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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
Valter Walker
Valter Walker
12-1 · BRA
VS
Don'Tale Mayes
Don'Tale Mayes
11-7 · USA
February 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
245.0lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
Valter Walker def. Don'Tale Mayes by SUB (Heel Hook), R1 1:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:17
Walker1/31/200:58
Mayes1/20/000:00
Total
Walker1/31/200:58
Mayes1/20/000:00

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
WalkerWin probabilityMayes
61.8%38.2%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
12%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Walker, blue toward Mayes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Walker62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%42%14%
Submission9%15%17%
Decision27%43%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 1
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.6)act 1
Mayes38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%45%13%
Submission3%8%4%
Decision18%47%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R218%
R36%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Walker
51.8%-111
Mayes
+11146.6%
Most takedownstie 25.7%
Walker
70.1%-1658
Mayes
+16584.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Walker
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
39.6%
+152
Under 30.5
60.4%
-152
03977
Mayes
Expected: 28.0
28
Over 28
38.9%
+153
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.4%
-153
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Walker
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
39.8%
+112
Exactly 2
15.5%
push
Under 2
44.7%
-112
047
Mayes
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.3%
Exactly 0
89.7%
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 9.7 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
Walker61.8%73.4%−11.6-331
Mayes38.2%26.6%+11.6+259
By method
Walker by KO/TKO26.4%14.5%+11.9+480
Walker by submission7.5%17.1%−9.6+389
Walker by decision27.9%36.4%−8.5+131
Mayes by KO/TKO16.3%12.8%+3.5+555
Mayes by submission4.6%3.6%+1.0+2222
Mayes by decision17.2%15.6%+1.6+437
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.1%72.9%−3.8-358
Over 2.5 rds51.5%61.1%−9.6-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.1%54.8%−9.7-142

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
57.1Striking56.8
Walker +0.4
57.0Grappling37.0
Walker +19.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WalkerMayes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1509
1533
Divisional
1509
Striking offense
Striking defense
1511
Grappling offense
1466
1513
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'6"
Height
6'6"
78"
Reach
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.86
Strikes landed / min
3.12
52%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.16
Strikes absorbed / min
3.79
43%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.52
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
75%
Takedown accuracy
47%
Takedown defense
43%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Valter Walker
  • WJunior TafaSUB R1
    Close -1456mo before
  • LLukasz BrzeskiU-DEC R3
    Close -24010mo before
Don'Tale Mayes
  • LShamil GazievU-DEC R3
    Close +3196mo before
  • WCaio MachadoU-DEC R3
    Close +11310mo before
  • LRodrigo NascimentoU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 3mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1411y 8mo before
  • LAugusto SakaiU-DEC R3
    Close -1072y before
Walker — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Mayes — win / loss by method
Record: 11-7-0, 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
43% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
4win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Walker
Mayes
2
UFC fights
10
19.9 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
133.6 min · 13.4 avg
5y 10m
Career length
10y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Walker
Mayes
13W–6L · 68.4%
Overall
119W–40L · 74.8%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Wins
71W–33L · 68.3%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Losses
48W–7L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Walker
Mayes
64W–34L · 65.3%
Overall
48W–24L · 66.7%
64W–34L · 65.3%
Wins
33W–18L · 64.7%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Walker
Mayes
3.50
Landed / min
5.09
46.4%
Accuracy
38.7%
42.7%
Defense
52.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
37.3%
Time at distance
52.3%
Grappling & control
Walker
Mayes
4.52
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
46.7%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
94.0%
Control share
34.3%
Strike target map
Walker
  • Head54%(20)div 65%
  • Body16%(6)div 20%
  • Legs30%(11)div 16%
Mayes
  • Head55%(229)div 65%
  • Body29%(119)div 20%
  • Legs17%(69)div 16%

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

Valter Walker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Don'Tale Mayes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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