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Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
15-5 · USA
VS
Tim Means
Tim Means
18-4-1 · USA
July 27, 2013 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
160.0lbMissed +4.0
Danny Castillo def. Tim Means by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castillo3/73/304:01
Means5/80/000:00
R2
Castillo10/332/301:25
Means12/330/000:00
R3
Castillo12/391/200:10
Means21/520/000:41
Total
Castillo25/796/805:36
Means38/930/000:41

Scorecards

Castillo vs Means

RdDave HagenGlenn HamadaTerry BoehlkeCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Castillo · 0 Means

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Castillo-Means.

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
CastilloWin probabilityMeans
54.5%45.5%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
19%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Castillo55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%38%
Submission11%19%
Decision23%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 25
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 6
Means45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%57%
Submission9%20%
Decision10%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R234%
R312%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Castillo
41.1%+140
Means
-14057.6%
Most takedownstie 42.5%
Castillo
47.7%-484
Means
+4849.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04794
Means
Expected: 45.0
45
Over 45
41.7%
+136
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.8%
-136
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.1%
+148
Exactly 1
20.4%
push
Under 1
47.5%
-148
035
Means
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.2%
Exactly 0
83.8%
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 9.6 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
Castillo54.5%71.5%−17.0-265
Means45.5%28.5%+17.0+245

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
75.0Striking74.1
Castillo +0.9
58.4Grappling20.5
Castillo +37.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CastilloMeans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1555
1571
Divisional
1555
1478
Striking offense
1505
1515
Striking defense
1508
1518
Grappling offense
1504
1516
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'2"
71"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.78
Strikes landed / min
4.89
50%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.34
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
62%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.49
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
0%
68%
Takedown defense
74%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
20%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Danny Castillo
  • WPaul SassU-DEC R3
    Close -1035mo before
  • LMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +17010mo before
  • WJohn CholishU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 3mo before
  • WAnthony NjokuaniS-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 7mo before
  • WShamar BaileyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3751y 8mo before
Tim Means
  • LJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close +1003mo before
  • WJustin SalasKO/TKO R1
    Close -1301y 2mo before
  • WBernardo MagalhaesU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 5mo before
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-1

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
72% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (19%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Castillo
Means
7
UFC fights
3
86.0 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
31.1 min · 10.4 avg
18y 9m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Castillo
Means
101W–31L · 76.5%
Overall
44W–11L · 80.0%
78W–23L · 77.2%
Wins
21W–4L · 84.0%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Losses
23W–7L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castillo
Means
76W–36L · 67.9%
Overall
120W–72L · 62.5%
54W–33L · 62.1%
Wins
80W–59L · 57.6%
22W–3L · 88.0%
Losses
40W–13L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Castillo
Means
2.81
Landed / min
4.05
30.9%
Accuracy
35.3%
67.5%
Defense
62.0%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.96
33.9%
Time at distance
62.7%
Grappling & control
Castillo
Means
3.49
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
68.4%
Takedown defense
73.9%
0.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
75.9%
Control share
17.9%
Strike target map
Castillo
  • Head58%(138)div 64%
  • Body18%(44)div 19%
  • Legs24%(57)div 17%
Means
  • Head70%(107)div 64%
  • Body26%(39)div 19%
  • Legs4%(6)div 17%

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

Danny Castillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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