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UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis
Ion Cutelaba
Ion Cutelaba
17-10-1 · MDA
VS
Ivan Erslan
Ivan Erslan
14-3 · HRV
September 28, 2024 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Ion Cutelaba def. Ivan Erslan by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cutelaba18/720/300:25
Erslan24/390/000:00
R2
Cutelaba24/432/501:07
Erslan14/270/101:26
R3
Cutelaba3/51/400:27
Erslan1/31/103:53
Total
Cutelaba45/1203/1201:59
Erslan39/691/205:19

Scorecards

Cutelaba vs Erslan

RdAnders OhlssonClemens WernerDamien GluskiCommunity
R110-910-99-109.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2828-2928.9-28.1

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Cutelaba · 0 Erslan

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cutelaba-Erslan.

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
CutelabaWin probabilityErslan
59.4%40.6%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
24%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cutelaba59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%59%35%
Submission14%23%6%
Decision10%18%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (932)act 45
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 3
Erslan41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%55%35%
Submission10%25%6%
Decision8%20%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 39
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~47 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R222%
R37%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Cutelaba
49.9%-104
Erslan
+10448.2%
Most takedownstie 40.9%
Cutelaba
34.0%-135
Erslan
+13525.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 23.8
24
Over 24
38.4%
+155
Exactly 24
2.0%
push
Under 24
59.6%
-155
03060
Erslan
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
39.0%
+151
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
59.0%
-151
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Cutelaba
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.2%
+131
Under 0.5
56.8%
-131
035
Erslan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.8%
+179
Under 0.5
64.2%
-179
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 6.6 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
Cutelaba59.4%48.5%+10.9-103
Erslan40.6%51.5%−10.9-117
By method
Cutelaba by KO/TKO34.0%34.6%−0.6+139
Cutelaba by submission14.2%6.3%+7.9+1210
Cutelaba by decision11.1%8.6%+2.5+861
Erslan by KO/TKO23.3%35.4%−12.1+133
Erslan by submission9.8%5.7%+4.1+1348
Erslan by decision7.6%9.4%−1.8+777
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds47.6%42.2%+5.4+121
Over 2.5 rds25.9%24.6%+1.3+280
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision18.7%19.2%−0.5+387

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
CutelabaErslan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1498
Pound-for-pound
1535
1500
Divisional
1535
1512
Striking offense
1500
1497
Striking defense
1500
1533
Grappling offense
1500
1490
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.44
Strikes landed / min
44%
Strike accuracy
3.43
Strikes absorbed / min
47%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
58%
Takedown accuracy
76%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
20%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ion Cutelaba
  • LPhilipe LinsU-DEC R3
    Close -1417mo before
  • WTanner BoserKO/TKO R1
    Close -1311y 5mo before
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1571y 10mo before
  • LJohnny WalkerSUB R1
    Close -1972y 1mo before
  • LRyan SpannSUB R1
    Close -2402y 5mo before
Ivan Erslan
No prior UFC fights.
Cutelaba — win / loss by method
Record: 17-10-1, 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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
76% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
6win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(44%) 4
2 (33%)Decision(22%) 2
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Erslan — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0, 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, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (7%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (21%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Cutelaba
Erslan
16
UFC fights
0
122.4 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
14y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Cutelaba
Erslan
215W–58L · 78.8%
Overall
79W–24L · 76.7%
Wins
136W–34L · 80.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cutelaba
Erslan
51W–57L · 47.2%
Overall
184W–94L · 66.2%
42W–54L · 43.8%
Wins
135W–81L · 62.5%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
49W–13L · 79.0%
Distance striking
Cutelaba
Erslan
4.69
Landed / min
33.1%
Accuracy
50.8%
Defense
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
51.7%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cutelaba
Erslan
4.17
Takedowns / 15 min
57.6%
Takedown accuracy
76.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
56.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Cutelaba
  • Head76%(414)div 64%
  • Body17%(90)div 19%
  • Legs7%(40)div 17%
Erslan
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ion Cutelaba
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ivan Erslan

No UFC fights on record.

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