The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 175: Weidman vs Machida
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
30-7 · USA
VS
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
10-5 · USA
July 5, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Alex Caceres by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 1:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber10/131/504:13
Caceres3/110/000:03
R2
Faber7/183/602:23
Caceres12/240/000:13
R3 · 1:09
Faber3/71/100:10
Caceres5/100/000:15
Total
Faber20/385/1206:46
Caceres20/450/000:31

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
FaberWin probabilityCaceres
35.1%64.9%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
5%
Decision
73%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%
Submission2%7%
Decision22%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 20
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 5
Caceres65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%18%
Submission2%4%
Decision51%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 20
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R211%
R33%
Distance73%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Faber
28.2%+250
Caceres
-25070.7%
Most takedownstie 46.4%
Faber
45.2%-539
Caceres
+5398.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
41.8%
+135
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.3%
-135
04386
Caceres
Expected: 55.3
55.5
Over 55.5
42.3%
+137
Under 55.5
57.7%
-137
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+177
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
51.1%
-177
035
Caceres
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.6%
Exactly 0
86.4%
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 12.5 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
Faber35.1%85.4%−50.3-705
Caceres64.9%14.6%+50.3+570

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
71.1Striking78.6
Caceres +7.5
51.4Grappling63.9
Caceres +12.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberCaceres
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1610
Pound-for-pound
1546
1611
Divisional
1569
1481
Striking offense
1504
1519
Striking defense
1526
1512
Grappling offense
1514
1524
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
35 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
67"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.26
Strikes landed / min
4.03
46%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.55
Strikes absorbed / min
2.02
67%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.28
34%
Takedown accuracy
100%
67%
Takedown defense
60%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • LRenan BaraoKO/TKO R1
    Close +3055mo before
  • WMichael McDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1507mo before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -21511mo before
  • WScott JorgensenSUB R4
    Close -4401y 3mo before
  • WIvan MenjivarSUB R1
    Close -3501y 4mo before
Alex Caceres
  • WSergio PettisSUB R3
    Close +1775mo before
  • WRoland DelormeS-DEC R3
    Close -1409mo before
  • WMotonobu TezukaS-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 8mo before
  • WDamacio PageSUB R2
    Close -1202y before
  • LEdwin FigueroaS-DEC R3
    Close +1152y 5mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 30-7-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0, 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, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (60%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Caceres
9
UFC fights
9
121.3 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
107.6 min · 12.0 avg
22y 8m
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Caceres
187W–31L · 85.8%
Overall
83W–23L · 78.3%
111W–28L · 79.9%
Wins
62W–19L · 76.5%
76W–3L · 96.2%
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Caceres
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
18W–5L · 78.3%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Faber
Caceres
3.30
Landed / min
6.65
39.7%
Accuracy
50.3%
68.9%
Defense
66.8%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
63.0%
Time at distance
50.9%
Grappling & control
Faber
Caceres
1.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.28
34.2%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
59.6%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.67
77.2%
Control share
42.4%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head72%(285)div 63%
  • Body20%(81)div 22%
  • Legs8%(30)div 16%
Caceres
  • Head64%(279)div 63%
  • Body23%(100)div 22%
  • Legs13%(55)div 16%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.