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Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
13-4 · USA
VS
John Cholish
John Cholish
8-1 · USA
May 5, 2012 · East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Danny Castillo def. John Cholish by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castillo20/450/100:50
Cholish9/190/300:28
R2
Castillo13/421/100:09
Cholish11/321/300:23
R3
Castillo19/490/101:56
Cholish9/330/000:00
Total
Castillo52/1361/302:55
Cholish29/841/600:51

Scorecards

Castillo vs Cholish

RdDave TirelliJeff BlatnickMichael Depasquale Jr.Community
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-99.8-9.4
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.2-28

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 6 Castillo · 0 Cholish

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Castillo-Cholish.

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
CastilloWin probabilityCholish
32.3%67.7%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
18%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Castillo32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%
Submission4%13%
Decision19%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 52
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Cholish68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%25%
Submission14%21%
Decision37%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 29
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R29%
R39%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Castillo
46.0%+114
Cholish
-11452.3%
Most takedownstie 29.8%
Castillo
33.5%+109
Cholish
-10936.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.0%
-134
03978
Cholish
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.3%
+136
Under 33.5
57.7%
-136
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.1%
+155
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
48.3%
-155
035
Cholish
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.9%
+137
Exactly 1
19.7%
push
Under 1
46.4%
-137
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
Castillo32.3%41.0%−8.7+140
Cholish67.7%59.0%+8.7-150

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
76.0Striking89.7
Cholish +13.7
58.6Grappling40.4
Castillo +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CastilloCholish
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1536
1558
Divisional
1536
1482
Striking offense
1492
1513
Striking defense
1504
1535
Grappling offense
1554
1523
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.65
Strikes landed / min
5.73
55%
Strike accuracy
69%
1.30
Strikes absorbed / min
1.77
60%
Strike defense
87%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.56
42%
Takedown accuracy
17%
62%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
127
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Danny Castillo
  • WAnthony NjokuaniS-DEC R3
    Close -1854mo before
  • WShamar BaileyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3756mo before
  • LJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close +1009mo before
  • WJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 2mo before
John Cholish
  • WMitch ClarkeKO/TKO R2
    Close -3455mo before
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Cholish — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Castillo
Cholish
4
UFC fights
1
49.9 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
9.6 min · 9.6 avg
18y 9m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Castillo
Cholish
69W–23L · 75.0%
Overall
9W–0L · 100.0%
57W–21L · 73.1%
Wins
9W–0L · 100.0%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castillo
Cholish
76W–36L · 67.9%
Overall
61W–27L · 69.3%
54W–33L · 62.1%
Wins
59W–27L · 68.6%
22W–3L · 88.0%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Castillo
Cholish
3.14
Landed / min
5.79
34.4%
Accuracy
63.6%
67.4%
Defense
88.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.8%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Castillo
Cholish
4.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.56
41.7%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
61.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
63.9%
Control share
91.0%
Strike target map
Castillo
  • Head45%(60)div 64%
  • Body26%(34)div 19%
  • Legs29%(38)div 17%
Cholish
  • Head76%(42)div 64%
  • Body5%(3)div 19%
  • Legs18%(10)div 17%

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

Danny Castillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Cholish
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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