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Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
15-3 · USA
VS
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
14-1 · BRA
August 14, 2011 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Donald Cerrone def. Charles Oliveira by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:01
Cerrone30/600/000:12
Oliveira10/290/000:00
Total
Cerrone30/600/000:12
Oliveira10/290/000:00

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
CerroneWin probabilityOliveira
3.9%96.1%
KO / TKO
71%
Submission
3%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone4%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%51%
Submission0%4%
Decision2%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3376)act 30
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Oliveira96%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO68%71%
Submission3%3%
Decision25%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes86 (49111)act 10
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.6)act 0
Combined totals~144 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R248%
R317%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Cerrone
32.5%+206
Oliveira
-20666.8%
Most takedownstie 32.4%
Cerrone
1.9%+3403
Oliveira
-340365.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 58.6
58.5
Over 58.5
42.6%
+135
Under 58.5
57.4%
-135
074147
Oliveira
Expected: 85.6
85.5
Over 85.5
42.5%
+135
Under 85.5
57.5%
-135
0107214
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.7%
Exactly 0
95.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Oliveira
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
34.9%
+141
Exactly 2
15.9%
push
Under 2
49.2%
-141
036

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 9.9 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
Cerrone3.9%47.9%−44.0+104
Oliveira96.1%52.1%+44.0-114

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
80.4Striking76.7
Cerrone +3.7
66.1Grappling63.3
Cerrone +2.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneOliveira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1559
1565
Divisional
1559
1502
Striking offense
1496
1527
Striking defense
1507
1499
Grappling offense
1535
1509
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
28 yrs
Age
21 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.17
Strikes landed / min
3.38
56%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.86
Strikes absorbed / min
1.28
62%
Strike defense
76%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
60%
Takedown accuracy
25%
86%
Takedown defense
60%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
64
Days since last fight
49
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WVagner RochaU-DEC R3
    Close -4002mo before
  • WPaul KellySUB R2
    Close -2756mo before
Charles Oliveira
  • LJim MillerSUB R1
    Close -1508mo before
  • WEfrain EscuderoSUB R3
    Close +14511mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsSUB R1
    Close -2401y before
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0, 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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0, 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, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Oliveira
2
UFC fights
4
23.8 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
21.9 min · 5.5 avg
20y 6m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Oliveira
18W–4L · 81.8%
Overall
42W–4L · 91.3%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Wins
24W–2L · 92.3%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–2L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Oliveira
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
34W–17L · 66.7%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
34W–17L · 66.7%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cerrone
Oliveira
6.03
Landed / min
4.51
55.6%
Accuracy
38.7%
61.8%
Defense
81.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.69
76.0%
Time at distance
46.6%
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Oliveira
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
85.7%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.11
81.8%
Control share
31.6%
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head32%(39)div 65%
  • Body20%(24)div 19%
  • Legs49%(60)div 17%
Oliveira
  • Head49%(36)div 65%
  • Body23%(17)div 19%
  • Legs28%(21)div 17%

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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