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Cub Swanson
Cub Swanson
29-14 · USA
VS
December 14, 2024 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Cub Swanson def. Billy Quarantillo by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 1:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Swanson39/570/000:00
Quarantillo37/881/300:14
R2
Swanson40/690/000:09
Quarantillo38/1052/501:38
R3 · 1:36
Swanson20/320/010:01
Quarantillo22/440/300:15
Total
Swanson99/1580/010:10
Quarantillo97/2373/1102:07

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
SwansonWin probabilityQuarantillo
50.1%49.9%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
15%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Swanson, blue toward Quarantillo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Swanson50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%15%
Submission5%10%4%
Decision29%59%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (2994)act 99
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Quarantillo50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%32%22%
Submission10%19%12%
Decision24%49%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2582)act 97
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 3
Combined totals~130 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R38%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Swanson
53.6%-117
Quarantillo
+11745.7%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Swanson
16.1%+210
Quarantillo
-21033.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Swanson
Expected: 68.9
69
Over 69
39.3%
+152
Exactly 69
0.7%
push
Under 69
59.9%
-152
087173
Quarantillo
Expected: 60.6
60.5
Over 60.5
39.9%
+151
Under 60.5
60.1%
-151
076152
Takedowns — over/under
Swanson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.0%
+354
Under 0.5
78.0%
-354
035
Quarantillo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.9%
+157
Under 0.5
61.1%
-157
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 10.9 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
Swanson50.1%37.5%+12.6+155
Quarantillo49.9%62.5%−12.6-188
By method
Swanson by KO/TKO15.8%15.4%+0.4+442
Swanson by submission7.4%4.4%+3.0+1775
Swanson by decision26.9%21.2%+5.7+293
Quarantillo by KO/TKO15.8%21.6%−5.8+285
Quarantillo by submission7.3%11.6%−4.3+621
Quarantillo by decision26.8%25.8%+1.0+222
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.3%68.8%+9.5-276
Over 2.5 rds62.0%54.8%+7.2-140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.7%50.1%+3.6-116

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
70.8Striking66.1
Swanson +4.7
48.6Grappling50.4
Quarantillo +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SwansonQuarantillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1555
1590
Divisional
1542
1543
Striking offense
1529
1511
Striking defense
1472
1464
Grappling offense
1503
1530
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
41 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.12
Strikes landed / min
6.90
52%
Strike accuracy
54%
4.30
Strikes absorbed / min
5.59
59%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
52%
Takedown accuracy
25%
73%
Takedown defense
61%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
43%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cub Swanson
  • LAndre FiliS-DEC R3
    Close +1886mo before
  • WHakeem DawoduU-DEC R3
    Close +2211y 4mo before
  • LJonathan MartinezKO/TKO R2
    Close +1762y 2mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1743y before
  • LGiga ChikadzeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1623y 7mo before
Billy Quarantillo
  • LYoussef ZalalSUB R2
    Close +1079mo before
  • WDamon JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 4mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1711y 8mo before
  • WAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R2
    Close -1702y before
  • LShane BurgosU-DEC R3
    Close +1563y 1mo before
Swanson — win / loss by method
Record: 29-14-0

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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
45% of wins
L
21% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 7 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 4 losses
W
41% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
14win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 5
8 (57%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (27%)Decision(25%) 1
Quarantillo — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
44% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Swanson
Quarantillo
24
UFC fights
10
294.9 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
111.0 min · 11.1 avg
22y 0m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Swanson
Quarantillo
401W–118L · 77.3%
Overall
147W–44L · 77.0%
254W–84L · 75.1%
Wins
87W–24L · 78.4%
147W–34L · 81.2%
Losses
60W–20L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Swanson
Quarantillo
126W–37L · 77.3%
Overall
110W–56L · 66.3%
84W–28L · 75.0%
Wins
95W–48L · 66.4%
42W–9L · 82.4%
Losses
15W–8L · 65.2%
Distance striking
Swanson
Quarantillo
6.08
Landed / min
11.74
48.1%
Accuracy
45.2%
61.8%
Defense
46.9%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
68.8%
Time at distance
37.0%
Grappling & control
Swanson
Quarantillo
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
51.9%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
72.5%
Takedown defense
61.4%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.22
28.6%
Control share
48.9%
Strike target map
Swanson
  • Head59%(895)div 63%
  • Body20%(303)div 20%
  • Legs21%(311)div 16%
Quarantillo
  • Head70%(534)div 63%
  • Body23%(178)div 20%
  • Legs7%(54)div 16%

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

Cub Swanson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Billy Quarantillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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