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UFC Fight Night: Maynard vs Diaz
Nick Catone
Nick Catone
7-2 · USA
VS
Jesse Forbes
Jesse Forbes
13-3 · USA
January 11, 2010 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Nick Catone def. Jesse Forbes by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Catone12/350/300:05
Forbes12/610/000:16
R2
Catone13/370/100:00
Forbes11/500/100:33
R3
Catone7/312/501:32
Forbes9/490/000:19
Total
Catone32/1032/901:37
Forbes32/1600/101:08

Scorecards

Catone vs Forbes

RdClark WaltersDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total28-2929-2829-2829-28

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Catone · 0 Forbes

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

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 probabilityForbes
47.5%52.5%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
20%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Forbes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Catone47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%
Submission8%17%
Decision28%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 32
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.7)act 2
Forbes53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%
Submission11%22%
Decision28%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 32
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R26%
R38%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Catone
46.1%+113
Forbes
-11351.9%
Most takedownstie 25.5%
Catone
45.5%-157
Forbes
+15729.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Catone
Expected: 25.8
26
Over 26
40.7%
+140
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.8%
-140
03365
Forbes
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.4%
+136
Under 27.5
57.6%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Catone
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.2%
+126
Under 1.5
55.8%
-126
035
Forbes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.1%
+156
Exactly 1
17.9%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-156
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 10.5 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
Catone47.5%64.0%−16.5-205
Forbes52.5%36.0%+16.5+165

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
70.1Striking37.1
Catone +33.0
91.9Grappling0.0
Catone +91.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CatoneForbes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1488
1504
Divisional
1504
1478
Striking offense
1485
1518
Striking defense
1493
1550
Grappling offense
1540
1523
Grappling defense
1545
Physical
28 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.60
Strikes landed / min
1.88
55%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
6.90
55%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
77%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
135
Days since last fight
1297
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nick Catone
  • LMark MunozS-DEC R3
    Close +1934mo before
  • LTim CredeurSUB R2
    Close -1239mo before
  • WDerek DowneySUB R2
    Close -23111mo before
Jesse Forbes
  • LMatt HamillKO/TKO R1
    Close +4253y 7mo before
Catone — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Forbes — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
7 (54%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Catone
Forbes
3
UFC fights
1
30.0 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
4.8 min · 4.8 avg
19y 2m
Career length
21y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Catone
Forbes
26W–6L · 81.3%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
0W–0L
16W–3L · 84.2%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Catone
Forbes
21W–18L · 53.8%
Overall
96W–37L · 72.2%
21W–18L · 53.8%
Wins
85W–35L · 70.8%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Distance striking
Catone
Forbes
2.76
Landed / min
6.72
31.1%
Accuracy
42.1%
71.7%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.7%
Time at distance
24.9%
Grappling & control
Catone
Forbes
5.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.8%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Catone
  • Head72%(56)div 63%
  • Body23%(18)div 20%
  • Legs5%(4)div 17%
Forbes
  • Head44%(4)div 63%
  • Body33%(3)div 20%
  • Legs22%(2)div 17%

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.

Jesse Forbes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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