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UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
Cody Garbrandt
Cody Garbrandt
5-0 · USA
VS
Marcus Brimage
Marcus Brimage
7-3 · USA
January 3, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Cody Garbrandt def. Marcus Brimage by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garbrandt11/351/100:25
Brimage9/320/000:00
R2
Garbrandt14/460/100:00
Brimage18/560/000:00
R3 · 4:50
Garbrandt24/530/120:04
Brimage16/440/000:17
Total
Garbrandt49/1341/320:29
Brimage43/1320/000:17

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
GarbrandtWin probabilityBrimage
65.8%34.2%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
11%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garbrandt66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%51%
Submission8%12%
Decision25%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Brimage34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%35%
Submission3%9%
Decision19%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 43
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R24%
R337%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Garbrandt
44.1%+125
Brimage
-12554.9%
Most takedownstie 58.8%
Garbrandt
20.2%+104
Brimage
-10421.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 50.8
51
Over 51
41.5%
+138
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
57.2%
-138
064127
Brimage
Expected: 57.0
57
Over 57
41.9%
+136
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
56.9%
-136
072143
Takedowns — over/under
Garbrandt
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.1%
+314
Under 0.5
75.9%
-314
035
Brimage
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+297
Under 0.5
74.8%
-297
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 11.9 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
Garbrandt65.8%51.2%+14.6-110
Brimage34.2%48.8%−14.6+100

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarbrandtBrimage
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1536
1517
Divisional
1507
1500
Striking offense
1507
1533
Striking defense
1510
1494
Grappling offense
1490
1500
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
23 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'4"
65"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.17
Strike accuracy
36%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.57
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.70
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
81%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
67%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
57
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Garbrandt
No prior UFC fights.
Marcus Brimage
  • WJumabieke TuerxunKO/TKO R1
    Close -66057d before
  • LRussell DoaneS-DEC R3
    Close -1156mo before
  • LConor McGregorKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 9mo before
  • WJimy HettesU-DEC R3
    Close +3552y 3mo before
  • WMaximo BlancoS-DEC R3
    Close +2152y 8mo before
Garbrandt — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Brimage — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garbrandt
Brimage
0
UFC fights
6
Octagon time
64.1 min · 10.7 avg
Career length
19y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garbrandt
Brimage
Overall
69W–10L · 87.3%
Wins
44W–5L · 89.8%
Losses
25W–5L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garbrandt
Brimage
19W–6L · 76.0%
Overall
17W–10L · 63.0%
19W–6L · 76.0%
Wins
16W–8L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–2L · 33.3%
Distance striking
Garbrandt
Brimage
Landed / min
4.76
Accuracy
35.1%
Defense
59.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.47
Time at distance
81.2%
Grappling & control
Garbrandt
Brimage
Takedowns / 15 min
0.70
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
81.5%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
16.5%
Strike target map
Garbrandt
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Brimage
  • Head55%(147)div 63%
  • Body25%(68)div 21%
  • Legs19%(52)div 16%

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

Cody Garbrandt

No UFC fights on record.

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

Marcus Brimage
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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