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UFC 40: Vendetta
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
32-3 · USA
VS
Gil Castillo
Gil Castillo
6-1 · USA
November 22, 2002 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 5 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Matt Hughes def. Gil Castillo by KO/TKO (Facial Cut), R1 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes22/321/104:04
Castillo1/20/000:00
Total
Hughes22/321/104:04
Castillo1/20/000:00

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
HughesWin probabilityCastillo
50.5%49.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
29%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 13.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hughes50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%42%
Submission14%29%
Decision15%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 22
Takedowns1.7 (0.23.8)act 1
Castillo50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%17%
Submission15%30%
Decision27%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 1
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R25%
R35%
R43%
R52%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Hughes
66.3%-204
Castillo
+20432.5%
Most takedownstie 14.8%
Hughes
76.5%-873
Castillo
+8738.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
42.2%
+137
Under 51.5
57.8%
-137
065129
Castillo
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
41.8%
+135
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.3%
-135
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
60.4%
-153
Under 1.5
39.6%
+153
036
Castillo
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
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 13.5 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
Hughes50.5%79.2%−28.7-550
Castillo49.5%20.8%+28.7+350

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
85.8Striking56.2
Hughes +29.6
81.0Grappling57.9
Hughes +23.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesCastillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1579
Pound-for-pound
1520
1567
Divisional
1533
1506
Striking offense
1478
1516
Striking defense
1505
1534
Grappling offense
1552
1518
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
29 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.14
Strikes landed / min
0.65
66%
Strike accuracy
45%
0.30
Strikes absorbed / min
1.95
65%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.95
Takedowns / 15 min
3.75
74%
Takedown accuracy
45%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
80%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matt Hughes
  • WCarlos NewtonKO/TKO R4
    4mo before
  • WHayato SakuraiKO/TKO R4
    8mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonKO/TKO R2
    1y 1mo before
  • LDennis HallmanSUB R1
    1y 11mo before
  • WMarcelo AguiarKO/TKO R1
    2y 5mo before
Gil Castillo
  • WChris BrennanU-DEC R3
    10mo before
  • LDave MenneU-DEC R5
    Close +2601y 2mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 32-3-0

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0
Castillo — 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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Castillo
6
UFC fights
2
63.0 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 20.0 avg
28y 7m
Career length
26y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Castillo
58W–16L · 78.4%
Overall
41W–11L · 78.8%
42W–13L · 76.4%
Wins
11W–4L · 73.3%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Losses
30W–7L · 81.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Castillo
139W–66L · 67.8%
Overall
22W–1L · 95.7%
114W–62L · 64.8%
Wins
22W–1L · 95.7%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hughes
Castillo
1.19
Landed / min
2.31
44.7%
Accuracy
40.0%
75.0%
Defense
64.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.0%
Time at distance
13.0%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Castillo
5.95
Takedowns / 15 min
3.75
73.5%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
94.4%
Control share
75.4%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head76%(150)div 66%
  • Body24%(48)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 13%
Castillo
  • Head81%(21)div 66%
  • Body12%(3)div 22%
  • Legs8%(2)div 13%

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

Matt Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gil Castillo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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