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Cathal Pendred
Cathal Pendred
15-2-1 · IRL
VS
Sean Spencer
Sean Spencer
12-3 · USA
January 18, 2015 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Cathal Pendred def. Sean Spencer by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pendred11/222/802:47
Spencer15/390/010:06
R2
Pendred20/481/101:02
Spencer21/600/000:00
R3
Pendred18/421/300:39
Spencer16/560/000:00
Total
Pendred49/1124/1204:28
Spencer52/1550/010:06

Scorecards

Pendred vs Spencer

RdDavid GinsbergDouglas CrosbyEric ColónCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.2-9.8
R310-910-910-99.2-9.8
Total29-2830-2730-2727.5-29.5

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.827.3 · 16 Pendred · 0 Spencer

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pendred-Spencer.

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
PendredWin probabilitySpencer
45.9%54.1%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
9%
Decision
66%
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 Pendred, blue toward Spencer. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pendred46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%31%
Submission4%9%
Decision28%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 49
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.8)act 4
Spencer54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%20%
Submission5%9%
Decision38%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 52
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R212%
R37%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Pendred
49.3%+100
Spencer
-10049.4%
Most takedownstie 39.9%
Pendred
51.6%-611
Spencer
+6118.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pendred
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
41.8%
+136
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.7%
-136
054108
Spencer
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.8%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.6%
-135
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Pendred
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
40.1%
+149
Under 1.5
59.9%
-149
035
Spencer
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
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 12.0 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
Pendred45.9%37.9%+8.0+160
Spencer54.1%62.1%−8.0-170

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
62.0Striking64.5
Spencer +2.5
52.5Grappling35.4
Pendred +17.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PendredSpencer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1540
1550
Divisional
1553
1495
Striking offense
1505
1501
Striking defense
1499
1504
Grappling offense
1488
1497
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.80
Strikes landed / min
4.67
46%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.23
Strikes absorbed / min
4.03
53%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
21%
Takedown accuracy
33%
80%
Takedown defense
69%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
127
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cathal Pendred
  • WGasan UmalatovS-DEC R3
    Close -1403mo before
  • WMike KingSUB R2
    Close -1306mo before
Sean Spencer
  • WPaulo ThiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -2354mo before
  • LAlex GarciaS-DEC R3
    Close +29010mo before
  • WDrew DoberU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y 2mo before
  • WYuri VillefortS-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 4mo before
  • LRafael NatalSUB R3
    Close +2152y before
Pendred — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (54%)Decision(0%) 0
Spencer — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pendred
Spencer
2
UFC fights
5
23.6 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
72.2 min · 14.4 avg
17y 5m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pendred
Spencer
20W–2L · 90.9%
Overall
60W–18L · 76.9%
20W–2L · 90.9%
Wins
35W–13L · 72.9%
0W–0L
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pendred
Spencer
100W–50L · 66.7%
Overall
47W–13L · 78.3%
89W–38L · 70.1%
Wins
46W–12L · 79.3%
11W–12L · 47.8%
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Pendred
Spencer
3.68
Landed / min
6.13
42.9%
Accuracy
32.3%
59.1%
Defense
66.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
65.7%
Time at distance
62.8%
Grappling & control
Pendred
Spencer
2.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
21.1%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
80.0%
Takedown defense
69.0%
0.64
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.7%
Control share
27.7%
Strike target map
Pendred
  • Head32%(21)div 62%
  • Body23%(15)div 21%
  • Legs45%(30)div 16%
Spencer
  • Head77%(258)div 62%
  • Body16%(54)div 21%
  • Legs7%(25)div 16%

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

Cathal Pendred
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sean Spencer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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