBrown
59.9%40.1%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
10%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hendricks60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%55%
Submission4%6%
Decision23%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 36
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 9
Brown40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%67%
Submission6%16%
Decision7%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2659)act 23
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R235%
R37%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Hendricks
39.2%+152
Brown
-15259.5%
Most takedownstie 35.7%
Hendricks
59.4%-1212
Brown
+12124.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hendricks
Expected: 36.4
36.5
Over 36.5
42.4%
+136
Under 36.5
57.6%
-136
04692
Brown
Expected: 45.5
45.5
Over 45.5
42.5%
+135
Under 45.5
57.5%
-135
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Hendricks
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.6%
-106
Exactly 1
23.0%
push
Under 1
37.4%
+106
035
Brown
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.2%
Exactly 0
89.8%
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 8.7 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
Hendricks59.9%77.7%−17.8-380
Brown40.1%22.3%+17.8+340

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
65.2Striking75.2
Brown +10.0
65.9Grappling74.2
Brown +8.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HendricksBrown
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1644
Pound-for-pound
1590
1642
Divisional
1590
1516
Striking offense
1553
1522
Striking defense
1522
1522
Grappling offense
1529
1521
Grappling defense
1484
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
69"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.83
Strikes landed / min
4.00
47%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
55%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.95
48%
Takedown accuracy
48%
66%
Takedown defense
66%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
45%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Johny Hendricks
  • LRobbie LawlerS-DEC R5
    Close -2203mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerU-DEC R5
    Close -3651y before
  • LGeorges St-PierreS-DEC R5
    Close +1771y 4mo before
  • WCarlos ConditU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y before
  • WMartin KampmannKO/TKO R1
    Close -1672y 4mo before
Matt Brown
  • LRobbie LawlerU-DEC R5
    missedClose +2958mo before
  • WErick SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close +21010mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -1251y 7mo before
  • WJordan MeinKO/TKO R2
    Close +2901y 11mo before
  • WMike SwickKO/TKO R2
    Close +1202y 3mo before
Hendricks — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 19-12-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 9 losses
W
26% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(67%) 4
2 (17%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(83%) 5
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hendricks
Brown
14
UFC fights
18
173.7 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
168.8 min · 9.4 avg
18y 10m
Career length
20y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hendricks
Brown
230W–55L · 80.7%
Overall
254W–88L · 74.3%
171W–40L · 81.0%
Wins
153W–47L · 76.5%
59W–15L · 79.7%
Losses
101W–41L · 71.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hendricks
Brown
16W–9L · 64.0%
Overall
62W–37L · 62.6%
16W–9L · 64.0%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
50W–35L · 58.8%
Distance striking
Hendricks
Brown
5.51
Landed / min
5.70
39.2%
Accuracy
42.5%
61.1%
Defense
63.9%
0.52
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.62
45.9%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
Hendricks
Brown
3.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.95
47.9%
Takedown accuracy
47.8%
65.5%
Takedown defense
65.9%
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.95
75.2%
Control share
39.1%
Strike target map
Hendricks
  • Head67%(449)div 63%
  • Body8%(55)div 21%
  • Legs24%(162)div 16%
Brown
  • Head61%(412)div 63%
  • Body28%(192)div 21%
  • Legs11%(72)div 16%

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

Johny Hendricks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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