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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Mario Bautista
Mario Bautista
13-2 · USA
VS
Ricky Simon
Ricky Simon
20-4 · USA
January 13, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Mario Bautista def. Ricky Simon by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bautista18/530/000:00
Simon9/161/401:31
R2
Bautista38/900/100:00
Simon21/480/300:28
R3
Bautista56/1270/200:14
Simon15/441/601:01
Total
Bautista112/2700/300:14
Simon45/1082/1303:00

Scorecards

Bautista vs Simon

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.3-9.7
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.3-27.7

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 19 Bautista · 0 Simon

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bautista-Simon.

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
BautistaWin probabilitySimon
48.5%51.5%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
26%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.3 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 Bautista, blue toward Simon. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Bautista48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%11%
Submission15%31%9%
Decision16%34%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1652)act 112
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Simon52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%37%13%
Submission11%21%13%
Decision22%42%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1548)act 45
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.5)act 2
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R224%
R39%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Bautista
51.7%-110
Simon
+11047.0%
Most takedownstie 23.0%
Bautista
16.5%+367
Simon
-36760.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bautista
Expected: 38.5
38.5
Over 38.5
39.8%
+151
Under 38.5
60.2%
-151
04997
Simon
Expected: 35.6
35.5
Over 35.5
40.0%
+150
Under 35.5
60.0%
-150
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Bautista
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.6%
+181
Under 0.5
64.4%
-181
035
Simon
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
50.9%
-104
Under 1.5
49.1%
+104
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 9.3 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
Bautista48.5%37.6%+10.9+154
Simon51.5%62.4%−10.9-190
By method
Bautista by KO/TKO17.6%11.1%+6.5+648
Bautista by submission12.4%9.0%+3.4+824
Bautista by decision18.5%17.8%+0.7+367
Simon by KO/TKO18.7%13.1%+5.6+534
Simon by submission13.2%13.3%−0.1+524
Simon by decision19.6%35.7%−16.1+132
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.5%72.6%−2.1-357
Over 2.5 rds46.9%60.5%−13.6-182
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.1%56.6%−18.5-153

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
69.9Striking64.5
Bautista +5.4
67.7Grappling72.2
Simon +4.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BautistaSimon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1614
1597
Divisional
1598
1514
Striking offense
1498
1495
Striking defense
1496
1526
Grappling offense
1541
1507
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.32
Strikes landed / min
2.99
52%
Strike accuracy
44%
4.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.32
53%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
4.94
50%
Takedown accuracy
45%
57%
Takedown defense
77%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
73%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
57%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mario Bautista
  • WDa'Mon BlackshearU-DEC R3
    Close -2055mo before
  • WGuido CannettiSUB R1
    Close -104510mo before
  • WBenito LopezSUB R1
    opp missedClose -3701y 2mo before
  • WBrian KelleherSUB R1
    Close -1911y 7mo before
  • WJay PerrinU-DEC R3
    Close -3701y 11mo before
Ricky Simon
  • LSong YadongKO/TKO R5
    Close -1419mo before
  • WJack ShoreSUB R2
    Close +1491y 6mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoKO/TKO R2
    Close -2932y 1mo before
  • WBrian KelleherU-DEC R3
    Close -2512y 11mo before
  • WGaetano PirrelloSUB R2
    Close -4503y before
Bautista — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Simon — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
6 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bautista
Simon
9
UFC fights
11
71.6 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
136.6 min · 12.4 avg
9y 2m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bautista
Simon
108W–39L · 73.5%
Overall
201W–61L · 76.7%
87W–32L · 73.1%
Wins
132W–40L · 76.7%
21W–7L · 75.0%
Losses
69W–21L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bautista
Simon
15W–8L · 65.2%
Overall
91W–66L · 58.0%
15W–8L · 65.2%
Wins
78W–63L · 55.3%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Distance striking
Bautista
Simon
6.88
Landed / min
3.73
44.5%
Accuracy
38.0%
59.3%
Defense
64.0%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.44
53.6%
Time at distance
59.9%
Grappling & control
Bautista
Simon
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
4.94
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
56.5%
Takedown defense
76.9%
1.26
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.44
68.9%
Control share
89.7%
Strike target map
Bautista
  • Head63%(241)div 62%
  • Body23%(88)div 21%
  • Legs14%(52)div 17%
Simon
  • Head68%(276)div 62%
  • Body17%(69)div 21%
  • Legs15%(63)div 17%

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

Mario Bautista
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ricky Simon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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