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Kelvin Gastelum
Kelvin Gastelum
8-0 · USA
VS
Rick Story
Rick Story
16-7 · USA
March 15, 2014 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Kelvin Gastelum def. Rick Story by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gastelum19/350/000:52
Story9/420/000:00
R2
Gastelum28/630/000:00
Story22/840/010:11
R3
Gastelum12/391/200:38
Story14/370/102:09
Total
Gastelum59/1371/201:30
Story45/1630/112:20

Scorecards

Gastelum vs Story

RdAladin MartinezDouglas CrosbyMike GonzalezCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-1010-99.1-10
R310-99-1010-99.5-9.6
Total29-2828-2930-2728.6-28.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 11 Gastelum · 0 Story · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gastelum-Story.

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
GastelumWin probabilityStory
48.7%51.3%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
12%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gastelum49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%39%
Submission8%16%
Decision22%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 59
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Story51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%
Submission4%8%
Decision31%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 45
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R24%
R327%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Gastelum
44.3%+123
Story
-12354.5%
Most takedownstie 37.5%
Gastelum
9.0%+593
Story
-59353.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
42.0%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-135
054108
Story
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
42.0%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.6%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.4%
Exactly 0
83.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Story
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.4%
+113
Exactly 1
22.4%
push
Under 1
41.2%
-113
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 12.1 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
Gastelum48.7%62.1%−13.4-170
Story51.3%37.9%+13.4+160

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
60.5Striking72.3
Story +11.8
60.0Grappling71.8
Story +11.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GastelumStory
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1581
1537
Divisional
1576
1488
Striking offense
1508
1502
Striking defense
1526
1555
Grappling offense
1534
1546
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
22 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.58
Strikes landed / min
3.51
46%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
1.88
48%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.44
Takedowns / 15 min
3.13
50%
Takedown accuracy
53%
33%
Takedown defense
63%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
64%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
199
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kelvin Gastelum
  • WBrian MelanconSUB R1
    Close -3107mo before
  • WUriah HallS-DEC R3
    Close +25811mo before
Rick Story
  • WBrian EbersoleU-DEC R3
    Close -2104mo before
  • LMike PyleS-DEC R3
    Close -16010mo before
  • WQuinn MulhernKO/TKO R1
    Close -3701y before
  • LDemian MaiaSUB R1
    Close +1051y 5mo before
  • WBrock JardineU-DEC R3
    Close -3701y 9mo before
Gastelum — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
38% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Story — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 6 losses
W
56% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (67%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Gastelum
Story
2
UFC fights
14
17.4 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
168.0 min · 12.0 avg
17y 4m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gastelum
Story
14W–4L · 77.8%
Overall
229W–54L · 80.9%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Wins
148W–35L · 80.9%
0W–0L
Losses
81W–19L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gastelum
Story
6W–7L · 46.2%
Overall
86W–41L · 67.7%
6W–7L · 46.2%
Wins
83W–41L · 66.9%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Gastelum
Story
3.77
Landed / min
5.06
40.6%
Accuracy
30.7%
57.5%
Defense
72.2%
0.86
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
42.6%
Time at distance
38.3%
Grappling & control
Gastelum
Story
3.44
Takedowns / 15 min
3.13
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
63.2%
0.86
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.16
78.8%
Control share
61.4%
Strike target map
Gastelum
  • Head38%(17)div 62%
  • Body38%(17)div 22%
  • Legs24%(11)div 16%
Story
  • Head53%(311)div 62%
  • Body35%(209)div 22%
  • Legs12%(69)div 16%

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

Kelvin Gastelum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rick Story
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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