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Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
12-1 · USA
VS
Yaotzin Meza
Yaotzin Meza
20-7 · USA
December 14, 2012 · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Chad Mendes def. Yaotzin Meza by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:55
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:55
Mendes10/130/010:02
Meza2/150/000:00
Total
Mendes10/130/010:02
Meza2/150/000:00

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
MendesWin probabilityMeza
89.3%10.7%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
12%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mendes89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%33%
Submission9%11%
Decision50%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 10
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 0
Meza11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%35%
Submission2%19%
Decision5%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R222%
R36%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Mendes
63.5%-181
Meza
+18135.0%
Most takedownstie 23.9%
Mendes
68.3%-872
Meza
+8727.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.9%
+135
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.5%
-135
053106
Meza
Expected: 30.7
30.5
Over 30.5
42.9%
+133
Under 30.5
57.1%
-133
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
52.7%
-111
Under 1.5
47.3%
+111
035
Meza
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.7%
Exactly 0
79.3%
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 11.1 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
Mendes89.3%93.0%−3.7-1650
Meza10.7%7.0%+3.7+1300

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
MendesMeza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1522
1566
Divisional
1522
1485
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
66"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.15
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
1.27
Strikes absorbed / min
78%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.80
Takedowns / 15 min
41%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
75%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
160
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chad Mendes
  • WCody McKenzieKO/TKO R1
    Close -7055mo before
  • LJose AldoKO/TKO R1
    Close +21011mo before
  • WRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -5401y 4mo before
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -3651y 10mo before
Yaotzin Meza
No prior UFC fights.
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Meza — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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
30% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (30%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
6 (30%)Submission(43%) 3
8 (40%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
Meza
4
UFC fights
0
35.5 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
17y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
Meza
61W–17L · 78.2%
Overall
41W–16L · 71.9%
Wins
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
Meza
87W–35L · 71.3%
Overall
158W–103L · 60.5%
87W–35L · 71.3%
Wins
120W–81L · 59.7%
0W–0L
Losses
38W–22L · 63.3%
Distance striking
Mendes
Meza
3.41
Landed / min
42.1%
Accuracy
80.7%
Defense
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
61.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Mendes
Meza
3.80
Takedowns / 15 min
40.9%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
95.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head58%(65)div 63%
  • Body9%(10)div 20%
  • Legs33%(37)div 17%
Meza
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Chad Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yaotzin Meza

No UFC fights on record.

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