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Bantamweight
5 Rounds
Title Bout
John Dodson won · KO/TKO R1
Elo1496
Elo1493
John Dodson

TJ DillashawvsJohn DodsonUFC Prediction Result

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale · Saturday, December 3, 2011Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

John Dodson won

KO/TKO · Round 1 · 1:54

Style matchupTJ Dillashaw: Well-roundedvsJohn Dodson: Well-rounded

Well-rounded vs well-rounded. Usually decided by who imposes their gameplan first.

Model Prediction: TJ Dillashaw wins(50.6%)

Actual result: John Dodson wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

TJ Dillashaw at -215 American odds

$100 profit

$0 total returned

Scouting Report

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

  • John Dodson is a KO finisher (60% of wins). TJ Dillashaw has lost 60% of fights by KO.

Tale of the Tape

TJ Dillashaw
Red Corner
VS
John Dodson
Blue Corner
-215
(68%)
Vegas Odds
+195
(34%)
1496
Elo
1493
40
Age
41
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'6"
Height
5'3"
170.18 cm
Reach
167.64 cm

Recent Form

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

TJ Dillashaw
oldest →
W
KOvs Cody Garbrandt · Nov 17
W
KOvs Cody Garbrandt · Aug 18
L
KOvs Henry Cejudo · Jan 19
W
vs Cory Sandhagen · Jul 21
L
KOvs Aljamain Sterling · Oct 22
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.

TJ DillashawMetricJohn Dodson
5.09
Strikes / min
3.20
3.47
Strikes absorbed / min
3.58
62%
Strike defense
61%
1.56
TDs / 15 min
0.71
77%
Takedown defense
82%
0.80
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.62Δ 2.00 — meaningful gap-0.38
Not enough statistical data to render a radar chart for this matchup.

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
TJ Dillashaw(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 +3.0|Blue -3.0
Recent Form
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Striker Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Grappler Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

TJ DillashawTargetJohn Dodson

By target zone

0
0% acc
Head
6
29% acc · 86%
1
25% acc · 50%
Body
0
0% acc
1
25% acc · 50%
Leg
1
50% acc · 14%

By position

2
10% acc · 100%
Distance
5
23% acc · 71%
0
Clinch
0
0
Ground
2
100% acc · 29%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

0
TJ Dillashaw rounds
0
even
1
John Dodson rounds
Round 1John Dodson edged it
Sig. strikes2
Takedowns0
Control0:00
Knockdowns0
7Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:03Control
1Knockdowns
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
1
2 / 21
Sig Strikes
7 / 24
9%
Sig Str %
29%
2 / 21
Total Strikes
8 / 25
0 / 0
TDs
0 / 0
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:00
Ctrl Time
0:03

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1John Dodson7 / 248 / 250 / 00
1TJ Dillashaw2 / 212 / 210 / 00

TJ Dillashaw

StanceOrthodox
Height66.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights18

John Dodson

StanceOrthodox
Height63.0"
Reach66.0"
Fights17