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UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
Grant Dawson
Grant Dawson
22-2-1 · USA
VS
Diego Ferreira
Diego Ferreira
19-5 · BRA
January 18, 2025 · Inglewood, California, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Grant Dawson def. Diego Ferreira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dawson21/313/503:11
Ferreira11/160/000:00
R2
Dawson21/391/203:44
Ferreira17/280/000:18
R3
Dawson14/282/403:55
Ferreira13/170/000:02
Total
Dawson56/986/11010:50
Ferreira41/610/000:20

Scorecards

Dawson vs Ferreira

RdFelicia OhRaphael DavisRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (15 cards) · avg 3027 · 15 Dawson · 0 Ferreira

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dawson-Ferreira.

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
DawsonWin probabilityFerreira
77.3%22.7%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
24%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dawson77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%31%
Submission20%26%
Decision33%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 56
Takedowns2.6 (0.06.4)act 6
Ferreira23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%37%
Submission4%16%
Decision11%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 41
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R224%
R312%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Dawson
53.9%-120
Ferreira
+12045.1%
Most takedownstie 15.0%
Dawson
81.4%-2294
Ferreira
+22943.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
39.6%
+152
Under 46.5
60.4%
-152
058116
Ferreira
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
39.5%
+153
Under 40.5
60.5%
-153
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.1%
+104
Under 2.5
50.9%
-104
048
Ferreira
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
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 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
Dawson77.3%68.1%+9.2-245
Ferreira22.7%31.9%−9.2+200

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
67.6Striking68.5
Ferreira +0.9
66.2Grappling43.0
Dawson +23.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DawsonFerreira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1657
Pound-for-pound
1609
1614
Divisional
1607
1514
Striking offense
1537
1499
Striking defense
1486
1549
Grappling offense
1494
1527
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
30 yrs
Age
40 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
5.04
52%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.12
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
46%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.96
38%
Takedown accuracy
30%
60%
Takedown defense
60%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
91%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
60%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Grant Dawson
  • WRafa GarciaKO/TKO R2
    Close -3693mo before
  • WJoe SoleckiU-DEC R3
    Close -5398mo before
  • LKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5251y 3mo before
  • WDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -1021y 7mo before
  • WMark MadsenSUB R3
    missedClose -2202y 2mo before
Diego Ferreira
  • WMateusz RebeckiKO/TKO R3
    Close +3428mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 8mo before
  • LMateusz GamrotKO/TKO R2
    Close +1933y 1mo before
  • LGregor GillespieKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1243y 8mo before
  • LBeneil DariushS-DEC R3
    Close -1173y 11mo before
Dawson — win / loss by method
Record: 22-2-1

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
5 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
37% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dawson
Ferreira
12
UFC fights
15
137.6 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
141.3 min · 9.4 avg
11y 11m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dawson
Ferreira
197W–49L · 80.1%
Overall
232W–57L · 80.3%
167W–35L · 82.7%
Wins
157W–46L · 77.3%
30W–14L · 68.2%
Losses
75W–11L · 87.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dawson
Ferreira
98W–70L · 58.3%
Overall
98W–41L · 70.5%
93W–68L · 57.8%
Wins
98W–41L · 70.5%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dawson
Ferreira
6.48
Landed / min
6.17
41.7%
Accuracy
34.9%
52.8%
Defense
59.9%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
24.0%
Time at distance
62.8%
Grappling & control
Dawson
Ferreira
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.96
38.2%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
1.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
90.8%
Control share
39.8%
Strike target map
Dawson
  • Head67%(288)div 63%
  • Body19%(81)div 21%
  • Legs14%(60)div 16%
Ferreira
  • Head71%(509)div 63%
  • Body21%(152)div 21%
  • Legs7%(51)div 16%

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

Grant Dawson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Diego Ferreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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