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Danny Castillo
Danny Castillo
10-3 · USA
VS
Joe Stevenson
Joe Stevenson
31-12 · USA
March 3, 2011 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Danny Castillo def. Joe Stevenson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Castillo19/361/501:30
Stevenson3/201/101:00
R2
Castillo14/290/200:08
Stevenson6/151/302:29
R3
Castillo22/384/403:36
Stevenson3/100/200:15
Total
Castillo55/1035/1105:14
Stevenson12/452/603:44

Scorecards

Castillo vs Stevenson

RdAndrew TomazikChris LeeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-9--9.6-9.4
R210-9--9.4-9.6
R310-9--9.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 6 Castillo · 0 Stevenson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Castillo-Stevenson.

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
CastilloWin probabilityStevenson
51.3%48.7%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
31%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Castillo51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission14%28%
Decision27%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 55
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 5
Stevenson49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%15%
Submission17%35%
Decision25%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 12
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 2
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R29%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Castillo
54.4%-124
Stevenson
+12443.7%
Most takedownstie 34.9%
Castillo
32.5%+101
Stevenson
-10132.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 30.5
30.5
Over 30.5
42.5%
+135
Under 30.5
57.5%
-135
03977
Stevenson
Expected: 27.1
27
Over 27
41.6%
+135
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.0%
-135
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Castillo
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.1%
+192
Exactly 1
17.9%
push
Under 1
54.0%
-192
035
Stevenson
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.5%
+190
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
54.2%
-190
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 10.1 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
Castillo51.3%45.7%+5.6+110
Stevenson48.7%54.3%−5.6-130

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
CastilloStevenson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1566
1525
Divisional
1564
1482
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1501
1561
Grappling offense
1534
1558
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.99
Strike accuracy
44%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.34
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
3.23
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
35%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
57%
Win/loss streak
-2
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
82
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Danny Castillo
No prior UFC fights.
Joe Stevenson
  • LMac DanzigKO/TKO R1
    Close -2403mo before
  • LGeorge SotiropoulosU-DEC R3
    Close -2511y before
  • WSpencer FisherKO/TKO R2
    Close -2581y 4mo before
  • WNate DiazU-DEC R3
    Close +1581y 8mo before
  • LDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +2712y before
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Stevenson — win / loss by method
Record: 31-12-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 6 losses
W
32% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
23win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (26%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
10 (43%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (30%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Castillo
Stevenson
0
UFC fights
14
Octagon time
134.6 min · 9.6 avg
Career length
27y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Castillo
Stevenson
Overall
221W–55L · 80.1%
Wins
135W–33L · 80.4%
Losses
86W–22L · 79.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Castillo
Stevenson
76W–36L · 67.9%
Overall
104W–62L · 62.7%
54W–33L · 62.1%
Wins
75W–52L · 59.1%
22W–3L · 88.0%
Losses
29W–10L · 74.4%
Distance striking
Castillo
Stevenson
Landed / min
2.33
Accuracy
29.1%
Defense
65.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.11
Time at distance
34.2%
Grappling & control
Castillo
Stevenson
Takedowns / 15 min
3.23
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
34.8%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.12
Control share
56.0%
Strike target map
Castillo
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Stevenson
  • Head74%(198)div 65%
  • Body13%(35)div 18%
  • Legs13%(35)div 17%

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

Danny Castillo

No UFC fights on record.

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

Joe Stevenson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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