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UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas
Edmen Shahbazyan
Edmen Shahbazyan
12-4 · USA
VS
AJ Dobson
AJ Dobson
7-2 · USA
March 23, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Edmen Shahbazyan def. AJ Dobson by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:33
Shahbazyan27/431/310:49
Dobson15/460/001:15
Total
Shahbazyan27/431/310:49
Dobson15/460/001:15

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
ShahbazyanWin probabilityDobson
70.5%29.5%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
14%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Shahbazyan, blue toward Dobson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Shahbazyan71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%41%34%
Submission10%13%8%
Decision32%46%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 27
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 1
Dobson29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%23%12%
Submission5%16%7%
Decision17%61%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 15
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R36%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Shahbazyan
54.6%-123
Dobson
+12344.3%
Most takedownstie 31.7%
Shahbazyan
41.0%-150
Dobson
+15027.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 46.8
47
Over 47
39.1%
+153
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.9%
-153
059118
Dobson
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
38.9%
+154
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.9%
-154
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.5%
+128
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
45.4%
-128
035
Dobson
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.7%
+134
Under 0.5
57.3%
-134
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 10.2 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
Shahbazyan70.5%63.3%+7.2-197
Dobson29.5%36.7%−7.2+161
By method
Shahbazyan by KO/TKO25.1%34.1%−9.0+144
Shahbazyan by submission10.1%7.8%+2.3+961
Shahbazyan by decision35.4%20.6%+14.8+303
Dobson by KO/TKO10.5%12.3%−1.8+579
Dobson by submission4.2%7.0%−2.8+1091
Dobson by decision14.8%18.2%−3.4+358
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.7%61.1%+11.6-189
Over 2.5 rds55.6%46.6%+9.0+101
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.2%41.2%+9.0+127

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
58.4Striking54.1
Shahbazyan +4.3
53.8Grappling51.3
Shahbazyan +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ShahbazyanDobson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1507
1538
Divisional
1508
1520
Striking offense
1504
1508
Striking defense
1495
1514
Grappling offense
1499
1508
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.23
Strikes landed / min
3.93
51%
Strike accuracy
46%
4.10
Strikes absorbed / min
5.58
44%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
39%
Takedown accuracy
83%
63%
Takedown defense
65%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
20%
Last-5 win rate
33%
80%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edmen Shahbazyan
  • LAnthony HernandezKO/TKO R3
    Close +16810mo before
  • WDalcha LungiambulaKO/TKO R2
    Close -3261y 3mo before
  • LNassourdine ImavovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1012y 5mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 10mo before
  • LDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -3603y 8mo before
AJ Dobson
  • WTafon NchukwiU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1187mo before
  • LArmen PetrosyanU-DEC R3
    Close +1731y 5mo before
  • LJacob MalkounU-DEC R3
    Close -1172y 1mo before
Shahbazyan — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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, 3 losses
W
83% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Dobson — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0, 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Shahbazyan
Dobson
9
UFC fights
3
75.3 min · 8.4 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
9y 5m
Career length
10y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shahbazyan
Dobson
131W–44L · 74.9%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
70W–26L · 72.9%
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
61W–18L · 77.2%
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shahbazyan
Dobson
28W–45L · 38.4%
Overall
20W–11L · 64.5%
28W–45L · 38.4%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Shahbazyan
Dobson
4.99
Landed / min
5.55
45.0%
Accuracy
44.8%
58.3%
Defense
51.8%
0.60
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.5%
Time at distance
62.0%
Grappling & control
Shahbazyan
Dobson
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
39.3%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
63.2%
Takedown defense
64.7%
0.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
43.0%
Control share
38.5%
Strike target map
Shahbazyan
  • Head66%(161)div 63%
  • Body27%(65)div 20%
  • Legs7%(17)div 17%
Dobson
  • Head55%(98)div 63%
  • Body15%(27)div 20%
  • Legs29%(52)div 17%

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

Edmen Shahbazyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

AJ Dobson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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