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UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
Asu Almabayev
Asu Almabayev
18-2 · KAZ
VS
CJ Vergara
CJ Vergara
12-4-1 · USA
March 9, 2024 · Miami, Florida, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
127.0lbMissed +1.0
Asu Almabayev def. CJ Vergara by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almabayev16/254/603:14
Vergara7/140/000:14
R2
Almabayev12/212/203:35
Vergara8/120/000:00
R3
Almabayev16/313/602:43
Vergara14/270/000:00
Total
Almabayev44/779/1409:32
Vergara29/530/000:14

Scorecards

Almabayev vs Vergara

RdDave TirelliMichael TateSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 3027 · 12 Almabayev · 0 Vergara

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Almabayev-Vergara.

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
AlmabayevWin probabilityVergara
81.5%18.5%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Almabayev, blue toward Vergara. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Almabayev81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%32%
Submission15%19%
Decision40%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1754)act 44
Takedowns3.6 (0.37.9)act 9
Vergara19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%47%
Submission1%4%
Decision9%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 29
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~3.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R223%
R310%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Almabayev
49.6%-101
Vergara
+10149.2%
Most takedownstie 6.1%
Almabayev
91.3%-3472
Vergara
+34722.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almabayev
Expected: 40.2
40
Over 40
39.4%
+151
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.4%
-151
051101
Vergara
Expected: 39.7
39.5
Over 39.5
39.9%
+150
Under 39.5
60.1%
-150
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Almabayev
Expected: 3.6
3.5
Over 3.5
47.2%
+112
Under 3.5
52.8%
-112
0611
Vergara
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.8 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
Almabayev81.5%81.8%−0.3-600
Vergara18.5%18.2%+0.3+425

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
85.2Striking71.6
Almabayev +13.6
61.5Grappling23.3
Almabayev +38.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmabayevVergara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1534
1565
Divisional
1534
1483
Striking offense
1513
1507
Striking defense
1487
1559
Grappling offense
1490
1553
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
65"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.18
Strikes landed / min
5.92
65%
Strike accuracy
58%
0.49
Strikes absorbed / min
5.02
78%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
73%
3.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Asu Almabayev
  • WOde OsbourneSUB R2
    Close -2027mo before
CJ Vergara
  • WVinicius SalvadorU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1807mo before
  • WDaniel LacerdaKO/TKO R2
    Close -28511mo before
  • LTatsuro TairaSUB R2
    missedClose +2151y 5mo before
  • WKleydson RodriguesS-DEC R3
    Close +2891y 10mo before
  • LOde OsbourneU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1702y 4mo before
Almabayev — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (47%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (35%)Decision(50%) 1
Vergara — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Almabayev
Vergara
1
UFC fights
5
8.2 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
63.4 min · 12.7 avg
13y 2m
Career length
13y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almabayev
Vergara
12W–5L · 70.6%
Overall
52W–14L · 78.8%
12W–5L · 70.6%
Wins
32W–10L · 76.2%
0W–0L
Losses
20W–4L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almabayev
Vergara
99W–33L · 75.0%
Overall
41W–16L · 71.9%
93W–31L · 75.0%
Wins
34W–16L · 68.0%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Almabayev
Vergara
3.70
Landed / min
6.55
64.3%
Accuracy
54.2%
82.4%
Defense
55.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
29.7%
Time at distance
63.4%
Grappling & control
Almabayev
Vergara
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
73.1%
3.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.24
93.9%
Control share
49.6%
Strike target map
Almabayev
  • Head65%(17)div 62%
  • Body19%(5)div 22%
  • Legs15%(4)div 15%
Vergara
  • Head51%(190)div 62%
  • Body36%(135)div 22%
  • Legs13%(50)div 15%

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

Asu Almabayev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

CJ Vergara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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