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UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
22-6 · USA
VS
Edson Barboza
Edson Barboza
13-1 · BRA
April 19, 2014 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Donald Cerrone def. Edson Barboza by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:15
Cerrone11/200/110:22
Barboza28/540/000:00
Total
Cerrone11/200/110:22
Barboza28/540/000:00

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
CerroneWin probabilityBarboza
46.7%53.3%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
0%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%33%
Submission0%1%
Decision31%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes103 (59134)act 11
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Barboza53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%47%
Submission0%0%
Decision28%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes106 (61138)act 28
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~209 sig strikes~0.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R227%
R37%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Cerrone
48.5%+105
Barboza
-10550.9%
Most takedownstie 81.0%
Cerrone
15.7%-472
Barboza
+4723.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 103.1
103
Over 103
42.3%
+135
Exactly 103
0.7%
push
Under 103
57.1%
-135
0129258
Barboza
Expected: 105.7
105.5
Over 105.5
42.7%
+134
Under 105.5
57.3%
-134
0133265
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.1%
Exactly 0
83.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Barboza
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.8%
Exactly 0
96.2%
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 12.0 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
Cerrone46.7%37.9%+8.8+160
Barboza53.3%62.1%−8.8-170

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
64.5Striking66.8
Barboza +2.3
62.3Grappling54.1
Cerrone +8.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneBarboza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1618
Pound-for-pound
1609
1618
Divisional
1609
1526
Striking offense
1525
1497
Striking defense
1506
1503
Grappling offense
1480
1563
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.87
Strikes landed / min
3.99
50%
Strike accuracy
39%
4.88
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
53%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
58%
Takedown accuracy
67%
88%
Takedown defense
83%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
88%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1703mo before
  • WEvan DunhamSUB R2
    Close -1255mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1058mo before
  • WKJ NoonsU-DEC R3
    Close -27011mo before
  • LAnthony PettisKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 3mo before
Edson Barboza
  • WDanny CastilloM-DEC R3
    Close -2804mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -6009mo before
  • WLucas MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 3mo before
  • LJamie VarnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -5401y 11mo before
  • WTerry EtimKO/TKO R3
    Close -3052y 3mo before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Barboza — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Barboza
12
UFC fights
8
106.5 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
80.2 min · 10.0 avg
20y 6m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Barboza
199W–60L · 76.8%
Overall
111W–29L · 79.3%
151W–45L · 77.0%
Wins
92W–23L · 80.0%
48W–15L · 76.2%
Losses
19W–6L · 76.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Barboza
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
43W–32L · 57.3%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
43W–32L · 57.3%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cerrone
Barboza
5.35
Landed / min
4.45
48.1%
Accuracy
38.1%
53.0%
Defense
65.7%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.31
74.9%
Time at distance
82.3%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Barboza
1.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
57.9%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
87.5%
Takedown defense
82.9%
0.42
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.19
64.0%
Control share
55.9%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head47%(243)div 64%
  • Body24%(123)div 20%
  • Legs29%(153)div 17%
Barboza
  • Head39%(126)div 64%
  • Body24%(76)div 20%
  • Legs37%(118)div 17%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Edson Barboza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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