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Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
17-4 · USA
VS
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
20-7 · USA
May 15, 2012 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Donald Cerrone def. Jeremy Stephens by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cerrone29/580/100:00
Stephens16/390/100:01
R2
Cerrone27/661/100:27
Stephens12/310/200:00
R3
Cerrone31/680/100:03
Stephens18/450/000:00
Total
Cerrone87/1921/300:30
Stephens46/1150/300:01

Scorecards

Cerrone vs Stephens

RdCardo UrsoJeff BlatnickSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Cerrone · 0 Stephens

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cerrone-Stephens.

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
CerroneWin probabilityStephens
44.6%55.4%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
1%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%33%
Submission1%2%
Decision29%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (46105)act 87
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Stephens55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%55%
Submission0%0%
Decision25%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 46
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~157 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R233%
R39%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Cerrone
52.6%-113
Stephens
+11346.7%
Most takedownstie 73.8%
Cerrone
20.9%-400
Stephens
+4005.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 80.9
81
Over 81
42.0%
+136
Exactly 81
0.8%
push
Under 81
57.2%
-136
0102203
Stephens
Expected: 75.9
76
Over 76
42.0%
+136
Exactly 76
0.9%
push
Under 76
57.1%
-136
095190
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.7%
+360
Under 0.5
78.3%
-360
035
Stephens
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.3%
Exactly 0
93.7%
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 11.8 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
Cerrone44.6%67.3%−22.7-220
Stephens55.4%32.7%+22.7+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
61.9Striking69.4
Stephens +7.6
63.6Grappling55.8
Cerrone +7.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneStephens
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1549
1581
Divisional
1546
1518
Striking offense
1512
1502
Striking defense
1530
1499
Grappling offense
1492
1535
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.84
Strikes landed / min
2.60
53%
Strike accuracy
47%
7.42
Strikes absorbed / min
2.08
45%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.02
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
60%
Takedown accuracy
51%
91%
Takedown defense
52%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
54%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
137
Days since last fight
220
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • LNate DiazU-DEC R3
    Close -2805mo before
  • WDennis SiverSUB R1
    Close -2357mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1049mo before
  • WVagner RochaU-DEC R3
    Close -40011mo before
  • WPaul KellySUB R2
    Close -2751y 3mo before
Jeremy Stephens
  • LAnthony PettisS-DEC R3
    Close +2557mo before
  • WDanny DownesU-DEC R3
    Close -36011mo before
  • WMarcus DavisKO/TKO R3
    Close -3001y 4mo before
  • LMelvin GuillardS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 8mo before
  • WSam StoutS-DEC R3
    Close +1752y before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0, 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
76% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Stephens — 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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (43%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Stephens
5
UFC fights
13
44.2 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
158.8 min · 12.2 avg
20y 6m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Stephens
65W–19L · 77.4%
Overall
201W–57L · 77.9%
51W–12L · 81.0%
Wins
83W–28L · 74.8%
14W–7L · 66.7%
Losses
118W–29L · 80.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Stephens
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
87W–49L · 64.0%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
81W–48L · 62.8%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Stephens
6.12
Landed / min
3.67
51.7%
Accuracy
37.8%
44.0%
Defense
66.5%
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.66
79.2%
Time at distance
39.5%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Stephens
1.02
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
51.4%
90.9%
Takedown defense
52.3%
0.68
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.76
63.8%
Control share
43.5%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head47%(122)div 64%
  • Body20%(51)div 19%
  • Legs33%(85)div 17%
Stephens
  • Head61%(250)div 64%
  • Body20%(84)div 19%
  • Legs19%(78)div 17%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jeremy Stephens
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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