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UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
24-6 · USA
VS
Eddie Alvarez
Eddie Alvarez
25-3 · USA
September 27, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Donald Cerrone def. Eddie Alvarez by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cerrone19/470/100:05
Alvarez23/630/200:38
R2
Cerrone27/570/000:15
Alvarez16/360/200:00
R3
Cerrone42/620/111:37
Alvarez9/390/100:00
Total
Cerrone88/1660/211:57
Alvarez48/1380/500:38

Scorecards

Cerrone vs Alvarez

RdJunichiro KamijoLester GriffinTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-8.8
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-27.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 13 Cerrone · 0 Alvarez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cerrone-Alvarez.

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
CerroneWin probabilityAlvarez
21.5%78.5%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
8%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission3%15%
Decision13%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (4091)act 88
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Alvarez78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%44%
Submission4%5%
Decision40%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4193)act 48
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~142 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R217%
R313%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Cerrone
48.7%+104
Alvarez
-10450.5%
Most takedownstie 65.1%
Cerrone
10.2%+242
Alvarez
-24224.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 70.1
70
Over 70
42.1%
+135
Exactly 70
1.0%
push
Under 70
56.9%
-135
088176
Alvarez
Expected: 71.5
71.5
Over 71.5
42.5%
+135
Under 71.5
57.5%
-135
090179
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Alvarez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.8%
+273
Under 0.5
73.2%
-273
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 11.2 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
Cerrone21.5%56.4%−34.9-135
Alvarez78.5%43.6%+34.9+125

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
CerroneAlvarez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1574
1651
Divisional
1574
1534
Striking offense
1482
1495
Striking defense
1500
1509
Grappling offense
1561
1567
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.79
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
4.89
Strikes absorbed / min
52%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
87%
Takedown defense
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
+4
Win/loss streak
80%
Last-5 win rate
73%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
73
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WJim MillerKO/TKO R2
    Close -2402mo before
  • WEdson BarbozaSUB R1
    Close +1605mo before
  • WAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1708mo before
  • WEvan DunhamSUB R2
    Close -12510mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 1mo before
Eddie Alvarez
No prior UFC fights.
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-0, 1 NC

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Alvarez — win / loss by method
Record: 25-3-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
25win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (64%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (20%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (16%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Alvarez
14
UFC fights
0
118.3 min · 8.4 avg
Octagon time
20y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Alvarez
236W–65L · 78.4%
Overall
188W–50L · 79.0%
Wins
48W–15L · 76.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Alvarez
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
387W–130L · 74.9%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
332W–118L · 73.8%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
55W–12L · 82.1%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Alvarez
5.26
Landed / min
48.2%
Accuracy
53.0%
Defense
0.89
Knockdowns / 15 min
75.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Alvarez
1.39
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
86.7%
Takedown defense
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
63.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head47%(265)div 63%
  • Body25%(139)div 20%
  • Legs29%(163)div 17%
Alvarez
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eddie Alvarez

No UFC fights on record.

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