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UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3
Gabriel Gonzaga
Gabriel Gonzaga
15-7 · BRA
VS
Shawn Jordan
Shawn Jordan
15-4 · USA
October 19, 2013 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
257.0lb
Weigh-in
255.0lb
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Shawn Jordan by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:33
Gonzaga8/160/010:03
Jordan2/70/000:00
Total
Gonzaga8/160/010:03
Jordan2/70/000:00

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
GonzagaWin probabilityJordan
44.3%55.7%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
10%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gonzaga44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%57%
Submission7%16%
Decision12%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 8
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Jordan56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%60%
Submission3%6%
Decision19%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 2
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R219%
R35%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Gonzaga
38.7%+153
Jordan
-15359.3%
Most takedownstie 39.3%
Gonzaga
46.7%-333
Jordan
+33314.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 22.4
22.5
Over 22.5
42.1%
+138
Under 22.5
57.9%
-138
02856
Jordan
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
41.7%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.0%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.8%
+144
Exactly 1
22.3%
push
Under 1
45.9%
-144
035
Jordan
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.2%
+331
Under 0.5
76.8%
-331
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 7.8 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
Gonzaga44.3%41.2%+3.1+135
Jordan55.7%58.8%−3.1-155

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
64.2Striking67.7
Jordan +3.4
81.5Grappling42.1
Gonzaga +39.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GonzagaJordan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1562
1568
Divisional
1562
1509
Striking offense
1514
1517
Striking defense
1505
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.40
Strikes landed / min
3.89
47%
Strike accuracy
54%
2.81
Strikes absorbed / min
2.79
58%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
49%
Takedown accuracy
29%
79%
Takedown defense
89%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gabriel Gonzaga
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1553mo before
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close +2256mo before
  • WBen RothwellSUB R2
    Close -1159mo before
  • WEdnaldo OliveiraSUB R1
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • LBrendan SchaubU-DEC R3
    Close -1453y before
Shawn Jordan
  • WPat BarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -1154mo before
  • WMike RussowKO/TKO R2
    Close +1209mo before
  • LCheick KongoU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 3mo before
  • WOli ThompsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2201y 8mo before
Gonzaga — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
8 wins, 6 losses
W
53% of wins
L
86% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
10win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(83%) 5
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Jordan — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
73% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Gonzaga
Jordan
16
UFC fights
4
85.8 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
33.7 min · 8.4 avg
23y 4m
Career length
17y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gonzaga
Jordan
215W–44L · 83.0%
Overall
49W–16L · 75.4%
152W–30L · 83.5%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
63W–14L · 81.8%
Losses
17W–7L · 70.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gonzaga
Jordan
14W–9L · 60.9%
Overall
71W–58L · 55.0%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
44W–46L · 48.9%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
27W–12L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Gonzaga
Jordan
2.44
Landed / min
6.57
35.9%
Accuracy
46.9%
71.1%
Defense
50.9%
1.05
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.45
49.7%
Time at distance
33.9%
Grappling & control
Gonzaga
Jordan
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.89
48.6%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
78.6%
Takedown defense
88.9%
1.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
63.8%
Control share
49.1%
Strike target map
Gonzaga
  • Head62%(127)div 66%
  • Body16%(33)div 18%
  • Legs22%(46)div 16%
Jordan
  • Head85%(112)div 66%
  • Body10%(13)div 18%
  • Legs5%(6)div 16%

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

Gabriel Gonzaga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shawn Jordan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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