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UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson
Demetrious Johnson
Demetrious Johnson
9-2-1 · USA
VS
John Dodson
John Dodson
14-5 · USA
January 26, 2013 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
125.0lb
Weigh-in
124.0lb
Demetrious Johnson def. John Dodson by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson11/371/200:37
Dodson9/320/000:19
R2
Johnson15/521/400:34
Dodson15/390/010:01
R3
Johnson21/441/301:22
Dodson14/360/000:00
R4
Johnson30/491/402:15
Dodson10/370/100:09
R5
Johnson50/651/200:57
Dodson9/121/302:05
Total
Johnson127/2475/1505:45
Dodson57/1561/412:34

Scorecards

Johnson vs Dodson

RdGabriel SabaitisOtto TorrieroSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.4-9.7
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.8-9.3
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-8.9
Total49-4648-4748-4748.2-46.9

Media (11 cards) · avg 48.446.6 · 11 Johnson · 0 Dodson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Johnson-Dodson.

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
JohnsonWin probabilityDodson
61.3%38.7%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
10%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 19.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%19%
Submission6%10%
Decision43%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes88 (50115)act 127
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.6)act 5
Dodson39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%34%
Submission4%9%
Decision22%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 57
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 1
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R213%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Johnson
73.6%-286
Dodson
+28625.7%
Most takedownstie 26.4%
Johnson
67.0%-1018
Dodson
+10186.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 88.1
88
Over 88
42.2%
+135
Exactly 88
0.8%
push
Under 88
57.1%
-135
0111221
Dodson
Expected: 50.9
51
Over 51
41.8%
+136
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.9%
-136
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.2%
+112
Under 1.5
52.8%
-112
035
Dodson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.4%
Exactly 0
83.6%
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 19.8 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
Johnson61.3%68.4%−7.1-245
Dodson38.7%31.6%+7.1+205

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
72.7Striking66.8
Johnson +5.9
56.7Grappling45.8
Johnson +10.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonDodson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1554
1550
Divisional
1539
1496
Striking offense
1515
1526
Striking defense
1514
1509
Grappling offense
1497
1499
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'3"
66"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.24
Strikes landed / min
4.53
47%
Strike accuracy
33%
2.25
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
66%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
48%
Takedown accuracy
33%
69%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
113
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demetrious Johnson
  • WJoseph BenavidezS-DEC R5
    Close +2254mo before
  • WIan McCallU-DEC R3
    Close -1108mo before
  • DIan McCallM-DEC R3
    Close -31011mo before
  • LDominick CruzU-DEC R5
    Close +4251y 4mo before
  • WMiguel TorresU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 8mo before
John Dodson
  • WJussier FormigaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2554mo before
  • WTim ElliottU-DEC R3
    Close -5109mo before
  • WTJ DillashawKO/TKO R1
    Close +1951y 2mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-1

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, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Dodson — 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, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Dodson
6
UFC fights
3
110.0 min · 18.3 avg
Octagon time
26.5 min · 8.8 avg
16y 11m
Career length
21y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Dodson
102W–11L · 90.3%
Overall
26W–3L · 89.7%
84W–10L · 89.4%
Wins
26W–3L · 89.7%
18W–1L · 94.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Dodson
48W–14L · 77.4%
Overall
48W–15L · 76.2%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
26W–9L · 74.3%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
22W–6L · 78.6%
Distance striking
Johnson
Dodson
4.63
Landed / min
4.23
39.3%
Accuracy
30.3%
75.4%
Defense
70.1%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.70
46.1%
Time at distance
94.7%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Dodson
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
47.9%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
69.4%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
42.3%
Control share
94.4%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head40%(143)div 56%
  • Body36%(127)div 27%
  • Legs24%(86)div 16%
Dodson
  • Head67%(80)div 56%
  • Body21%(25)div 27%
  • Legs13%(15)div 16%

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

Demetrious Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Dodson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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