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Chris Cariaso
Chris Cariaso
12-3 · USA
VS
Takeya Mizugaki
Takeya Mizugaki
15-6-2 · JPN
February 25, 2012 · Saitama, Japan
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Chris Cariaso def. Takeya Mizugaki by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cariaso8/290/000:03
Mizugaki9/341/202:43
R2
Cariaso15/290/000:24
Mizugaki8/301/202:19
R3
Cariaso14/190/100:55
Mizugaki11/240/003:01
Total
Cariaso37/770/101:22
Mizugaki28/882/408:03

Scorecards

Cariaso vs Mizugaki

RdChris LeeChris WattsHoward HughesCommunity
R19-109-109-109.2-9.9
R210-910-910-99.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2827.4-29.7

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 6 Cariaso · 0 Mizugaki

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cariaso-Mizugaki.

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
CariasoWin probabilityMizugaki
46.8%53.2%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
11%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cariaso47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%23%
Submission6%13%
Decision30%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 37
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Mizugaki53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%33%
Submission5%9%
Decision31%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 28
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 2
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R214%
R38%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Cariaso
51.7%-110
Mizugaki
+11047.0%
Most takedownstie 45.6%
Cariaso
11.5%+372
Mizugaki
-37242.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cariaso
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Mizugaki
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
42.4%
+136
Under 39.5
57.6%
-136
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Cariaso
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.0%
Exactly 0
82.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Mizugaki
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.2%
+174
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
52.6%
-174
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 11.6 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
Cariaso46.8%27.2%+19.6+260
Mizugaki53.2%72.8%−19.6-290

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
68.7Striking62.5
Cariaso +6.2
37.8Grappling53.0
Mizugaki +15.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CariasoMizugaki
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1536
1540
Divisional
1536
1500
Striking offense
1498
1525
Striking defense
1509
1480
Grappling offense
1492
1504
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'7"
64"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.62
Strikes landed / min
3.22
47%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
3.16
56%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
27%
Takedown accuracy
100%
58%
Takedown defense
67%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
67%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Cariaso
  • WVaughan LeeS-DEC R3
    Close -2054mo before
  • LMichael McDonaldS-DEC R3
    Close +3409mo before
  • WWill CampuzanoU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 1mo before
Takeya Mizugaki
  • WCole EscovedoKO/TKO R2
    Close -2205mo before
  • LBrian BowlesU-DEC R3
    Close +2858mo before
  • WReuben DuranS-DEC R3
    Close -2251y before
Cariaso — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
6 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Mizugaki — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-2

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
60% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win5loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(20%) 1
8 (62%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Cariaso
Mizugaki
3
UFC fights
3
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
39.5 min · 13.2 avg
20y 2m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cariaso
Mizugaki
31W–10L · 75.6%
Overall
33W–10L · 76.7%
19W–9L · 67.9%
Wins
24W–9L · 72.7%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cariaso
Mizugaki
62W–22L · 73.8%
Overall
181W–60L · 75.1%
29W–20L · 59.2%
Wins
95W–44L · 68.3%
33W–2L · 94.3%
Losses
86W–16L · 84.3%
Distance striking
Cariaso
Mizugaki
4.73
Landed / min
4.32
43.3%
Accuracy
36.5%
60.9%
Defense
64.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.76
59.7%
Time at distance
52.2%
Grappling & control
Cariaso
Mizugaki
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
27.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
58.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
52.5%
Control share
48.0%
Strike target map
Cariaso
  • Head58%(95)div 57%
  • Body27%(44)div 25%
  • Legs15%(24)div 17%
Mizugaki
  • Head63%(80)div 57%
  • Body16%(20)div 25%
  • Legs21%(27)div 17%

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

Chris Cariaso
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Takeya Mizugaki
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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