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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
Da'Mon Blackshear
Da'Mon Blackshear
15-7-1 · USA
VS
Cody Gibson
Cody Gibson
21-10 · USA
March 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Da'Mon Blackshear def. Cody Gibson by SUB (Kimura), R2 4:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blackshear6/160/001:11
Gibson30/430/402:13
R2 · 4:09
Blackshear7/230/102:21
Gibson15/281/100:29
Total
Blackshear13/390/103:32
Gibson45/711/502:42

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
BlackshearWin probabilityGibson
62.6%37.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
21%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Blackshear63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%10%
Submission17%27%25%
Decision29%47%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 13
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 0
Gibson37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%5%
Submission4%12%5%
Decision21%56%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 45
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 1
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R217%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Blackshear
52.7%-115
Gibson
+11546.0%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Blackshear
41.4%-149
Gibson
+14927.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blackshear
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
39.0%
+153
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.8%
-153
04998
Gibson
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
39.0%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Blackshear
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.8%
+122
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
44.9%
-122
035
Gibson
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.8%
+128
Under 0.5
56.2%
-128
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 10.4 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
Blackshear62.6%77.9%−15.3-437
Gibson37.4%22.1%+15.3+332
By method
Blackshear by KO/TKO18.0%9.8%+8.2+749
Blackshear by submission13.2%25.2%−12.0+232
Blackshear by decision31.4%42.6%−11.2-104
Gibson by KO/TKO10.7%4.7%+6.0+1683
Gibson by submission7.9%4.6%+3.3+1698
Gibson by decision18.8%13.0%+5.8+545
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.8%75.1%−0.3-410
Over 2.5 rds57.8%61.5%−3.7-190
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.2%57.7%−7.5-160

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
63.1Striking64.8
Gibson +1.6
64.9Grappling56.7
Blackshear +8.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlackshearGibson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1498
1526
Divisional
1499
1511
Striking offense
1496
1494
Striking defense
1515
1521
Grappling offense
1502
1504
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
30 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.30
Strikes landed / min
3.47
47%
Strike accuracy
44%
4.06
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
49%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.17
Takedowns / 15 min
2.18
38%
Takedown accuracy
41%
68%
Takedown defense
68%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
38%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Da'Mon Blackshear
  • WCody StamannSUB R1
    Close -2754mo before
  • LMontel JacksonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1088mo before
  • LMario BautistaU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 7mo before
  • WJose JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -2711y 7mo before
  • WLuan LacerdaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1281y 9mo before
Cody Gibson
  • WChad AnheligerU-DEC R3
    Close -3204mo before
  • WBrian KelleherSUB R1
    Close -2058mo before
  • LMiles JohnsU-DEC R3
    Close +1181y before
  • LBrad KatonaU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 7mo before
  • LDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -24510y 1mo before
Blackshear — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-1

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
20% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
3win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 4
Gibson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-10-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 6 losses
W
43% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
3win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(20%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
18win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (22%)Submission(60%) 3
8 (44%)Decision(40%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Blackshear
Gibson
7
UFC fights
8
62.3 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
89.5 min · 11.2 avg
10y 4m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blackshear
Gibson
82W–20L · 80.4%
Overall
124W–45L · 73.4%
48W–16L · 75.0%
Wins
56W–32L · 63.6%
34W–4L · 89.5%
Losses
68W–13L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blackshear
Gibson
98W–48L · 67.1%
Overall
200W–79L · 71.7%
59W–34L · 63.4%
Wins
153W–65L · 70.2%
39W–14L · 73.6%
Losses
47W–14L · 77.0%
Distance striking
Blackshear
Gibson
6.33
Landed / min
5.34
38.9%
Accuracy
39.0%
54.8%
Defense
62.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
45.2%
Time at distance
47.7%
Grappling & control
Blackshear
Gibson
2.17
Takedowns / 15 min
2.18
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
40.6%
68.2%
Takedown defense
68.2%
1.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
51.8%
Control share
57.3%
Strike target map
Blackshear
  • Head54%(145)div 62%
  • Body21%(56)div 21%
  • Legs25%(67)div 17%
Gibson
  • Head75%(232)div 62%
  • Body16%(51)div 21%
  • Legs9%(28)div 17%

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

Da'Mon Blackshear
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody Gibson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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