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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs Stephens
Cezar Ferreira
Cezar Ferreira
7-3 · BRA
VS
Andrew Craig
Andrew Craig
9-2 · USA
June 28, 2014 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Cezar Ferreira def. Andrew Craig by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ferreira11/231/100:47
Craig3/180/000:26
R2
Ferreira6/270/200:55
Craig4/270/100:00
R3
Ferreira3/111/103:45
Craig9/220/010:06
Total
Ferreira20/612/405:27
Craig16/670/110:32

Scorecards

Ferreira vs Craig

RdGino GarciaKerry HatleySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.6-9.5
Total29-2829-2830-2729.6-27.6

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 10 Ferreira · 0 Craig

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ferreira-Craig.

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
FerreiraWin probabilityCraig
52.8%47.2%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
21%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferreira53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%17%
Submission13%25%
Decision31%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 20
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.8)act 2
Craig47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission7%16%
Decision31%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 16
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R27%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ferreira
50.7%-106
Craig
+10647.7%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Ferreira
71.4%-1483
Craig
+14834.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 34.0
34
Over 34
41.6%
+136
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.4%
-136
04386
Craig
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.4%
+137
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.6%
-137
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.2%
+109
Exactly 2
17.9%
push
Under 2
42.8%
-109
036
Craig
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
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 11.4 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
Ferreira52.8%71.7%−18.9-270
Craig47.2%28.3%+18.9+248

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
56.7Striking62.1
Craig +5.3
63.1Grappling43.9
Ferreira +19.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FerreiraCraig
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1539
1533
Divisional
1539
1493
Striking offense
1503
1507
Striking defense
1503
1526
Grappling offense
1493
1545
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.00
Strikes landed / min
2.72
37%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.26
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
47%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
75%
Takedown accuracy
43%
100%
Takedown defense
75%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
97
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cezar Ferreira
  • LCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    Close -3803mo before
  • WDaniel SarafianS-DEC R3
    Close -1658mo before
  • WThiago SantosSUB R1
    Close -46011mo before
  • WSergio MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -3152y before
Andrew Craig
  • LLuke BarnattSUB R2
    Close -2008mo before
  • WChris LebenS-DEC R3
    Close -1501y before
  • LRonny MarkesU-DEC R3
    Close +2851y 5mo before
  • WRafael NatalKO/TKO R2
    Close -1402y before
  • WKyle NokeU-DEC R3
    Close +2352y 4mo before
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Craig — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ferreira
Craig
4
UFC fights
5
31.4 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
62.1 min · 12.4 avg
19y 3m
Career length
16y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferreira
Craig
35W–10L · 77.8%
Overall
74W–19L · 79.6%
22W–5L · 81.5%
Wins
55W–18L · 75.3%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
19W–1L · 95.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferreira
Craig
42W–21L · 66.7%
Overall
38W–12L · 76.0%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
38W–12L · 76.0%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ferreira
Craig
3.02
Landed / min
4.23
35.3%
Accuracy
41.6%
48.1%
Defense
55.4%
0.95
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
57.9%
Time at distance
46.5%
Grappling & control
Ferreira
Craig
1.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
100.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.2%
Control share
36.3%
Strike target map
Ferreira
  • Head68%(43)div 63%
  • Body27%(17)div 19%
  • Legs5%(3)div 18%
Craig
  • Head70%(118)div 63%
  • Body14%(24)div 19%
  • Legs16%(27)div 18%

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

Cezar Ferreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andrew Craig
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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