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UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
Mike Massenzio
Mike Massenzio
12-5 · USA
VS
Steve Cantwell
Steve Cantwell
7-4 · USA
October 8, 2011 · Houston, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Mike Massenzio def. Steve Cantwell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Massenzio19/440/300:00
Cantwell14/690/000:10
R2
Massenzio29/621/501:09
Cantwell20/540/000:00
R3
Massenzio30/580/302:19
Cantwell22/410/000:00
Total
Massenzio78/1641/1103:28
Cantwell56/1640/000:10

Scorecards

Massenzio vs Cantwell

RdCharles PhillipsDanny DealejandroDavid LassiterCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2729-2829-2829-28

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Massenzio · 0 Cantwell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Massenzio-Cantwell.

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
MassenzioWin probabilityCantwell
45.9%54.1%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
13%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Massenzio46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission6%13%
Decision25%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 78
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 1
Cantwell54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%43%
Submission7%12%
Decision24%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 56
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R215%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Massenzio
54.8%-126
Cantwell
+12643.6%
Most takedownstie 42.7%
Massenzio
34.9%-156
Cantwell
+15622.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Massenzio
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
41.9%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04488
Cantwell
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.6%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.2%
-135
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Massenzio
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.1%
+209
Exactly 1
16.2%
push
Under 1
56.7%
-209
035
Cantwell
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
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 10.3 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
Massenzio45.9%40.2%+5.7+145
Cantwell54.1%59.8%−5.7-155

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
48.5Striking46.2
Massenzio +2.3
56.8Grappling41.3
Massenzio +15.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MassenzioCantwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1490
Pound-for-pound
1489
1503
Divisional
1520
1487
Striking offense
1494
1499
Striking defense
1496
1532
Grappling offense
1487
1503
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.77
Strikes landed / min
3.00
45%
Strike accuracy
31%
3.71
Strikes absorbed / min
5.91
45%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
30%
Takedown accuracy
22%
0%
Takedown defense
88%
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
25%
-3
Win/loss streak
-3
25%
Last-5 win rate
25%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
219
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Massenzio
  • LKrzysztof SoszynskiU-DEC R3
    Close +2654mo before
  • LBrian StannSUB R3
    Close -2201y 2mo before
  • LCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    2y 9mo before
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R1
    Close +1963y 1mo before
Steve Cantwell
  • LCyrille DiabateU-DEC R3
    Close -1457mo before
  • LBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -3102y 1mo before
  • LLuiz CaneU-DEC R3
    Close +2082y 6mo before
  • WRazak Al-HassanSUB R1
    Close -3182y 10mo before
Massenzio — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Cantwell — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Massenzio
Cantwell
4
UFC fights
4
32.6 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
49.1 min · 12.3 avg
21y 4m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Massenzio
Cantwell
47W–18L · 72.3%
Overall
39W–10L · 79.6%
7W–3L · 70.0%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
40W–15L · 72.7%
Losses
32W–10L · 76.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Massenzio
Cantwell
59W–31L · 65.6%
Overall
30W–8L · 78.9%
52W–29L · 64.2%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Massenzio
Cantwell
2.59
Landed / min
3.28
40.0%
Accuracy
29.9%
74.8%
Defense
57.3%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
23.6%
Time at distance
86.4%
Grappling & control
Massenzio
Cantwell
3.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
29.6%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
0.0%
Takedown defense
87.5%
2.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
46.5%
Control share
55.4%
Strike target map
Massenzio
  • Head68%(17)div 63%
  • Body12%(3)div 19%
  • Legs20%(5)div 17%
Cantwell
  • Head46%(68)div 63%
  • Body32%(47)div 19%
  • Legs22%(32)div 17%

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

Mike Massenzio
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Steve Cantwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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