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Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
18-10-1 · MDA
VS
Ibo Aslan
Ibo Aslan
14-1 · TUR
February 22, 2025 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Ion Cutelaba def. Ibo Aslan by SUB (Arm Triangle), R1 2:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:51
Cutelaba14/312/401:06
Aslan15/300/000:00
Total
Cutelaba14/312/401:06
Aslan15/300/000:00

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
CutelabaWin probabilityAslan
42.6%57.4%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
25%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 7.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%41%17%
Submission11%26%9%
Decision14%33%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1136)act 14
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 2
Aslan57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%57%46%
Submission14%24%4%
Decision11%19%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 15
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R221%
R35%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Cutelaba
42.6%+131
Aslan
-13155.9%
Most takedownstie 47.2%
Cutelaba
40.6%-333
Aslan
+33312.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 26.8
27
Over 27
38.5%
+155
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.7%
-155
03467
Aslan
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.7%
+155
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.9%
-155
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.4%
+121
Under 0.5
54.6%
-121
035
Aslan
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
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 7.1 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
Cutelaba42.6%35.7%+6.9+168
Aslan57.4%64.3%−6.9-205
By method
Cutelaba by KO/TKO21.3%17.0%+4.3+384
Cutelaba by submission10.6%8.9%+1.7+823
Cutelaba by decision10.7%13.7%−3.0+500
Aslan by KO/TKO28.8%46.1%−17.3-127
Aslan by submission14.3%3.9%+10.4+2022
Aslan by decision14.4%10.3%+4.1+703
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds50.6%48.9%+1.7-109
Over 2.5 rds29.7%30.2%−0.5+210
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision25.0%25.3%−0.3+272

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
63.6Striking75.7
Aslan +12.0
64.7Grappling25.0
Cutelaba +39.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CutelabaAslan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1564
1518
Divisional
1564
1513
Striking offense
1516
1497
Striking defense
1507
1532
Grappling offense
1499
1487
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.29
Strikes landed / min
8.24
43%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.34
Strikes absorbed / min
4.52
47%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.04
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52%
Takedown accuracy
75%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
57%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • WIvan ErslanS-DEC R3
    Close -1035mo before
  • LPhilipe LinsU-DEC R3
    Close -14111mo before
  • WTanner BoserKO/TKO R1
    Close -1311y 10mo before
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1572y 3mo before
  • LJohnny WalkerSUB R1
    Close -1972y 5mo before
Ibo Aslan
  • WRafael CerqueiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1054mo before
  • WAnton TurkaljKO/TKO R3
    Close -13511mo before
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 18-10-1, 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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
72% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
7win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(44%) 4
3 (43%)Decision(22%) 2
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Aslan — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Aslan
17
UFC fights
2
137.4 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
12.4 min · 6.2 avg
14y 4m
Career length
9y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Aslan
229W–61L · 79.0%
Overall
19W–3L · 86.4%
93W–27L · 77.5%
Wins
19W–3L · 86.4%
136W–34L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Aslan
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
58W–62L · 48.3%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
53W–62L · 46.1%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Aslan
4.75
Landed / min
8.26
33.2%
Accuracy
46.7%
50.4%
Defense
66.0%
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.21
51.3%
Time at distance
91.0%
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Aslan
4.04
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52.1%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
52.6%
Control share
10.0%
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head74%(438)div 64%
  • Body17%(99)div 19%
  • Legs9%(52)div 17%
Aslan
  • Head81%(83)div 64%
  • Body6%(6)div 19%
  • Legs13%(13)div 17%

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ibo Aslan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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