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UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto
TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
10-2 · USA
VS
Joe Soto
Joe Soto
15-2 · USA
August 30, 2014 · Sacramento, California, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
TJ Dillashaw def. Joe Soto by KO/TKO (Kick), R5 2:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dillashaw21/690/000:32
Soto8/300/200:00
R2
Dillashaw43/1350/100:00
Soto24/670/000:00
R3
Dillashaw41/1281/100:15
Soto13/430/100:00
R4
Dillashaw32/781/101:03
Soto13/430/000:00
R5 · 2:20
Dillashaw14/440/010:01
Soto4/140/200:00
Total
Dillashaw151/4542/311:51
Soto62/1970/500:00

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
DillashawWin probabilitySoto
62.3%37.7%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
16%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 15.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dillashaw62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%50%
Submission7%12%
Decision24%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes99 (57129)act 151
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 2
Soto38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%48%
Submission8%22%
Decision12%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 62
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R313%
R47%
R55%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Dillashaw
79.0%-388
Soto
+38820.4%
Most takedownstie 45.3%
Dillashaw
40.2%-278
Soto
+27814.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 99.1
99
Over 99
42.2%
+135
Exactly 99
0.7%
push
Under 99
57.1%
-135
0124248
Soto
Expected: 49.2
49
Over 49
42.1%
+135
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.6%
-135
062123
Takedowns — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+187
Exactly 1
16.8%
push
Under 1
54.2%
-187
035
Soto
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.7%
+361
Under 0.5
78.3%
-361
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 15.1 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
Dillashaw62.3%90.2%−27.9-1100
Soto37.7%9.8%+27.9+900

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
DillashawSoto
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1542
1581
Divisional
1542
1507
Striking offense
1482
1514
Striking defense
1500
1521
Grappling offense
1561
1534
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
28 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.23
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
2.33
Strikes absorbed / min
69%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.20
Takedowns / 15 min
43%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
TJ Dillashaw
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R5
    Close +7103mo before
  • WMike EastonU-DEC R3
    Close -3307mo before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoS-DEC R3
    Close -23011mo before
  • WHugo VianaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 4mo before
  • WIssei TamuraKO/TKO R2
    Close -6601y 5mo before
Joe Soto
No prior UFC fights.
Dillashaw — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Soto — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (53%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dillashaw
Soto
8
UFC fights
0
81.7 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
16y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Dillashaw
Soto
111W–26L · 81.0%
Overall
80W–17L · 82.5%
Wins
31W–9L · 77.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dillashaw
Soto
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
132W–59L · 69.1%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
113W–54L · 67.7%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Distance striking
Dillashaw
Soto
5.30
Landed / min
39.4%
Accuracy
72.2%
Defense
0.73
Knockdowns / 15 min
59.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Dillashaw
Soto
2.20
Takedowns / 15 min
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
2.02
Sub attempts / 15 min
98.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Dillashaw
  • Head68%(290)div 63%
  • Body15%(62)div 21%
  • Legs18%(75)div 16%
Soto
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

TJ Dillashaw
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Soto

No UFC fights on record.

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