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Gabriel Gonzaga
Gabriel Gonzaga
9-3 · BRA
VS
Josh Hendricks
Josh Hendricks
16-4 · USA
November 15, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
256.0lb
Weigh-in
238.0lb
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Josh Hendricks by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:01
Gonzaga12/170/010:04
Hendricks1/50/000:00
Total
Gonzaga12/170/010:04
Hendricks1/50/000:00

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
GonzagaWin probabilityHendricks
83.3%16.7%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
29%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 6.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gonzaga83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%48%
Submission23%27%
Decision20%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 12
Takedowns1.0 (0.12.7)act 0
Hendricks17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%33%
Submission6%38%
Decision5%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 1
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R211%
R36%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Gonzaga
70.5%-250
Hendricks
+25028.2%
Most takedownstie 7.9%
Gonzaga
91.0%-7760
Hendricks
+77601.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 45.7
45.5
Over 45.5
42.8%
+133
Under 45.5
57.2%
-133
058115
Hendricks
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.8%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.9%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
44.6%
-888
Exactly 1
50.4%
push
Under 1
5.0%
+888
035
Hendricks
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
7.1%
Exactly 0
92.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 6.8 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
Gonzaga83.3%76.1%+7.2-360
Hendricks16.7%23.9%−7.2+307

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
GonzagaHendricks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1529
1555
Divisional
1529
1515
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.91
Strikes landed / min
44%
Strike accuracy
2.70
Strikes absorbed / min
48%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
52%
Takedown accuracy
77%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gabriel Gonzaga
  • WJustin McCullySUB R1
    Close -4854mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R2
    Close -24010mo before
  • LRandy CoutureKO/TKO R3
    Close -1331y 3mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R1
    Close +4001y 7mo before
  • WCarmelo MarreroSUB R1
    Close -2761y 11mo before
Josh Hendricks
No prior UFC fights.
Gonzaga — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Hendricks — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0, 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
4 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
11 (69%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gonzaga
Hendricks
7
UFC fights
0
51.4 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
23y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Gonzaga
Hendricks
74W–23L · 76.3%
Overall
50W–12L · 80.6%
Wins
24W–11L · 68.6%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gonzaga
Hendricks
8W–7L · 53.3%
Overall
76W–38L · 66.7%
6W–7L · 46.2%
Wins
37W–30L · 55.2%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
39W–8L · 83.0%
1 of Hendricks's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Gonzaga
Hendricks
2.27
Landed / min
33.1%
Accuracy
66.4%
Defense
0.88
Knockdowns / 15 min
36.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Gonzaga
Hendricks
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
52.4%
Takedown accuracy
76.9%
Takedown defense
2.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
57.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Gonzaga
  • Head59%(58)div 65%
  • Body14%(14)div 18%
  • Legs27%(26)div 17%
Hendricks
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Gabriel Gonzaga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Hendricks

No UFC fights on record.

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