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UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
14-3 · USA
VS
Vagner Rocha
Vagner Rocha
6-1 · BRA
June 11, 2011 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Donald Cerrone def. Vagner Rocha by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cerrone24/420/000:01
Rocha19/371/100:26
R2
Cerrone22/370/000:26
Rocha9/300/400:30
R3
Cerrone40/660/100:13
Rocha18/390/200:00
Total
Cerrone86/1450/100:40
Rocha46/1061/700:56

Scorecards

Cerrone vs Rocha

RdChris FrancoDave HagenNelson HamiltonCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-810-910-910-8.9
Total30-2630-2730-2729.9-27

Media (4 cards) · avg 3027 · 4 Cerrone · 0 Rocha

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cerrone-Rocha.

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 probabilityRocha
53.2%46.8%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
16%
Decision
43%
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 Cerrone, blue toward Rocha. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cerrone53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%36%
Submission11%21%
Decision23%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3683)act 86
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Rocha47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%47%
Submission5%10%
Decision20%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 46
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~113 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R218%
R316%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Cerrone
61.1%-161
Rocha
+16137.9%
Most takedownstie 62.2%
Cerrone
16.9%+124
Rocha
-12420.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 63.5
63.5
Over 63.5
42.5%
+136
Under 63.5
57.5%
-136
080159
Rocha
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
42.2%
+137
Under 49.5
57.8%
-137
062124
Takedowns — over/under
Cerrone
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.2%
Exactly 0
79.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rocha
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.3%
+311
Under 0.5
75.7%
-311
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
Cerrone53.2%77.3%−24.1-400
Rocha46.8%22.7%+24.1+325

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CerroneRocha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1552
Pound-for-pound
1518
1551
Divisional
1518
1500
Striking offense
1482
1528
Striking defense
1500
1502
Grappling offense
1561
1504
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.20
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
2.50
Strikes absorbed / min
71%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.11
Takedowns / 15 min
75%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Donald Cerrone
  • WPaul KellySUB R2
    Close -2754mo before
Vagner Rocha
No prior UFC fights.
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0, 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
86% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Rocha — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Cerrone
Rocha
1
UFC fights
0
8.8 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
20y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Cerrone
Rocha
12W–3L · 80.0%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cerrone
Rocha
128W–32L · 80.0%
Overall
27W–12L · 69.2%
93W–28L · 76.9%
Wins
22W–11L · 66.7%
35W–4L · 89.7%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Cerrone
Rocha
5.35
Landed / min
46.4%
Accuracy
69.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
55.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cerrone
Rocha
5.11
Takedowns / 15 min
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
1.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
100.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Cerrone
  • Head38%(14)div 65%
  • Body35%(13)div 18%
  • Legs27%(10)div 17%
Rocha
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Vagner Rocha

No UFC fights on record.

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