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Nick Catone
Nick Catone
8-2 · USA
VS
March 19, 2011 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Catch Weight · 195 lb · 3 rounds
194.0lb
Weigh-in
195.0lb
Nick Catone def. Constantinos Philippou by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Catone15/311/401:08
Philippou11/240/000:00
R2
Catone10/191/302:49
Philippou12/220/000:00
R3
Catone6/91/104:39
Philippou0/30/000:00
Total
Catone31/593/808:36
Philippou23/490/000:00

Scorecards

Catone vs Philippou

RdJon BilykTony TamburrinoVincent SinclairCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (4 cards) · avg 3027 · 4 Catone · 0 Philippou

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Catone-Philippou.

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
CatoneWin probabilityPhilippou
66.1%33.9%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
8%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Catone66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%25%
Submission6%10%
Decision43%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 31
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 3
Philippou34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%31%
Submission2%5%
Decision22%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 23
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R211%
R36%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Catone
48.0%+105
Philippou
-10550.3%
Most takedownstie 32.6%
Catone
57.1%-555
Philippou
+55510.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Catone
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.2%
+137
Under 31.5
57.8%
-137
04079
Philippou
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
41.8%
+134
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.1%
-134
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Catone
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.7%
+129
Under 1.5
56.3%
-129
035
Philippou
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.7%
+408
Under 0.5
80.3%
-408
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 11.7 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
Catone66.1%65.1%+1.0-210
Philippou33.9%34.9%−1.0+175

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
CatonePhilippou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1517
1520
Divisional
1517
1476
Striking offense
1500
1524
Striking defense
1533
1535
Grappling offense
1480
1513
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.44
Strikes landed / min
45%
Strike accuracy
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
68%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
55%
Takedown accuracy
84%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
432
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nick Catone
  • WJesse ForbesS-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 2mo before
  • LMark MunozS-DEC R3
    Close +1931y 7mo before
  • LTim CredeurSUB R2
    Close -1232y before
  • WDerek DowneySUB R2
    Close -2312y 1mo before
Constantinos Philippou
No prior UFC fights.
Catone — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Philippou — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0, 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Catone
Philippou
4
UFC fights
0
45.0 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
19y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Catone
Philippou
39W–9L · 81.3%
Overall
23W–6L · 79.3%
Wins
16W–3L · 84.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Catone
Philippou
21W–18L · 53.8%
Overall
37W–13L · 74.0%
21W–18L · 53.8%
Wins
33W–13L · 71.7%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Catone
Philippou
2.34
Landed / min
27.8%
Accuracy
81.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
39.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Catone
Philippou
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
54.5%
Takedown accuracy
84.2%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
69.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Catone
  • Head65%(71)div 61%
  • Body25%(27)div 14%
  • Legs11%(12)div 25%
Philippou
  • Head0%(0)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 25%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Nick Catone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Constantinos Philippou

No UFC fights on record.

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