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UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2
Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo
24-1 · BRA
VS
Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
16-1 · USA
October 25, 2014 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Jose Aldo def. Chad Mendes by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aldo37/770/010:26
Mendes25/440/100:02
R2
Aldo18/410/000:00
Mendes16/430/100:01
R3
Aldo21/660/000:20
Mendes10/350/301:01
R4
Aldo9/400/000:00
Mendes17/400/000:00
R5
Aldo17/450/000:22
Mendes9/321/301:04
Total
Aldo102/2690/011:08
Mendes77/1941/802:08

Scorecards

Aldo vs Mendes

RdGuilherme BravoMarco Aurelio BorgesRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
R49-109-109-109-10
R510-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total49-4649-4649-4648.3-46.8

Media (16 cards) · avg 48.846.3 · 16 Aldo · 0 Mendes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aldo-Mendes.

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
AldoWin probabilityMendes
30.3%69.7%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
5%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 19.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Aldo30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%51%
Submission1%3%
Decision14%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes99 (57129)act 102
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Mendes70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%43%
Submission4%6%
Decision36%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes101 (58131)act 77
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 1
Combined totals~200 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R23%
R320%
R412%
R58%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Aldo
48.7%+104
Mendes
-10450.7%
Most takedownstie 42.3%
Aldo
7.4%+681
Mendes
-68150.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 98.8
99
Over 99
42.0%
+136
Exactly 99
0.7%
push
Under 99
57.3%
-136
0124247
Mendes
Expected: 100.8
101
Over 101
42.1%
+136
Exactly 101
0.7%
push
Under 101
57.3%
-136
0127253
Takedowns — over/under
Aldo
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.6%
Exactly 0
87.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Mendes
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.3%
+134
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-134
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 19.8 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
Aldo30.3%65.5%−35.2-200
Mendes69.7%34.5%+35.2+185

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
68.7Striking75.9
Mendes +7.1
61.7Grappling76.4
Mendes +14.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AldoMendes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1656
Pound-for-pound
1627
1647
Divisional
1625
1511
Striking offense
1510
1526
Striking defense
1521
1505
Grappling offense
1510
1534
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.67
Strikes landed / min
3.06
40%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.98
Strikes absorbed / min
1.65
72%
Strike defense
77%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.48
Takedowns / 15 min
4.45
71%
Takedown accuracy
51%
89%
Takedown defense
100%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
88%
+6
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jose Aldo
  • WRicardo LamasU-DEC R5
    Close -7509mo before
  • WChan Sung JungKO/TKO R4
    Close -8751y 3mo before
  • WFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -1751y 9mo before
  • WChad MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2302y 9mo before
  • WKenny FlorianU-DEC R5
    Close -3553y 1mo before
Chad Mendes
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -90010mo before
  • WClay GuidaKO/TKO R3
    Close -5001y 2mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -6151y 6mo before
  • WYaotzin MezaKO/TKO R1
    Close -16501y 10mo before
  • WCody McKenzieKO/TKO R1
    Close -7052y 4mo before
Aldo — win / loss by method
Record: 24-1-0

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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Aldo
Mendes
6
UFC fights
8
122.0 min · 20.3 avg
Octagon time
64.0 min · 8.0 avg
22y 0m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aldo
Mendes
86W–21L · 80.4%
Overall
151W–44L · 77.4%
86W–21L · 80.4%
Wins
131W–43L · 75.3%
0W–0L
Losses
20W–1L · 95.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aldo
Mendes
159W–48L · 76.8%
Overall
87W–35L · 71.3%
154W–46L · 77.0%
Wins
87W–35L · 71.3%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aldo
Mendes
3.52
Landed / min
3.29
37.5%
Accuracy
43.8%
76.6%
Defense
79.0%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.94
62.9%
Time at distance
64.1%
Grappling & control
Aldo
Mendes
1.48
Takedowns / 15 min
4.45
70.6%
Takedown accuracy
51.4%
88.9%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.47
60.7%
Control share
96.5%
Strike target map
Aldo
  • Head72%(234)div 64%
  • Body10%(32)div 19%
  • Legs18%(60)div 17%
Mendes
  • Head62%(122)div 64%
  • Body9%(17)div 19%
  • Legs29%(57)div 17%

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

Jose Aldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chad Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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