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Anthony Pettis
Anthony Pettis
15-2 · USA
VS
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
19-4 · USA
January 26, 2013 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Anthony Pettis def. Donald Cerrone by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 2:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:35
Pettis18/280/010:02
Cerrone4/120/000:00
Total
Pettis18/280/010:02
Cerrone4/120/000:00

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
PettisWin probabilityCerrone
72.2%27.8%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
2%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pettis72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%55%
Submission1%1%
Decision31%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (45104)act 18
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Cerrone28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%40%
Submission2%6%
Decision15%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 4
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~143 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R313%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Pettis
60.3%-155
Cerrone
+15539.0%
Most takedownstie 71.1%
Pettis
11.5%+152
Cerrone
-15217.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pettis
Expected: 79.6
79.5
Over 79.5
42.6%
+135
Under 79.5
57.4%
-135
0100199
Cerrone
Expected: 63.2
63
Over 63
42.2%
+134
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
56.7%
-134
080159
Takedowns — over/under
Pettis
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cerrone
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.1%
Exactly 0
80.9%
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 10.5 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
Pettis72.2%59.0%+13.2-150
Cerrone27.8%41.0%−13.2+140

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
66.2Striking61.8
Pettis +4.3
59.2Grappling58.9
Pettis +0.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PettisCerrone
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1611
1565
Divisional
1611
1505
Striking offense
1527
1532
Striking defense
1496
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
5.77
37%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.15
Strikes absorbed / min
6.35
70%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
67%
Takedown accuracy
50%
50%
Takedown defense
93%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
86%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Pettis
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R1
    Close -28511mo before
  • WJeremy StephensS-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 4mo before
  • LClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 8mo before
Donald Cerrone
  • WMelvin GuillardKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -3356mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -2208mo before
  • LNate DiazU-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 1mo before
  • WDennis SiverSUB R1
    Close -2351y 3mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1041y 5mo before
Pettis — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 1
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0, 1 NC

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
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Pettis
Cerrone
3
UFC fights
7
31.4 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
60.5 min · 8.6 avg
19y 6m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pettis
Cerrone
69W–23L · 75.0%
Overall
115W–36L · 76.2%
41W–12L · 77.4%
Wins
101W–29L · 77.7%
28W–11L · 71.8%
Losses
14W–7L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pettis
Cerrone
116W–70L · 62.4%
Overall
128W–32L · 80.0%
84W–57L · 59.6%
Wins
93W–28L · 76.9%
32W–13L · 71.1%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Distance striking
Pettis
Cerrone
3.58
Landed / min
6.06
32.0%
Accuracy
49.6%
75.6%
Defense
47.5%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
29.4%
Time at distance
82.7%
Grappling & control
Pettis
Cerrone
2.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
92.9%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
35.7%
Control share
65.5%
Strike target map
Pettis
  • Head66%(29)div 64%
  • Body2%(1)div 19%
  • Legs32%(14)div 17%
Cerrone
  • Head46%(160)div 64%
  • Body20%(71)div 19%
  • Legs34%(118)div 17%

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

Anthony Pettis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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