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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
Carlos Vera
Carlos Vera
11-4 · ECU
VS
Josias Musasa
Josias Musasa
8-0 · COD
March 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.5lbMissed +0.5
Carlos Vera def. Josias Musasa by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:16
Vera16/240/210:14
Musasa13/310/100:10
Total
Vera16/240/210:14
Musasa13/310/100:10

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
VeraWin probabilityMusasa
29.4%70.6%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
20%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Vera, blue toward Musasa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vera29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%13%
Submission9%31%
Decision16%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 16
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Musasa71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%36%
Submission11%15%
Decision35%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 13
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.9)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R35%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Vera
40.1%+146
Musasa
-14658.6%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Vera
21.8%+203
Musasa
-20344.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vera
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
39.3%
+151
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.2%
-151
03876
Musasa
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
39.2%
+152
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.6%
-152
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Vera
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.7%
+180
Under 0.5
64.3%
-180
035
Musasa
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
37.7%
+122
Exactly 1
16.4%
push
Under 1
45.9%
-122
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
Vera29.4%14.6%+14.8+560
Musasa70.6%85.4%−14.8-770

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
VeraMusasa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1503
Pound-for-pound
1528
1503
Divisional
1528
1497
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1500
1489
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
37 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
69"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
0.80
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
2.53
Strikes absorbed / min
46%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
392
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carlos Vera
  • LRinya NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close +7991y 1mo before
Josias Musasa
No prior UFC fights.
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(67%) 2
5 (45%)Decision(33%) 1
Musasa — 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Vera
Musasa
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Vera
Musasa
6W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vera
Musasa
86W–52L · 62.3%
Overall
30W–3L · 90.9%
51W–40L · 56.0%
Wins
30W–3L · 90.9%
35W–12L · 74.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Vera
Musasa
3.42
Landed / min
40.0%
Accuracy
22.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
11.7%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Vera
Musasa
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Vera
  • Head58%(7)div 62%
  • Body8%(1)div 21%
  • Legs33%(4)div 17%
Musasa
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Carlos Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josias Musasa

No UFC fights on record.

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