The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 97: Redemption
Luiz Cane
Luiz Cane
10-1 · BRA
VS
Steve Cantwell
Steve Cantwell
7-1 · USA
April 18, 2009 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Luiz Cane def. Steve Cantwell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cane31/800/000:13
Cantwell25/570/000:02
R2
Cane20/610/000:00
Cantwell30/660/000:00
R3
Cane36/820/100:00
Cantwell14/660/000:00
Total
Cane87/2230/100:13
Cantwell69/1890/000:02

Scorecards

Cane vs Cantwell

RdCecil PeoplesNelson HamiltonSylvain LeblancCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---10-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729-28

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.228 · 5 Cane · 0 Cantwell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cane-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
CaneWin probabilityCantwell
57.0%43.0%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
5%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cane57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%59%
Submission0%1%
Decision23%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 87
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Cantwell43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%41%
Submission4%9%
Decision21%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 69
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R220%
R312%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Cane
61.0%-161
Cantwell
+16137.8%
Most takedownstie 57.2%
Cane
25.9%-154
Cantwell
+15416.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cane
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.6%
-134
065129
Cantwell
Expected: 39.7
39.5
Over 39.5
42.9%
+133
Under 39.5
57.1%
-133
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Cane
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+235
Under 0.5
70.1%
-235
035
Cantwell
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.1%
+373
Under 0.5
78.9%
-373
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 10.2 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
Cane57.0%69.0%−12.0-260
Cantwell43.0%31.0%+12.0+208

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
77.5Striking72.4
Cane +5.1
55.7Grappling93.4
Cantwell +37.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CaneCantwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1537
1544
Divisional
1537
1517
Striking offense
1501
1505
Striking defense
1499
1502
Grappling offense
1507
1529
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
27 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.92
Strikes landed / min
3.69
52%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.10
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
67%
Strike defense
77%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
3.69
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.7
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
129
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luiz Cane
  • WRameau Thierry SokoudjouKO/TKO R2
    Close +1066mo before
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R1
    Close +12310mo before
  • LJames IrvinDQ R1
    Close -1731y 4mo before
Steve Cantwell
  • WRazak Al-HassanSUB R1
    Close -3184mo before
Cane — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0, 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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cantwell — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cane
Cantwell
3
UFC fights
1
13.2 min · 4.4 avg
Octagon time
4.1 min · 4.1 avg
20y 9m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cane
Cantwell
40W–13L · 75.5%
Overall
7W–0L · 100.0%
28W–9L · 75.7%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cane
Cantwell
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
30W–8L · 78.9%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Cane
Cantwell
4.24
Landed / min
5.15
47.4%
Accuracy
50.0%
69.0%
Defense
77.4%
4.54
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
82.2%
Time at distance
57.3%
Grappling & control
Cane
Cantwell
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
3.69
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.69
84.0%
Control share
82.1%
Strike target map
Cane
  • Head88%(57)div 66%
  • Body8%(5)div 16%
  • Legs5%(3)div 18%
Cantwell
  • Head60%(9)div 66%
  • Body27%(4)div 16%
  • Legs13%(2)div 18%

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

Luiz Cane
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.