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Masanori Kanehara
Masanori Kanehara
22-9-5 · JPN
VS
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
10-6 · USA
September 20, 2014 · Saitama, Japan
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Masanori Kanehara def. Alex Caceres by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kanehara19/321/202:43
Caceres10/190/000:13
R2
Kanehara1/11/104:48
Caceres1/10/000:00
R3
Kanehara12/360/100:00
Caceres13/580/000:24
Total
Kanehara32/692/407:31
Caceres24/780/000:37

Scorecards

Kanehara vs Caceres

RdKon PapaioannouMark CollettTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-27.7

Media (12 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 12 Kanehara · 0 Caceres

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kanehara-Caceres.

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
KaneharaWin probabilityCaceres
25.3%74.7%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
11%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kanehara25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%58%
Submission3%10%
Decision8%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 32
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 2
Caceres75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%45%
Submission8%11%
Decision33%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R222%
R35%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Kanehara
35.5%+177
Caceres
-17762.9%
Most takedownstie 37.8%
Kanehara
46.5%-298
Caceres
+29815.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kanehara
Expected: 27.1
27
Over 27
41.5%
+135
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.1%
-135
03468
Caceres
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.2%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
57.0%
-138
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Kanehara
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
55.8%
-126
Under 0.5
44.2%
+126
035
Caceres
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
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 9.2 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
Kanehara25.3%26.8%−1.5+265
Caceres74.7%73.2%+1.5-295

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
KaneharaCaceres
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1533
1516
Divisional
1555
1500
Striking offense
1503
1500
Striking defense
1530
1500
Grappling offense
1513
1500
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
67"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.82
Strike accuracy
53%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.00
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
59%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Masanori Kanehara
No prior UFC fights.
Alex Caceres
  • LUrijah FaberSUB R3
    Close +5703mo before
  • WSergio PettisSUB R3
    Close +1778mo before
  • WRoland DelormeS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y before
  • WMotonobu TezukaS-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 10mo before
  • WDamacio PageSUB R2
    Close -1202y 2mo before
Kanehara — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-5

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
8 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
44% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
22win9loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
9 (41%)Submission(11%) 1
5 (23%)Decision(33%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(11%) 1
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 10-6-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
83% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(75%) 3
3 (60%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Kanehara
Caceres
0
UFC fights
10
Octagon time
118.8 min · 11.9 avg
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kanehara
Caceres
Overall
113W–30L · 79.0%
Wins
62W–19L · 76.5%
Losses
51W–11L · 82.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kanehara
Caceres
300W–149L · 66.8%
Overall
18W–5L · 78.3%
190W–106L · 64.2%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
110W–43L · 71.9%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Kanehara
Caceres
Landed / min
6.55
Accuracy
50.0%
Defense
66.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.13
Time at distance
48.5%
Grappling & control
Kanehara
Caceres
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
59.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.52
Control share
37.9%
Strike target map
Kanehara
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Caceres
  • Head64%(289)div 63%
  • Body23%(105)div 21%
  • Legs13%(60)div 16%

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

Masanori Kanehara

No UFC fights on record.

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

Alex Caceres
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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