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UFC 169: Barao vs Faber 2
Nick Catone
Nick Catone
9-4 · USA
VS
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
16-6 · GBR
February 1, 2014 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Nick Catone def. Tom Watson by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Catone16/301/201:23
Watson11/390/000:00
R2
Catone7/262/501:23
Watson17/460/000:00
R3
Catone8/192/401:24
Watson22/640/000:04
Total
Catone31/755/1104:10
Watson50/1490/000:04

Scorecards

Catone vs Watson

RdCardo UrsoMichelle AgustinTony TamburrinoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.7-9.3
R29-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R39-1010-910-99.3-9.7
Total28-2930-2729-2828.5-28.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 11 Catone · 0 Watson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Catone-Watson.

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
CatoneWin probabilityWatson
60.9%39.1%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
15%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Catone61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%
Submission12%19%
Decision31%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 31
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.8)act 5
Watson39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%43%
Submission3%8%
Decision19%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 50
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R217%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Catone
46.1%+113
Watson
-11352.1%
Most takedownstie 21.6%
Catone
73.9%-1654
Watson
+16544.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Catone
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
41.8%
+134
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
55.9%
-134
03773
Watson
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-134
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Catone
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.7%
+100
Exactly 2
18.5%
push
Under 2
40.7%
-100
047
Watson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.5%
Exactly 0
87.5%
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 10.3 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
Catone60.9%45.6%+15.3+115
Watson39.1%54.4%−15.3-125

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
67.0Striking62.4
Catone +4.6
67.6Grappling12.3
Catone +55.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CatoneWatson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1513
1505
Divisional
1512
1462
Striking offense
1513
1518
Striking defense
1516
1520
Grappling offense
1493
1491
Grappling defense
1486
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.12
Strikes landed / min
3.88
45%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
4.36
62%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
0%
83%
Takedown defense
44%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
43%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
33%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
413
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nick Catone
  • LTJ WaldburgerSUB R2
    Close -1051y 2mo before
  • LChris CamozziKO/TKO R3
    Close -2101y 7mo before
  • WConstantinos PhilippouU-DEC R3
    Close -2102y 10mo before
  • WJesse ForbesS-DEC R3
    Close -2054y 1mo before
  • LMark MunozS-DEC R3
    Close +1934y 5mo before
Tom Watson
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +1506mo before
  • WStanislav NedkovKO/TKO R2
    Close -11011mo before
  • LBrad TavaresS-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 4mo before
Catone — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (47%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Catone
Watson
7
UFC fights
3
77.9 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
39.7 min · 13.2 avg
19y 2m
Career length
20y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Catone
Watson
77W–22L · 77.8%
Overall
40W–5L · 88.9%
30W–7L · 81.1%
Wins
12W–0L · 100.0%
47W–15L · 75.8%
Losses
28W–5L · 84.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Catone
Watson
21W–18L · 53.8%
Overall
175W–109L · 61.6%
21W–18L · 53.8%
Wins
128W–69L · 65.0%
0W–0L
Losses
47W–40L · 54.0%
Distance striking
Catone
Watson
1.99
Landed / min
7.10
28.2%
Accuracy
45.3%
74.1%
Defense
58.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
40.0%
Time at distance
28.7%
Grappling & control
Catone
Watson
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
83.3%
Takedown defense
44.4%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
77.1%
Control share
27.1%
Strike target map
Catone
  • Head66%(109)div 63%
  • Body21%(34)div 19%
  • Legs13%(22)div 18%
Watson
  • Head53%(82)div 63%
  • Body29%(45)div 19%
  • Legs18%(27)div 18%

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

Nick Catone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tom Watson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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