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UFC Fight Night - Fight for the Troops
Steve Cantwell
Steve Cantwell
6-1 · USA
VS
Razak Al-Hassan
Razak Al-Hassan
7-0 · USA
December 10, 2008 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Steve Cantwell def. Razak Al-Hassan by SUB (Armbar), R1 4:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:04
Cantwell15/291/101:18
Al-Hassan13/560/100:17
Total
Cantwell15/291/101:18
Al-Hassan13/560/100:17

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
CantwellWin probabilityAl-Hassan
56.3%43.7%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
18%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cantwell56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%43%
Submission9%16%
Decision23%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 15
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.8)act 1
Al-Hassan44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%33%
Submission9%21%
Decision21%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 13
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R214%
R311%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Cantwell
40.8%+142
Al-Hassan
-14258.1%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Cantwell
56.1%-278
Al-Hassan
+27820.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cantwell
Expected: 45.4
45.5
Over 45.5
42.3%
+136
Under 45.5
57.7%
-136
057114
Al-Hassan
Expected: 54.7
54.5
Over 54.5
42.7%
+134
Under 54.5
57.3%
-134
069137
Takedowns — over/under
Cantwell
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
41.9%
-205
Exactly 1
37.8%
push
Under 1
20.4%
+205
035
Al-Hassan
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
45.8%
+118
Under 0.5
54.2%
-118
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 9.8 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
Cantwell56.3%73.8%−17.5-318
Al-Hassan43.7%26.2%+17.5+271

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1523
1520
Divisional
1523
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
22 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Cantwell
No prior UFC fights.
Razak Al-Hassan
No prior UFC fights.
Cantwell — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Al-Hassan — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cantwell
Al-Hassan
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Cantwell
Al-Hassan
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cantwell
Al-Hassan
30W–8L · 78.9%
Overall
17W–13L · 56.7%
28W–8L · 77.8%
Wins
17W–13L · 56.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cantwell
Al-Hassan
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cantwell
Al-Hassan
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Cantwell
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 16%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Al-Hassan
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 16%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Steve Cantwell

No UFC fights on record.

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

Razak Al-Hassan

No UFC fights on record.

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