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UFC 153: Silva vs Bonnar
Diego Brandao
Diego Brandao
15-8 · BRA
VS
Joey Gambino
Joey Gambino
9-1 · USA
October 13, 2012 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 3 rounds
144.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Diego Brandao def. Joey Gambino by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brandao15/331/101:12
Gambino12/360/200:25
R2
Brandao10/251/212:34
Gambino8/250/100:06
R3
Brandao8/191/101:48
Gambino19/480/100:07
Total
Brandao33/773/415:34
Gambino39/1090/400:38

Scorecards

Brandao vs Gambino

RdCardo UrsoDouglas CrosbyMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (9 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 9 Brandao · 0 Gambino

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Brandao-Gambino.

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
BrandaoWin probabilityGambino
49.7%50.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
34%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Brandao50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%30%
Submission16%31%
Decision19%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 33
Takedowns1.5 (0.13.5)act 3
Gambino50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission19%38%
Decision21%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 39
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R214%
R36%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Brandao
53.0%-116
Gambino
+11645.7%
Most takedownstie 11.6%
Brandao
83.9%-1843
Gambino
+18434.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brandao
Expected: 44.3
44.5
Over 44.5
42.2%
+137
Under 44.5
57.8%
-137
056111
Gambino
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
41.6%
+137
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.8%
-137
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Brandao
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
56.4%
-130
Under 1.5
43.6%
+130
035
Gambino
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
22.9%
Exactly 0
77.1%
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 8.8 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
Brandao49.7%70.2%−20.5-250
Gambino50.3%29.8%+20.5+230

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
65.0Striking37.4
Brandao +27.6
58.1Grappling18.5
Brandao +39.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrandaoGambino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1514
1504
Divisional
1514
1497
Striking offense
1498
1502
Striking defense
1506
1506
Grappling offense
1500
1498
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
25 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
64"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.12
Strikes landed / min
1.80
49%
Strike accuracy
33%
3.07
Strikes absorbed / min
4.31
63%
Strike defense
25%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
71%
Takedown defense
67%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
113
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Brandao
  • LDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -2605mo before
  • WDennis BermudezSUB R1
    Close -32010mo before
Joey Gambino
  • LSteven SilerSUB R1
    Close -1204mo before
Brandao — win / loss by method
Record: 15-8-0

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, 4 losses
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
3 (21%)Submission(14%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(29%) 2
Gambino — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brandao
Gambino
2
UFC fights
1
19.9 min · 9.9 avg
Octagon time
2.8 min · 2.8 avg
20y 10m
Career length
16y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brandao
Gambino
20W–4L · 83.3%
Overall
20W–9L · 69.0%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
0W–0L
13W–2L · 86.7%
Losses
20W–9L · 69.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brandao
Gambino
102W–54L · 65.4%
Overall
32W–13L · 71.1%
59W–41L · 59.0%
Wins
32W–13L · 71.1%
43W–13L · 76.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brandao
Gambino
3.38
Landed / min
5.55
42.9%
Accuracy
33.3%
75.0%
Defense
50.0%
0.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.8%
Time at distance
25.9%
Grappling & control
Brandao
Gambino
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
37.9%
Control share
26.6%
Strike target map
Brandao
  • Head71%(30)div 63%
  • Body21%(9)div 20%
  • Legs7%(3)div 17%
Gambino
  • Head40%(2)div 63%
  • Body20%(1)div 20%
  • Legs40%(2)div 17%

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

Diego Brandao
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joey Gambino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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