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Flyweight
5 Rounds
Title Bout
Demetrious Johnson won · U-DEC R5
Elo1491
Demetrious Johnson
Elo1493
John Dodson

Demetrious JohnsonvsJohn DodsonUFC Prediction Result

UFC on FOX: Johnson vs Dodson · Saturday, January 26, 2013Chicago, Illinois, USA

Official fight result

Demetrious Johnson won

U-DEC · Round 5 · 5:00

Style matchupDemetrious Johnson: WrestlervsJohn Dodson: Well-rounded

Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.

Model Prediction: Demetrious Johnson wins(72.0%)

Actual result: Demetrious Johnson wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Demetrious Johnson at -245 American odds

+$41 profit

$141 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • John Dodson has 17pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Demetrious Johnson
Red Corner
VS
John Dodson
Blue Corner
-245
(71%)
Vegas Odds
+205
(33%)
1491
Elo
1493
39
Age
41
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'3"
Height
5'3"
167.64 cm
Reach
167.64 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Demetrious Johnson
oldest →
W
KOvs Henry Cejudo · Apr 16
W
vs Tim Elliott · Dec 16
W
SUBvs Wilson Reis · Apr 17
W
SUBvs Ray Borg · Oct 17
L
vs Henry Cejudo · Aug 18
latest
John Dodson
oldest →
W
vs Pedro Munhoz · Mar 18
L
vs Jimmie Rivera · Sep 18
L
vs Petr Yan · Feb 19
W
KOvs Nathaniel Wood · Feb 20
L
vs Merab Dvalishvili · Aug 20
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Demetrious JohnsonMetricJohn Dodson
3.43
Strikes / min
3.20
1.66
Strikes absorbed / min
3.58
67%
Strike defense
61%
3.35
TDs / 15 min
0.71
65%
Takedown defense
82%
0.50
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.77Δ 2.15 — meaningful gap-0.38

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1547 vs 1546Strikes59.3 vs 40.0Takedowns3.8 vs 0.7Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form0.7 vs 1.0
Demetrious JohnsonJohn Dodson

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Demetrious Johnson(10 fights)John Dodson(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -1.4|Blue +1.4
Recent Form
Red -0.3|Blue +0.3
Striker Score
Red +1.0|Blue -1.0
Grappler Score
Red +0.6|Blue -0.6
Layoff
Red +13.0|Blue -13.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Demetrious JohnsonTargetJohn Dodson

By target zone

70
45% acc · 55%
Head
25
23% acc · 44%
29
66% acc · 23%
Body
23
66% acc · 40%
28
57% acc · 22%
Leg
9
75% acc · 16%

By position

51
32% acc · 40%
Distance
40
30% acc · 70%
73
87% acc · 57%
Clinch
16
73% acc · 28%
3
60% acc · 2%
Ground
1
100% acc · 2%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

4
Demetrious Johnson rounds
0
even
1
John Dodson rounds
Round 1Demetrious Johnson edged it
Sig. strikes11
Takedowns1
Control0:37
9Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:19Control
Round 2John Dodson edged it
Sig. strikes15
Takedowns1
Control0:34
Knockdowns0
15Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:01Control
1Knockdowns
Round 3Demetrious Johnson edged it
Sig. strikes21
Takedowns1
Control1:22
14Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 4Demetrious Johnson edged it
Sig. strikes30
Takedowns1
Control2:15
10Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:09Control
Round 5Demetrious Johnson edged it
Sig. strikes50
Takedowns1
Control0:57
9Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
2:05Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
1
127 / 247
Sig Strikes
57 / 156
48.2%
Sig Str %
41.2%
181 / 303
Total Strikes
71 / 170
5 / 15
TDs
1 / 4
36.6%
TD %
16.5%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
5:45
Ctrl Time
2:34

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1John Dodson9 / 3212 / 350 / 00
1Demetrious Johnson11 / 3719 / 461 / 20
2John Dodson15 / 3915 / 390 / 00
2Demetrious Johnson15 / 5220 / 581 / 40
3John Dodson14 / 3616 / 380 / 00
3Demetrious Johnson21 / 4425 / 481 / 30
4Demetrious Johnson30 / 4952 / 711 / 40
4John Dodson10 / 3712 / 390 / 10
5John Dodson9 / 1216 / 191 / 30
5Demetrious Johnson50 / 6565 / 801 / 20

Demetrious Johnson

StanceOrthodox
Height63.0"
Reach66.0"
Fights17

John Dodson

StanceOrthodox
Height63.0"
Reach66.0"
Fights17