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Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
14-5 · USA
VS
Paul Sass
Paul Sass
13-1 · GBR
February 16, 2013 · London, England, United Kingdom
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Danny Castillo def. Paul Sass by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castillo11/231/204:28
Sass0/20/000:00
R2
Castillo18/292/204:16
Sass1/70/000:00
R3
Castillo9/151/203:29
Sass3/140/000:00
Total
Castillo38/674/6012:13
Sass4/230/000:00

Scorecards

Castillo vs Sass

RdAaron ChatfieldAndy RobertsDean WeirCommunity
R19-1010-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2730-27.1

Media (9 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 9 Castillo · 0 Sass

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

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 probabilitySass
34.7%65.3%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
31%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Sass. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Castillo35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%24%
Submission4%12%
Decision23%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 38
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 4
Sass65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%7%
Submission27%41%
Decision33%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 4
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R29%
R36%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Castillo
50.1%-104
Sass
+10447.9%
Most takedownstie 33.0%
Castillo
47.1%-236
Sass
+23619.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
42.3%
+137
Under 27.5
57.7%
-137
03569
Sass
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
40.7%
+140
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.9%
-140
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.8%
+110
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
41.7%
-110
035
Sass
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.8%
+196
Under 0.5
66.2%
-196
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 10.6 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
Castillo34.7%49.5%−14.8-103
Sass65.3%50.5%+14.8-107

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
73.2Striking61.5
Castillo +11.8
56.7Grappling38.2
Castillo +18.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CastilloSass
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1562
1555
Divisional
1563
1488
Striking offense
1486
1509
Striking defense
1511
1515
Grappling offense
1525
1514
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
33 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.83
Strikes landed / min
0.82
49%
Strike accuracy
32%
1.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.19
61%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
40%
Takedown accuracy
17%
68%
Takedown defense
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
10.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
75%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
134
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Danny Castillo
  • LMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1704mo before
  • WJohn CholishU-DEC R3
    Close +1409mo before
  • WAnthony NjokuaniS-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 2mo before
  • WShamar BaileyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3751y 3mo before
  • LJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 6mo before
Paul Sass
  • LMatt WimanSUB R1
    Close -1105mo before
  • WJacob VolkmannSUB R1
    Close +1759mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonSUB R1
    Close +1631y 5mo before
  • WMark HolstSUB R1
    Close -1852y 4mo before
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
43% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Sass — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
92% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
1 (10%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Castillo
Sass
6
UFC fights
4
71.0 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
13.4 min · 3.4 avg
18y 9m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Castillo
Sass
88W–30L · 74.6%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
65W–22L · 74.7%
Wins
31W–9L · 77.5%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Losses
14W–6L · 70.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castillo
Sass
76W–36L · 67.9%
Overall
49W–22L · 69.0%
54W–33L · 62.1%
Wins
49W–22L · 69.0%
22W–3L · 88.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Castillo
Sass
3.07
Landed / min
1.17
31.4%
Accuracy
20.8%
66.1%
Defense
71.8%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
37.2%
Time at distance
31.7%
Grappling & control
Castillo
Sass
3.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
68.4%
Takedown defense
0.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
10.04
68.6%
Control share
33.0%
Strike target map
Castillo
  • Head51%(103)div 64%
  • Body21%(43)div 19%
  • Legs27%(55)div 17%
Sass
  • Head73%(8)div 64%
  • Body27%(3)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

Paul Sass
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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