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Ryan Bader
Ryan Bader
16-4 · USA
VS
June 14, 2014 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.5lb
Ryan Bader def. Rafael Cavalcante by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bader23/374/703:01
Cavalcante3/100/000:00
R2
Bader18/372/401:49
Cavalcante1/120/000:03
R3
Bader12/201/503:32
Cavalcante6/150/000:27
Total
Bader53/947/1608:22
Cavalcante10/370/000:30

Scorecards

Bader vs Cavalcante

RdRichard BertrandSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Bader · 0 Cavalcante

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bader-Cavalcante.

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
BaderWin probabilityCavalcante
75.4%24.6%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
11%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bader75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%52%
Submission10%13%
Decision26%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 53
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 7
Cavalcante25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%81%
Submission1%5%
Decision4%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R229%
R311%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Bader
80.1%-436
Cavalcante
+43618.4%
Most takedownstie 30.1%
Bader
63.8%-1058
Cavalcante
+10586.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bader
Expected: 38.5
38.5
Over 38.5
42.5%
+135
Under 38.5
57.5%
-135
04997
Cavalcante
Expected: 17.7
17.5
Over 17.5
43.3%
+131
Under 17.5
56.7%
-131
02345
Takedowns — over/under
Bader
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
43.7%
-139
Exactly 1
24.8%
push
Under 1
31.5%
+139
035
Cavalcante
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 8.8 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
Bader75.4%60.7%+14.7-170
Cavalcante24.6%39.3%−14.7+145

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
72.4Striking64.3
Bader +8.1
61.1Grappling25.0
Bader +36.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BaderCavalcante
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1527
1595
Divisional
1527
1504
Striking offense
1488
1528
Striking defense
1493
1520
Grappling offense
1550
1516
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
6.92
42%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.50
Strikes absorbed / min
7.95
71%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.07
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
45%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
44%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
190
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan Bader
  • WAnthony PeroshU-DEC R3
    Close -5256mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +3009mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoSUB R1
    Close -5251y 5mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2501y 10mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1252y 4mo before
Rafael Cavalcante
  • WIgor PokrajacKO/TKO R1
    Close -3357mo before
  • LThiago SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2301y before
Bader — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (11%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Cavalcante — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0, 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
12 wins, 3 losses
W
100% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Bader
Cavalcante
13
UFC fights
2
112.3 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
5.8 min · 2.9 avg
19y 4m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bader
Cavalcante
211W–56L · 79.0%
Overall
39W–13L · 75.0%
147W–42L · 77.8%
Wins
25W–10L · 71.4%
64W–14L · 82.1%
Losses
14W–3L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bader
Cavalcante
26W–13L · 66.7%
Overall
143W–48L · 74.9%
26W–13L · 66.7%
Wins
103W–32L · 76.3%
0W–0L
Losses
40W–16L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Bader
Cavalcante
2.72
Landed / min
5.66
29.7%
Accuracy
38.8%
75.6%
Defense
52.4%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.59
50.1%
Time at distance
79.4%
Grappling & control
Bader
Cavalcante
3.07
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
45.1%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.53
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
86.3%
Control share
5.4%
Strike target map
Bader
  • Head72%(233)div 64%
  • Body10%(33)div 19%
  • Legs18%(57)div 18%
Cavalcante
  • Head78%(31)div 64%
  • Body15%(6)div 19%
  • Legs8%(3)div 18%

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

Ryan Bader
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Cavalcante
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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