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Cyrille Diabate
Cyrille Diabate
16-7-1 · FRA
VS
Steve Cantwell
Steve Cantwell
7-3 · USA
March 3, 2011 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Cyrille Diabate def. Steve Cantwell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Diabate34/460/010:10
Cantwell7/291/301:24
R2
Diabate54/731/101:25
Cantwell5/240/300:01
R3
Diabate58/790/000:02
Cantwell16/520/100:00
Total
Diabate146/1981/111:37
Cantwell28/1051/701:25

Scorecards

Diabate vs Cantwell

RdAndrew TomazikGeorge ConleySal D'AmatoCommunity
R1-10-9-10-8.8
R2-10-9-10-8.4
R3-10-9-10-9
Total30-2530-2730-2630-26.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 3026.7 · 6 Diabate · 0 Cantwell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Diabate-Cantwell.

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
DiabateWin probabilityCantwell
31.0%69.0%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
10%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Diabate31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%49%
Submission3%8%
Decision13%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 146
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Cantwell69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%46%
Submission8%11%
Decision30%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 28
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R211%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Diabate
67.0%-214
Cantwell
+21431.3%
Most takedownstie 55.6%
Diabate
14.0%+218
Cantwell
-21830.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Diabate
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
41.7%
+135
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.5%
-135
04793
Cantwell
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
43.1%
+132
Under 24.5
56.9%
-132
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Diabate
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.6%
Exactly 0
81.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cantwell
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
33.8%
+196
Under 0.5
66.2%
-196
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 9.2 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
Diabate31.0%42.9%−11.9+125
Cantwell69.0%57.1%+11.9-145

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
68.8Striking59.2
Diabate +9.6
16.7Grappling55.4
Cantwell +38.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DiabateCantwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1504
1516
Divisional
1504
1507
Striking offense
1498
1519
Striking defense
1501
1483
Grappling offense
1493
1495
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
37 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'6"
Height
6'2"
81"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.83
Strikes landed / min
3.49
65%
Strike accuracy
32%
3.23
Strikes absorbed / min
4.23
56%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
0%
Takedown accuracy
50%
60%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
138
Days since last fight
533
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cyrille Diabate
  • LAlexander GustafssonSUB R2
    Close +1355mo before
  • WLuiz CaneKO/TKO R1
    Close +2559mo before
Steve Cantwell
  • LBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -3101y 6mo before
  • LLuiz CaneU-DEC R3
    Close +2081y 10mo before
  • WRazak Al-HassanSUB R1
    Close -3182y 3mo before
Diabate — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-1

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
31% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
5 (33%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (20%)Decision(50%) 3
Cantwell — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Diabate
Cantwell
2
UFC fights
3
9.9 min · 5.0 avg
Octagon time
34.1 min · 11.4 avg
27y 4m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Diabate
Cantwell
20W–3L · 87.0%
Overall
23W–3L · 88.5%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
16W–3L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Diabate
Cantwell
211W–120L · 63.7%
Overall
30W–8L · 78.9%
147W–99L · 59.8%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
64W–21L · 75.3%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Diabate
Cantwell
8.91
Landed / min
3.66
68.6%
Accuracy
31.3%
74.4%
Defense
69.0%
1.52
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.2%
Time at distance
91.4%
Grappling & control
Diabate
Cantwell
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.44
5.1%
Control share
69.0%
Strike target map
Diabate
  • Head68%(19)div 65%
  • Body18%(5)div 17%
  • Legs14%(4)div 18%
Cantwell
  • Head52%(62)div 65%
  • Body29%(34)div 17%
  • Legs19%(23)div 18%

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

Cyrille Diabate
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Steve Cantwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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