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Welterweight
3 Rounds
Johny Hendricks won · U-DEC R3
Elo1362
Johny Hendricks
Elo1499
Matt Brown

Johny HendricksvsMatt BrownUFC Prediction Result

UFC 185: Pettis vs Dos Anjos · Saturday, March 14, 2015Dallas, Texas, USA

Official fight result

Johny Hendricks won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupJohny Hendricks: WrestlervsMatt Brown: Submission grappler

Wrestler wants to control on top; grappler wants to threaten subs from bottom. Cage position is critical.

Model Prediction: Johny Hendricks wins(60.4%)

Actual result: Johny Hendricks wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Johny Hendricks at -380 American odds

+$26 profit

$126 total returned

Scouting Report

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

  • Stance matchup historically favors Johny Hendricks (53.5%).
  • Matt Brown has a 15cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Johny Hendricks
Red Corner
VS
Matt Brown
Blue Corner
-380
(79%)
Vegas Odds
+340
(23%)
1362
Elo
1499
42
Age
45
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
5'9"
Height
6'0"
175.26 cm
Reach
190.5 cm

Recent Form

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

Johny HendricksL2 streak
oldest →
L
vs Kelvin Gastelum · Jul 16
L
vs Neil Magny · Dec 16
W
vs Hector Lombard · Feb 17
L
KOvs Tim Boetsch · Jun 17
L
KOvs Paulo Costa · Nov 17
latest
Matt Brown
oldest →
L
KOvs Miguel Baeza · May 20
L
vs Carlos Condit · Jan 21
W
KOvs Dhiego Lima · Jun 21
L
vs Bryan Barberena · Mar 22
W
KOvs Court McGee · May 23
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Johny HendricksMetricMatt Brown
3.49
Strikes / min
3.76
3.99
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
53%
Strike defense
55%
3.83
TDs / 15 min
1.68
63%
Takedown defense
63%
0.30
Sub atts / 15 min
1.30
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-0.50Δ 1.34 — meaningful gap+0.84

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1597 vs 1566Strikes47.6 vs 37.6Takedowns3.2 vs 1.2Sub Atts0.43 vs 1.22Form-0.2 vs 0.3
Johny HendricksMatt Brown

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Johny Hendricks(10 fights)Matt Brown(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 -136.1|Blue +136.1
Recent Form
Red -0.5|Blue +0.5
Striker Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Layoff
Red -133.0|Blue +133.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Johny HendricksTargetMatt Brown

By target zone

27
47% acc · 75%
Head
16
40% acc · 70%
5
100% acc · 14%
Body
7
78% acc · 30%
4
80% acc · 11%
Leg
0

By position

20
54% acc · 56%
Distance
12
32% acc · 52%
1
25% acc · 3%
Clinch
9
90% acc · 39%
15
58% acc · 42%
Ground
2
100% acc · 9%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

3
Johny Hendricks rounds
0
even
0
Matt Brown rounds
Round 1Johny Hendricks edged it
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns3
Control3:46
11Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 2Johny Hendricks edged it
Sig. strikes21
Takedowns4
Control3:21
7Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 3Johny Hendricks edged it
Sig. strikes5
Takedowns2
Control4:01
5Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:21Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
36 / 67
Sig Strikes
23 / 49
55.7%
Sig Str %
45.3%
85 / 124
Total Strikes
39 / 66
9 / 10
TDs
0 / 0
91.7%
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
11:08
Ctrl Time
0:21

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Matt Brown11 / 2114 / 240 / 00
1Johny Hendricks10 / 1628 / 363 / 40
2Matt Brown7 / 169 / 180 / 00
2Johny Hendricks21 / 4242 / 674 / 40
3Matt Brown5 / 1216 / 240 / 00
3Johny Hendricks5 / 915 / 212 / 20

Johny Hendricks

StanceSouthpaw
Height69.0"
Reach69.0"
Fights19

Matt Brown

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach75.0"
Fights25