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UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas
Payton Talbott
Payton Talbott
7-0 · USA
VS
Cameron Saaiman
Cameron Saaiman
9-1 · ZAF
March 23, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Payton Talbott def. Cameron Saaiman by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 0:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Talbott59/1050/100:16
Saaiman31/620/300:00
R2 · 0:21
Talbott20/240/010:14
Saaiman0/20/000:00
Total
Talbott79/1290/110:30
Saaiman31/640/300:00

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
TalbottWin probabilitySaaiman
39.8%60.2%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
25%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Talbott, blue toward Saaiman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Talbott40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%35%18%
Submission12%30%10%
Decision14%35%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 79
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Saaiman60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%39%12%
Submission13%22%4%
Decision23%39%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 31
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R219%
R312%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Talbott
43.1%+129
Saaiman
-12955.4%
Most takedownstie 28.4%
Talbott
35.0%+105
Saaiman
-10536.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
39.1%
+151
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.2%
-151
03671
Saaiman
Expected: 33.9
34
Over 34
38.9%
+154
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.7%
-154
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Talbott
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.8%
+141
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
46.3%
-141
035
Saaiman
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.5%
+133
Exactly 1
19.7%
push
Under 1
45.9%
-133
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 9.4 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
Talbott39.8%59.5%−19.7-165
Saaiman60.2%40.5%+19.7+136
By method
Talbott by KO/TKO15.0%18.5%−3.5+350
Talbott by submission9.8%9.7%+0.1+756
Talbott by decision15.0%29.8%−14.8+179
Saaiman by KO/TKO22.7%11.6%+11.1+615
Saaiman by submission14.8%4.4%+10.4+1802
Saaiman by decision22.6%26.0%−3.4+220
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.9%74.4%−5.5-390
Over 2.5 rds49.8%62.9%−13.1-204
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision37.6%58.8%−21.2-169

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
77.4Striking73.6
Talbott +3.7
39.3Grappling42.8
Saaiman +3.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TalbottSaaiman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1554
1538
Divisional
1555
1502
Striking offense
1512
1503
Striking defense
1513
1507
Grappling offense
1504
1498
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
25 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
67"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.55
Strikes landed / min
5.51
53%
Strike accuracy
49%
0.46
Strikes absorbed / min
3.31
58%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.95
Takedown accuracy
38%
80%
Takedown defense
47%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Payton Talbott
  • WNick AguirreSUB R3
    Close -7844mo before
Cameron Saaiman
  • LChristian RodriguezU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1135mo before
  • WTerrence MitchellKO/TKO R1
    Close -5959mo before
  • WMana MartinezM-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2641y 1mo before
  • WSteven KoslowKO/TKO R3
    Close -3191y 3mo before
Talbott — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Saaiman — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Talbott
Saaiman
1
UFC fights
4
11.0 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
47.4 min · 11.8 avg
4y 8m
Career length
6y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Talbott
Saaiman
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
39W–6L · 86.7%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
30W–5L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Talbott
Saaiman
25W–10L · 71.4%
Overall
21W–19L · 52.5%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Wins
21W–19L · 52.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Talbott
Saaiman
7.13
Landed / min
7.62
44.4%
Accuracy
42.9%
44.4%
Defense
56.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
15.3%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Talbott
Saaiman
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.95
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
80.0%
Takedown defense
47.1%
1.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
37.2%
Control share
60.4%
Strike target map
Talbott
  • Head79%(22)div 62%
  • Body14%(4)div 21%
  • Legs7%(2)div 17%
Saaiman
  • Head60%(157)div 62%
  • Body19%(49)div 21%
  • Legs21%(55)div 17%

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

Payton Talbott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cameron Saaiman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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