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UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
Paul Felder
Paul Felder
9-0 · USA
VS
Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
17-7 · USA
January 3, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Paul Felder def. Danny Castillo by KO/TKO (Spinning Back Fist), R2 2:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Felder20/630/000:00
Castillo15/330/100:00
R2 · 2:09
Felder13/310/010:02
Castillo6/190/100:00
Total
Felder33/940/010:02
Castillo21/520/200:00

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
FelderWin probabilityCastillo
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
9%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Felder58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission4%7%
Decision37%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 33
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Castillo42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission5%13%
Decision26%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 21
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R211%
R313%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Felder
57.1%-137
Castillo
+13741.8%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Felder
10.2%+475
Castillo
-47548.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Felder
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
42.3%
+137
Under 49.5
57.7%
-137
062124
Castillo
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.4%
+138
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.0%
-138
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Felder
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.9%
Exactly 0
83.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Castillo
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.1%
+140
Exactly 1
20.7%
push
Under 1
46.2%
-140
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 12.2 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
Felder58.0%29.4%+28.6+235
Castillo42.0%70.6%−28.6-255

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
71.2Striking70.7
Felder +0.5
47.4Grappling56.2
Castillo +8.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FelderCastillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1568
1543
Divisional
1568
1498
Striking offense
1480
1528
Striking defense
1520
1498
Grappling offense
1522
1496
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
30 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
2.63
61%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
1.70
42%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.19
100%
Takedown accuracy
39%
63%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
64%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paul Felder
  • WJason SaggoS-DEC R3
    Close +1503mo before
Danny Castillo
  • LTony FergusonS-DEC R3
    Close +2454mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanKO/TKO R2
    Close -3558mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaM-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 1mo before
  • WTim MeansU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2651y 5mo before
  • WPaul SassU-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 11mo before
Felder — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Felder
Castillo
1
UFC fights
11
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
136.3 min · 12.4 avg
14y 8m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Felder
Castillo
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
165W–45L · 78.6%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Wins
115W–33L · 77.7%
0W–0L
Losses
50W–12L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Felder
Castillo
33W–19L · 63.5%
Overall
76W–36L · 67.9%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
54W–33L · 62.1%
0W–0L
Losses
22W–3L · 88.0%
Distance striking
Felder
Castillo
4.44
Landed / min
2.91
46.2%
Accuracy
31.0%
51.7%
Defense
67.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
18.0%
Time at distance
40.8%
Grappling & control
Felder
Castillo
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.19
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.7%
62.5%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
33.6%
Control share
78.1%
Strike target map
Felder
  • Head86%(44)div 63%
  • Body8%(4)div 20%
  • Legs6%(3)div 17%
Castillo
  • Head65%(234)div 63%
  • Body15%(53)div 20%
  • Legs20%(71)div 17%

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

Paul Felder
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Danny Castillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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