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Light Heavyweight
3 Rounds
Jared Cannonier won · U-DEC R3
Elo1498
Ion Cutelaba
Elo1481
Jared Cannonier editorial illustration

Ion CutelabavsJared CannonierUFC Prediction Result

The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale · Saturday, December 3, 2016Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Jared Cannonier won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupIon Cutelaba: WrestlervsJared Cannonier: Pressure fighter

The wrestler can defuse pressure by changing levels and going to the mat.

Model Prediction: Ion Cutelaba wins(63.4%)

Actual result: Jared Cannonier wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Ion Cutelaba at -230 American odds

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Scouting Report

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

  • Stance matchup historically favors Jared Cannonier (54.1%).

Tale of the Tape

Ion Cutelaba
Red Corner
VS
Jared Cannonier
Blue Corner
-230
(70%)
Vegas Odds
+190
(34%)
1498
Elo
1481
32
Age
42
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
6'1"
Height
5'11"
190.5 cm
Reach
195.58 cm

Recent Form

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

Ion Cutelaba
oldest →
W
vs Ivan Erslan · Sep 24
W
SUBvs Ibo Aslan · Feb 25
L
vs Modestas Bukauskas · May 25
W
SUBvs Oumar Sy · Mar 26
L
KOvs Navajo Stirling · Jun 26
latest
Jared CannonierL2 streak
oldest →
L
KOvs Nassourdine Imavov · Jun 24
L
vs Caio Borralho · Aug 24
W
KOvs Gregory Rodrigues · Feb 25
L
vs Michael Page · Aug 25
L
DECvs Christian Leroy Duncan · Jul 26
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Ion CutelabaMetricJared Cannonier
4.23
Strikes / min
4.42
3.28
Strikes absorbed / min
4.35
47%
Strike defense
56%
3.76
TDs / 15 min
0.54
75%
Takedown defense
64%
0.20
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.95evenly matched on net striking+0.07

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1502 vs 1501Strikes56.5 vs 18.5Takedowns0.0 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form0.1 vs 0.6
Ion CutelabaJared Cannonier

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14701485150015151530← oldermost recent →
Ion Cutelaba(10 fights)Jared Cannonier(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 +16.3|Blue -16.3
Recent Form
Red -0.4|Blue +0.4
Striker Score
Red +0.3|Blue -0.3
Grappler Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Layoff
Red -174.0|Blue +174.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Ion CutelabaTargetJared Cannonier

By target zone

30
25% acc · 67%
Head
45
56% acc · 76%
11
73% acc · 24%
Body
7
100% acc · 12%
4
80% acc · 9%
Leg
7
100% acc · 12%

By position

25
24% acc · 56%
Distance
41
55% acc · 69%
10
53% acc · 22%
Clinch
13
87% acc · 22%
10
50% acc · 22%
Ground
5
100% acc · 8%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

1
Ion Cutelaba rounds
0
even
2
Jared Cannonier rounds
Round 1Ion Cutelaba edged it
Sig. strikes24
Takedowns2
Control2:20
11Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:36Control
Round 2Jared Cannonier edged it
Sig. strikes8
Takedowns3
Control2:12
21Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
1:52Control
Round 3Jared Cannonier edged it
Sig. strikes13
Takedowns1
Control0:13
27Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:42Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
45 / 142
Sig Strikes
59 / 94
35.7%
Sig Str %
66.3%
50 / 148
Total Strikes
83 / 121
6 / 7
TDs
0 / 2
83.3%
TD %
0%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
4:45
Ctrl Time
3:10

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Jared Cannonier11 / 1716 / 220 / 00
1Ion Cutelaba24 / 5325 / 542 / 20
2Jared Cannonier21 / 2536 / 420 / 20
2Ion Cutelaba8 / 1812 / 233 / 30
3Jared Cannonier27 / 5231 / 570 / 00
3Ion Cutelaba13 / 7113 / 711 / 20

Ion Cutelaba

StanceSouthpaw
Height73.0"
Reach75.0"
Fights20

Jared Cannonier

StanceSwitch
Height71.0"
Reach77.0"
Fights21