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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
Jose Delgado
Jose Delgado
8-1 · USA
VS
Connor Matthews
Connor Matthews
7-2 · USA
February 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Jose Delgado def. Connor Matthews by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:58
Delgado21/400/010:08
Matthews6/232/300:47
Total
Delgado21/400/010:08
Matthews6/232/300:47

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
DelgadoWin probabilityMatthews
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
16%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Delgado, blue toward Matthews. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Delgado66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%35%32%
Submission10%15%17%
Decision33%50%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2066)act 21
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Matthews34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%24%9%
Submission6%18%4%
Decision20%58%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 6
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 2
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R213%
R312%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Delgado
55.0%-125
Matthews
+12544.0%
Most takedownstie 36.6%
Delgado
29.7%+113
Matthews
-11333.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Delgado
Expected: 48.5
48.5
Over 48.5
39.7%
+152
Under 48.5
60.3%
-152
061122
Matthews
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
40.0%
+150
Under 40.5
60.0%
-150
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Delgado
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.3%
+142
Under 0.5
58.7%
-142
035
Matthews
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.7%
+191
Exactly 1
16.4%
push
Under 1
54.8%
-191
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 10.8 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
Delgado66.3%81.3%−15.0-567
Matthews33.7%18.7%+15.0+412
By method
Delgado by KO/TKO20.7%32.5%−11.8+156
Delgado by submission10.9%16.7%−5.8+398
Delgado by decision34.6%28.0%+6.6+197
Matthews by KO/TKO10.5%9.2%+1.3+806
Matthews by submission5.6%4.4%+1.2+1800
Matthews by decision17.6%9.3%+8.3+790
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.7%60.9%+15.8-187
Over 2.5 rds63.7%45.3%+18.4+108
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.3%38.8%+13.5+141

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
DelgadoMatthews
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1503
1523
Divisional
1503
1500
Striking offense
1501
1500
Striking defense
1493
1500
Grappling offense
1495
1500
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
71"
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Stance
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Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
5.79
Strike accuracy
43%
Strikes absorbed / min
8.01
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
322
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jose Delgado
No prior UFC fights.
Connor Matthews
  • LDennis BuzukjaKO/TKO R3
    Close +11611mo before
Delgado — 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% 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
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Matthews — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Delgado
Matthews
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
10.4 min · 10.4 avg
Career length
6y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Delgado
Matthews
Overall
11W–4L · 73.3%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Delgado
Matthews
33W–14L · 70.2%
Overall
42W–117L · 26.4%
28W–13L · 68.3%
Wins
37W–117L · 24.0%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Delgado
Matthews
Landed / min
6.02
Accuracy
42.5%
Defense
58.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
91.4%
Grappling & control
Delgado
Matthews
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
85.1%
Strike target map
Delgado
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Matthews
  • Head62%(37)div 64%
  • Body23%(14)div 20%
  • Legs15%(9)div 16%

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

Jose Delgado

No UFC fights on record.

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

Connor Matthews
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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