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Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
26-6 · USA
VS
Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson
21-4 · USA
January 18, 2015 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Donald Cerrone def. Benson Henderson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cerrone19/430/000:00
Henderson27/470/100:00
R2
Cerrone16/381/200:29
Henderson34/620/000:00
R3
Cerrone22/440/500:03
Henderson25/460/000:00
Total
Cerrone57/1251/700:32
Henderson86/1550/100:00

Scorecards

Cerrone vs Henderson

RdDouglas CrosbyMike MenaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R39-1010-99-109.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2829-2828.2-28.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Cerrone · 0 Henderson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cerrone-Henderson.

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
CerroneWin probabilityHenderson
19.0%81.0%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
10%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%39%
Submission3%16%
Decision9%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 57
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 1
Henderson81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%29%
Submission7%8%
Decision51%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 86
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~115 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R212%
R315%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Cerrone
31.1%+219
Henderson
-21968.0%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Cerrone
8.6%+426
Henderson
-42636.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
41.6%
+137
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.9%
-137
058115
Henderson
Expected: 69.2
69
Over 69
42.2%
+135
Exactly 69
1.0%
push
Under 69
56.8%
-135
087174
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.4%
Exactly 0
87.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Henderson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.7%
+152
Under 0.5
60.3%
-152
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 12.0 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
Cerrone19.0%43.6%−24.6+125
Henderson81.0%56.4%+24.6-135

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
66.8Striking73.7
Henderson +7.0
61.2Grappling61.5
Henderson +0.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneHenderson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1678
Pound-for-pound
1641
1677
Divisional
1641
1532
Striking offense
1485
1504
Striking defense
1540
1508
Grappling offense
1510
1575
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.67
Strikes landed / min
3.09
50%
Strike accuracy
44%
4.32
Strikes absorbed / min
1.59
54%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.21
Takedowns / 15 min
2.02
48%
Takedown accuracy
55%
88%
Takedown defense
64%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
81%
UFC win rate
82%
+6
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
62%
Finish rate
11%
Recent opp. quality
15
Days since last fight
148
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WMyles JuryU-DEC R3
    Close -12515d before
  • WEddie AlvarezU-DEC R3
    Close -1354mo before
  • WJim MillerKO/TKO R2
    Close -2406mo before
  • WEdson BarbozaSUB R1
    Close +1609mo before
  • WAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y before
Benson Henderson
  • LRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R1
    Close -5105mo before
  • WRustam KhabilovSUB R4
    Close -2257mo before
  • WJosh ThomsonS-DEC R5
    Close -3101y before
  • LAnthony PettisSUB R1
    Close +1001y 5mo before
  • WGilbert MelendezS-DEC R5
    Close -3101y 9mo before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 26-6-0, 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Henderson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(50%) 1
8 (89%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Henderson
16
UFC fights
11
148.3 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
193.5 min · 17.6 avg
20y 6m
Career length
19y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Henderson
276W–68L · 80.2%
Overall
199W–43L · 82.2%
228W–53L · 81.1%
Wins
162W–34L · 82.7%
48W–15L · 76.2%
Losses
37W–9L · 80.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Henderson
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
94W–30L · 75.8%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
77W–25L · 75.5%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
17W–5L · 77.3%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Henderson
5.18
Landed / min
3.22
47.8%
Accuracy
35.0%
55.3%
Defense
72.2%
0.81
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
73.7%
Time at distance
52.0%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Henderson
1.21
Takedowns / 15 min
2.02
48.0%
Takedown accuracy
55.3%
88.1%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.71
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.70
64.7%
Control share
68.3%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head44%(305)div 63%
  • Body25%(171)div 20%
  • Legs31%(216)div 17%
Henderson
  • Head47%(281)div 63%
  • Body31%(185)div 20%
  • Legs22%(131)div 17%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Benson Henderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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