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UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3
Kyoji Horiguchi
Kyoji Horiguchi
11-1 · JPN
VS
Dustin Pague
Dustin Pague
11-8 · USA
October 19, 2013 · Houston, Texas, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Dustin Pague by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Horiguchi7/100/200:41
Pague5/81/103:07
R2 · 3:51
Horiguchi23/401/113:11
Pague4/70/000:22
Total
Horiguchi30/501/313:52
Pague9/151/103:29

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
HoriguchiWin probabilityPague
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
45%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Horiguchi77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%27%
Submission31%40%
Decision25%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 30
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 1
Pague23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%17%
Submission15%65%
Decision4%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R210%
R312%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Horiguchi
75.6%-332
Pague
+33222.8%
Most takedownstie 31.0%
Horiguchi
57.6%-507
Pague
+50711.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Horiguchi
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.8%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.3%
-135
04691
Pague
Expected: 19.1
19
Over 19
41.2%
+135
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.5%
-135
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Horiguchi
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
38.9%
-116
Exactly 1
27.6%
push
Under 1
33.5%
+116
035
Pague
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.6%
Exactly 0
75.4%
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 7.9 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
Horiguchi77.4%58.2%+19.2-145
Pague22.6%41.8%−19.2+135

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HoriguchiPague
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1465
1537
Divisional
1465
1500
Striking offense
1494
1533
Striking defense
1501
1494
Grappling offense
1490
1500
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
23 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'9"
63"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.76
Strike accuracy
53%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.89
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
Takedown accuracy
38%
Takedown defense
50%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.7
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
20%
Win/loss streak
-3
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kyoji Horiguchi
No prior UFC fights.
Dustin Pague
  • LYves JabouinS-DEC R3
    Close +3104mo before
  • LChico CamusU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 2mo before
  • LKen StoneS-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • WJared PapazianSUB R1
    Close +1501y 4mo before
  • LJohn AlbertKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 11mo before
Horiguchi — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1
Pague — win / loss by method
Record: 11-8-0

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, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 4 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
6 (60%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Horiguchi
Pague
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
49.5 min · 9.9 avg
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Horiguchi
Pague
Overall
58W–22L · 72.5%
Wins
14W–7L · 66.7%
Losses
44W–15L · 74.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Horiguchi
Pague
121W–53L · 69.5%
Overall
68W–25L · 73.1%
107W–52L · 67.3%
Wins
30W–16L · 65.2%
14W–1L · 93.3%
Losses
38W–9L · 80.9%
Distance striking
Horiguchi
Pague
Landed / min
4.10
Accuracy
44.4%
Defense
53.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
27.6%
Grappling & control
Horiguchi
Pague
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
Takedown defense
50.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.73
Control share
27.9%
Strike target map
Horiguchi
  • Head0%(0)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Pague
  • Head56%(49)div 61%
  • Body17%(15)div 22%
  • Legs26%(23)div 17%

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

Kyoji Horiguchi

No UFC fights on record.

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

Dustin Pague
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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