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UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
Bryan Caraway
Bryan Caraway
16-5 · USA
VS
Mitch Gagnon
Mitch Gagnon
8-1 · CAN
July 21, 2012 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Bryan Caraway def. Mitch Gagnon by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 1:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Caraway5/201/201:07
Gagnon11/231/503:03
R2
Caraway6/181/503:03
Gagnon13/320/000:18
R3 · 1:39
Caraway0/71/201:09
Gagnon3/100/000:00
Total
Caraway11/453/905:19
Gagnon27/651/503:21

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
CarawayWin probabilityGagnon
31.8%68.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
34%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Caraway32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%22%
Submission12%38%
Decision13%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 11
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 3
Gagnon68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission21%32%
Decision31%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 27
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R219%
R310%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Caraway
41.9%+134
Gagnon
-13456.3%
Most takedownstie 31.5%
Caraway
44.2%-182
Gagnon
+18224.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Caraway
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.2%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Gagnon
Expected: 32.7
32.5
Over 32.5
42.9%
+133
Under 32.5
57.1%
-133
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Caraway
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.5%
+113
Exactly 1
20.0%
push
Under 1
42.5%
-113
035
Gagnon
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.1%
+144
Under 0.5
58.9%
-144
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 9.9 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
Caraway31.8%67.3%−35.5-220
Gagnon68.2%32.7%+35.5+200

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
CarawayGagnon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1520
1522
Divisional
1520
1484
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1559
Grappling offense
1500
1555
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'5"
68"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.66
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
67%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.21
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bryan Caraway
  • WDustin NeaceSUB R2
    Close -4058mo before
Mitch Gagnon
No prior UFC fights.
Caraway — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 2 losses
W
81% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
12 (80%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(40%) 2
Gagnon — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (88%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Caraway
Gagnon
1
UFC fights
0
8.6 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
20y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Caraway
Gagnon
23W–17L · 57.5%
Overall
23W–17L · 57.5%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Caraway
Gagnon
142W–70L · 67.0%
Overall
33W–12L · 73.3%
92W–54L · 63.0%
Wins
29W–12L · 70.7%
50W–16L · 75.8%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Caraway
Gagnon
4.77
Landed / min
42.3%
Accuracy
70.6%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
53.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Caraway
Gagnon
5.21
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
1.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
77.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Caraway
  • Head57%(13)div 57%
  • Body9%(2)div 25%
  • Legs35%(8)div 18%
Gagnon
  • Head0%(0)div 57%
  • Body0%(0)div 25%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Bryan Caraway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mitch Gagnon

No UFC fights on record.

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