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UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso
Demetrious Johnson
Demetrious Johnson
13-2-1 · USA
VS
Chris Cariaso
Chris Cariaso
17-5 · USA
September 27, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
124.5lb
Weigh-in
124.5lb
Demetrious Johnson def. Chris Cariaso by SUB (Kimura), R2 2:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson19/301/102:52
Cariaso5/210/100:03
R2 · 2:29
Johnson8/130/001:50
Cariaso1/60/000:00
Total
Johnson27/431/104:42
Cariaso6/270/100:03

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
JohnsonWin probabilityCariaso
76.4%23.6%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
20%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 17.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%24%
Submission17%22%
Decision41%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 27
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.8)act 1
Cariaso24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%23%
Submission4%15%
Decision15%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 6
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R213%
R36%
R44%
R52%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Johnson
75.0%-311
Cariaso
+31124.1%
Most takedownstie 18.5%
Johnson
78.6%-2739
Cariaso
+27392.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 68.1
68
Over 68
42.2%
+135
Exactly 68
1.0%
push
Under 68
56.9%
-135
086171
Cariaso
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.8%
+133
Under 37.5
57.2%
-133
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.7%
-108
Exactly 2
19.8%
push
Under 2
38.6%
+108
047
Cariaso
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.0%
Exactly 0
90.0%
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 17.6 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
Johnson76.4%92.1%−15.7-1450
Cariaso23.6%7.9%+15.7+1150

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
77.5Striking72.1
Johnson +5.3
62.1Grappling50.2
Johnson +11.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonCariaso
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1630
Pound-for-pound
1580
1612
Divisional
1559
1499
Striking offense
1503
1545
Striking defense
1528
1517
Grappling offense
1486
1508
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'3"
66"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.71
Strikes landed / min
3.74
52%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.03
Strikes absorbed / min
2.25
66%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.23
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
50%
Takedown accuracy
42%
73%
Takedown defense
65%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
70%
+6
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
25%
Finish rate
14%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demetrious Johnson
  • WAli BagautinovU-DEC R5
    Close -6903mo before
  • WJoseph BenavidezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1359mo before
  • WJohn MoragaSUB R5
    Close -4201y 2mo before
  • WJohn DodsonU-DEC R5
    Close -2451y 8mo before
  • WJoseph BenavidezS-DEC R5
    Close +2252y before
Chris Cariaso
  • WLouis SmolkaS-DEC R3
    Close +1355mo before
  • WDanny MartinezU-DEC R3
    Close -1708mo before
  • WIliarde SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +3151y before
  • LJussier FormigaU-DEC R3
    Close +1551y 4mo before
  • LJohn MoragaSUB R3
    Close +1301y 9mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-1

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Cariaso — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
18% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
6 (86%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
6 (60%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Cariaso
10
UFC fights
10
185.8 min · 18.6 avg
Octagon time
140.7 min · 14.1 avg
16y 11m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Cariaso
161W–22L · 88.0%
Overall
132W–35L · 79.0%
143W–21L · 87.2%
Wins
94W–31L · 75.2%
18W–1L · 94.7%
Losses
38W–4L · 90.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Cariaso
48W–14L · 77.4%
Overall
62W–22L · 73.8%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
29W–20L · 59.2%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
33W–2L · 94.3%
Distance striking
Johnson
Cariaso
4.55
Landed / min
5.42
40.2%
Accuracy
37.4%
75.5%
Defense
67.8%
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.1%
Time at distance
46.3%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Cariaso
3.23
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
72.9%
Takedown defense
64.5%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
50.4%
Control share
28.7%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head42%(289)div 58%
  • Body32%(220)div 24%
  • Legs26%(181)div 17%
Cariaso
  • Head60%(314)div 58%
  • Body28%(147)div 24%
  • Legs12%(65)div 17%

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

Demetrious Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Cariaso
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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