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UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
Gunnar Nelson
Gunnar Nelson
12-0-1 · ISL
VS
Zak Cummings
Zak Cummings
17-3 · USA
July 19, 2014 · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Gunnar Nelson def. Zak Cummings by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nelson6/150/000:00
Cummings9/430/000:33
R2 · 4:48
Nelson7/91/100:43
Cummings9/320/100:21
Total
Nelson13/241/100:43
Cummings18/750/100:54

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
NelsonWin probabilityCummings
68.8%31.2%
KO / TKO
9%
Submission
8%
Decision
83%
Expected fight time: 13.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nelson69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%9%
Submission5%8%
Decision57%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1638)act 13
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.1)act 1
Cummings31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%8%
Submission2%7%
Decision26%85%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 18
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R27%
R34%
Distance83%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Nelson
37.8%+160
Cummings
-16060.6%
Most takedownstie 22.5%
Nelson
71.0%-1094
Cummings
+10946.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.6%
+135
Under 29.5
57.4%
-135
03774
Cummings
Expected: 38.0
38
Over 38
41.7%
+136
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.6%
-136
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Nelson
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
54.4%
-119
Under 1.5
45.6%
+119
036
Cummings
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 13.6 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
Nelson68.8%87.2%−18.4-840
Cummings31.2%12.8%+18.4+660

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
77.1Striking54.7
Nelson +22.5
62.2Grappling88.5
Cummings +26.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NelsonCummings
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1563
1559
Divisional
1563
1478
Striking offense
1478
1516
Striking defense
1509
1548
Grappling offense
1557
1552
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
75"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.89
Strikes landed / min
1.71
61%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.16
Strikes absorbed / min
1.50
65%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
67%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
89%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gunnar Nelson
  • WOmari AkhmedovSUB R1
    Close -2804mo before
  • WJorge SantiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -3301y 5mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -3401y 10mo before
Zak Cummings
  • WYan CabralU-DEC R3
    Close +4752mo before
  • WBen AllowaySUB R1
    Close -12511mo before
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cummings — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (53%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Nelson
Cummings
3
UFC fights
2
23.2 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
19.3 min · 9.7 avg
19y 3m
Career length
18y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nelson
Cummings
53W–22L · 70.7%
Overall
23W–4L · 85.2%
53W–22L · 70.7%
Wins
23W–4L · 85.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nelson
Cummings
41W–10L · 80.4%
Overall
187W–115L · 61.9%
41W–10L · 80.4%
Wins
157W–110L · 58.8%
0W–0L
Losses
30W–5L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Nelson
Cummings
2.82
Landed / min
2.97
48.1%
Accuracy
24.1%
76.6%
Defense
60.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.8%
Time at distance
24.4%
Grappling & control
Nelson
Cummings
2.59
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
88.9%
1.94
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.55
98.0%
Control share
69.9%
Strike target map
Nelson
  • Head81%(54)div 62%
  • Body6%(4)div 22%
  • Legs13%(9)div 16%
Cummings
  • Head61%(20)div 62%
  • Body15%(5)div 22%
  • Legs24%(8)div 16%

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

Gunnar Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zak Cummings
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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