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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Jim Miller
Jim Miller
36-17 · USA
VS
Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez
23-10 · MEX
January 13, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Jim Miller def. Gabriel Benitez by SUB (Neck Crank), R3 3:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miller32/640/000:17
Benitez32/770/000:01
R2
Miller28/381/102:52
Benitez22/480/000:00
R3 · 3:25
Miller20/381/100:46
Benitez26/570/000:00
Total
Miller80/1402/203:55
Benitez80/1820/000:01

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
MillerWin probabilityBenitez
67.4%32.6%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
12%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Miller, blue toward Benitez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Miller67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%23%
Submission9%14%18%
Decision37%55%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 80
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 2
Benitez33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%45%24%
Submission3%9%6%
Decision15%46%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (2376)act 80
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R224%
R35%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Miller
45.8%+117
Benitez
-11753.3%
Most takedownstie 35.6%
Miller
57.7%-858
Benitez
+8586.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 50.0
50
Over 50
39.3%
+152
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.7%
-152
063126
Benitez
Expected: 55.8
56
Over 56
39.2%
+153
Exactly 56
0.9%
push
Under 56
60.0%
-153
070140
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
41.6%
+140
Under 1.5
58.4%
-140
035
Benitez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
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 10.7 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
Miller67.4%58.2%+9.2-157
Benitez32.6%41.8%−9.2+128
By method
Miller by KO/TKO23.9%22.6%+1.3+270
Miller by submission8.4%18.4%−10.0+354
Miller by decision35.1%15.0%+20.1+456
Benitez by KO/TKO11.6%24.5%−12.9+241
Benitez by submission4.1%6.1%−2.0+1263
Benitez by decision17.0%13.4%+3.6+524
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.2%36.2%+45.0-131
Over 2.5 rds56.7%34.9%+21.8+168
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.1%30.5%+21.6+207

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
63.0Striking68.8
Benitez +5.9
62.7Grappling53.8
Miller +9.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerBenitez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1600
Pound-for-pound
1533
1564
Divisional
1542
1495
Striking offense
1524
1511
Striking defense
1483
1519
Grappling offense
1503
1568
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
40 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.86
Strikes landed / min
4.79
42%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.08
Strikes absorbed / min
4.05
59%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.27
43%
Takedown accuracy
50%
48%
Takedown defense
58%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
54%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
68%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
518
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jim Miller
  • WJesse ButlerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2577mo before
  • LAlexander HernandezU-DEC R3
    Close +18011mo before
  • WDonald CerroneSUB R2
    Close -1841y 6mo before
  • WNikolas MottaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1441y 11mo before
  • WErick GonzalezKO/TKO R2
    Close -2722y 3mo before
Gabriel Benitez
  • WCharlie OntiverosKO/TKO R1
    Close -3631y 5mo before
  • LDavid OnamaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1541y 11mo before
  • LBilly QuarantilloKO/TKO R3
    Close -1562y 6mo before
  • WJustin JaynesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2153y 1mo before
  • LOmar MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close +1603y 8mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 36-17-0, 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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
12% of losses
Submission
19 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 12 losses
W
28% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
25win16loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (24%)KO/TKO(13%) 2
11 (44%)Submission(19%) 3
8 (32%)Decision(69%) 11
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Benitez — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-0

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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
7win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (13%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Benitez
42
UFC fights
13
403.3 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
110.7 min · 8.5 avg
20y 8m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Benitez
689W–218L · 76.0%
Overall
161W–46L · 77.8%
440W–148L · 74.8%
Wins
94W–35L · 72.9%
249W–70L · 78.1%
Losses
67W–11L · 85.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Benitez
80W–44L · 64.5%
Overall
116W–75L · 60.7%
75W–44L · 63.0%
Wins
94W–63L · 59.9%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
22W–12L · 64.7%
Distance striking
Miller
Benitez
4.28
Landed / min
6.05
36.1%
Accuracy
39.4%
63.6%
Defense
68.0%
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
46.3%
Time at distance
68.5%
Grappling & control
Miller
Benitez
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.27
43.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
48.2%
Takedown defense
58.0%
1.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.08
44.7%
Control share
17.2%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head59%(675)div 63%
  • Body21%(240)div 21%
  • Legs21%(238)div 16%
Benitez
  • Head54%(284)div 63%
  • Body26%(139)div 21%
  • Legs20%(107)div 16%

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

Jim Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gabriel Benitez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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