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UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
9-3 · USA
VS
October 1, 2011 · Washington, DC, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Anthony Johnson def. Charlie Brenneman by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 2:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:49
Johnson16/200/012:15
Brenneman1/20/100:00
Total
Johnson16/200/012:15
Brenneman1/20/100:00

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
JohnsonWin probabilityBrenneman
88.7%11.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
23%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%32%
Submission20%23%
Decision40%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 16
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Brenneman11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%18%
Submission3%24%
Decision6%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 1
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R221%
R36%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Johnson
86.5%-699
Brenneman
+69912.4%
Most takedownstie 29.7%
Johnson
31.5%+123
Brenneman
-12338.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 46.0
46
Over 46
41.8%
+136
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.8%
-136
058116
Brenneman
Expected: 16.8
17
Over 17
39.8%
+142
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
56.5%
-142
02142
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.9%
+172
Exactly 1
21.3%
push
Under 1
49.8%
-172
035
Brenneman
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.1%
+129
Exactly 1
24.3%
push
Under 1
42.6%
-129
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 10.0 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
Johnson88.7%65.5%+23.2-200
Brenneman11.3%34.5%−23.2+185

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
72.7Striking67.8
Johnson +4.9
75.4Grappling65.7
Johnson +9.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonBrenneman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1564
1560
Divisional
1564
1525
Striking offense
1467
1527
Striking defense
1504
1512
Grappling offense
1538
1524
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.05
Strikes landed / min
1.56
46%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
1.32
61%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.08
Takedowns / 15 min
4.74
76%
Takedown accuracy
52%
73%
Takedown defense
67%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
83%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
97
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Johnson
  • WDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -1736mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckSUB R2
    Close -1291y 10mo before
  • WYoshiyuki YoshidaKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -3281y 11mo before
  • WLuigi FioravantiKO/TKO R1
    Close -3512y 8mo before
  • WKevin BurnsKO/TKO R3
    Close -3502y 10mo before
Charlie Brenneman
  • WRick StoryU-DEC R3
    Close +4153mo before
  • WAmilcar AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close -2208mo before
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R2
    Close +3101y 2mo before
  • WJason HighU-DEC R3
    Close +1731y 6mo before
Johnson — 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Brenneman — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Brenneman
9
UFC fights
4
63.3 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
50.7 min · 12.7 avg
19y 11m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Brenneman
128W–37L · 77.6%
Overall
40W–6L · 87.0%
81W–20L · 80.2%
Wins
32W–6L · 84.2%
47W–17L · 73.4%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Brenneman
15W–5L · 75.0%
Overall
51W–29L · 63.8%
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
42W–25L · 62.7%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Johnson
Brenneman
4.86
Landed / min
1.71
38.6%
Accuracy
24.6%
66.5%
Defense
63.5%
1.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.7%
Time at distance
16.2%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Brenneman
3.08
Takedowns / 15 min
4.74
76.5%
Takedown accuracy
51.6%
72.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.6%
Control share
83.9%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head62%(119)div 62%
  • Body17%(32)div 22%
  • Legs22%(42)div 16%
Brenneman
  • Head44%(35)div 62%
  • Body34%(27)div 22%
  • Legs22%(17)div 16%

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

Anthony Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charlie Brenneman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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