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TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
4-1 · USA
VS
Walel Watson
Walel Watson
9-3 · USA
February 15, 2012 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
TJ Dillashaw def. Walel Watson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dillashaw23/281/304:47
Watson0/10/000:00
R2
Dillashaw46/601/104:36
Watson2/80/000:00
R3
Dillashaw16/261/303:01
Watson9/240/000:00
Total
Dillashaw85/1143/7012:24
Watson11/330/000:00

Scorecards

Dillashaw vs Watson

RdDave JobeunJeff BlatnickSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-910-810-7.8
R210-810-810-810-7.7
R310-910-910-910-8.7
Total30-2530-2630-2530-24.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 3024.7 · 6 Dillashaw · 0 Watson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dillashaw-Watson.

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
DillashawWin probabilityWatson
78.8%21.2%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
49%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 7.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dillashaw79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%27%
Submission37%47%
Decision21%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 85
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.6)act 3
Watson21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%29%
Submission12%55%
Decision3%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 11
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R153%
R213%
R310%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Dillashaw
70.4%-252
Watson
+25228.0%
Most takedownstie 32.8%
Dillashaw
61.5%-1077
Watson
+10775.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.2%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
57.0%
-138
04692
Watson
Expected: 22.5
22.5
Over 22.5
42.5%
+135
Under 22.5
57.5%
-135
02957
Takedowns — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
35.3%
-105
Exactly 1
31.0%
push
Under 1
33.7%
+105
035
Watson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.0%
Exactly 0
87.0%
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 7.1 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
Dillashaw78.8%70.6%+8.2-255
Watson21.2%29.4%−8.2+235

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
42.7Striking66.8
Watson +24.1
0.0Grappling41.5
Watson +41.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DillashawWatson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1514
1497
Divisional
1514
1478
Striking offense
1505
1493
Striking defense
1510
1552
Grappling offense
1498
1549
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
67"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.05
Strikes landed / min
3.44
10%
Strike accuracy
29%
3.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.03
71%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
74
Days since last fight
67
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
TJ Dillashaw
  • LJohn DodsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2152mo before
Walel Watson
  • LYves JabouinS-DEC R3
    Close +1452mo before
  • WJoseph SandovalKO/TKO R1
    Close +1005mo before
Dillashaw — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
7 (88%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dillashaw
Watson
1
UFC fights
2
1.9 min · 1.9 avg
Octagon time
16.3 min · 8.1 avg
16y 4m
Career length
17y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dillashaw
Watson
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
22W–7L · 75.9%
0W–0L
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dillashaw
Watson
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
37W–22L · 62.7%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
28W–18L · 60.9%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Dillashaw
Watson
1.08
Landed / min
3.77
9.5%
Accuracy
26.8%
77.3%
Defense
64.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.84
97.4%
Time at distance
79.9%
Grappling & control
Dillashaw
Watson
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.84
0.0%
Control share
43.6%
Strike target map
Dillashaw
  • Head0%(0)div 56%
  • Body50%(1)div 26%
  • Legs50%(1)div 18%
Watson
  • Head48%(27)div 56%
  • Body20%(11)div 26%
  • Legs32%(18)div 18%

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

TJ Dillashaw
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Walel Watson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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