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UFC 33: Victory in Vegas
Dave Menne
Dave Menne
30-7-2 · USA
VS
Gil Castillo
Gil Castillo
5-0 · USA
September 28, 2001 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds
182.0lb
Weigh-in
182.0lb
Dave Menne def. Gil Castillo by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Menne15/221/102:02
Castillo0/01/402:27
R2
Menne6/150/003:06
Castillo0/03/501:04
R3
Menne14/290/000:14
Castillo4/111/302:48
R4
Menne21/410/000:07
Castillo4/121/203:12
R5
Menne14/180/002:25
Castillo1/21/502:07
Total
Menne70/1251/107:54
Castillo9/257/19011:38

Scorecards

Menne vs Castillo

RdDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenTony WeeksCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9.9-9.1
R4---9-9
R5---10-9
Total49-4349-4449-4548.9-45.1

Point deductions: R41 Menne (Illegal Knee to a Downed Opponent)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Menne-Castillo. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
MenneWin probabilityCastillo
59.6%40.4%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
21%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Menne60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%
Submission15%25%
Decision22%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (4397)act 70
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 1
Castillo40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%57%
Submission6%16%
Decision11%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 9
Takedowns1.5 (0.23.4)act 7
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R210%
R39%
R45%
R53%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Menne
57.1%-135
Castillo
+13542.1%
Most takedownstie 24.9%
Menne
13.3%+463
Castillo
-46361.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Menne
Expected: 74.9
75
Over 75
41.9%
+136
Exactly 75
0.9%
push
Under 75
57.2%
-136
094188
Castillo
Expected: 63.8
64
Over 64
41.7%
+137
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
57.2%
-137
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Menne
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
68.1%
-214
Under 0.5
31.9%
+214
035
Castillo
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
56.2%
-128
Under 1.5
43.8%
+128
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 13.0 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
Menne59.6%73.6%−14.0-340
Castillo40.4%26.4%+14.0+260

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
MenneCastillo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1518
1540
Divisional
1518
1479
Striking offense
1482
1510
Striking defense
1500
1556
Grappling offense
1561
1556
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.47
Strikes landed / min
37%
Strike accuracy
0.53
Strikes absorbed / min
64%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
92%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
567
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dave Menne
  • WFabiano IhaU-DEC R3
    1y 7mo before
Gil Castillo
No prior UFC fights.
Menne — win / loss by method
Record: 30-7-2

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
15 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
29win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (7%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
13 (45%)Submission(14%) 1
14 (48%)Decision(71%) 5
Castillo — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Menne
Castillo
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
29y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Menne
Castillo
3W–2L · 60.0%
Overall
3W–2L · 60.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Menne
Castillo
172W–63L · 73.2%
Overall
22W–1L · 95.7%
124W–45L · 73.4%
Wins
22W–1L · 95.7%
48W–18L · 72.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Menne
Castillo
2.64
Landed / min
17.4%
Accuracy
83.3%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
20.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Menne
Castillo
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
91.7%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
93.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Menne
  • Head70%(26)div 66%
  • Body22%(8)div 19%
  • Legs8%(3)div 16%
Castillo
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Dave Menne
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gil Castillo

No UFC fights on record.

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