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UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2
Muhammad Naimov
Muhammad Naimov
9-2 · TJK
VS
Nathaniel Wood
Nathaniel Wood
19-5 · GBR
October 21, 2023 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Muhammad Naimov def. Nathaniel Wood by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Naimov18/281/302:37
Wood10/171/200:45
R2
Naimov11/132/302:59
Wood1/11/301:32
R3
Naimov19/401/301:06
Wood39/540/200:27
Total
Naimov48/814/906:42
Wood50/722/702:44

Scorecards

Naimov vs Wood

RdClemens WernerDarryl RansomVito PaolilloCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-109-109-108.9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (13 cards) · avg 28.928 · 12 Naimov · 0 Wood · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Naimov-Wood.

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
NaimovWin probabilityWood
24.9%75.1%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
15%
Decision
40%
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 Naimov, blue toward Wood. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Naimov25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%56%12%
Submission3%11%5%
Decision8%33%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 48
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 4
Wood75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%42%17%
Submission12%16%15%
Decision32%42%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 50
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.6)act 2
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R221%
R38%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Naimov
46.3%+114
Wood
-11452.6%
Most takedownstie 28.4%
Naimov
10.3%+594
Wood
-59461.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Naimov
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.3%
+151
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.5%
-151
04998
Wood
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
39.0%
+153
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.9%
-153
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Naimov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.8%
Exactly 0
78.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Wood
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.9%
-141
Exactly 1
26.6%
push
Under 1
30.5%
+141
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
Naimov24.9%26.4%−1.5+260
Wood75.1%73.6%+1.5-339
By method
Naimov by KO/TKO11.3%12.0%−0.7+598
Naimov by submission3.7%5.3%−1.6+1474
Naimov by decision9.9%10.9%−1.0+671
Wood by KO/TKO34.1%16.8%+17.3+399
Wood by submission11.2%15.2%−4.0+453
Wood by decision29.8%39.8%−10.0+111
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.6%70.6%−2.0-313
Over 2.5 rds47.8%57.9%−10.1-161
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.7%53.6%−13.9-134

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
52.1Striking73.6
Wood +21.4
17.4Grappling60.8
Wood +43.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NaimovWood
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1599
1520
Divisional
1573
1507
Striking offense
1518
1528
Striking defense
1495
1482
Grappling offense
1508
1496
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.51
Strikes landed / min
6.24
40%
Strike accuracy
49%
4.89
Strikes absorbed / min
4.35
45%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
0%
Takedown accuracy
54%
63%
Takedown defense
76%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
78%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Muhammad Naimov
  • WJamie MullarkeyKO/TKO R2
    Close +3535mo before
Nathaniel Wood
  • WAndre FiliU-DEC R3
    Close -2173mo before
  • WCharles JourdainU-DEC R3
    Close +1241y 2mo before
  • WCharles RosaU-DEC R3
    Close -5901y 3mo before
  • LCasey KenneyU-DEC R3
    Close +1403y before
  • WJohn CastanedaU-DEC R3
    Close -4553y 3mo before
Naimov — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Wood — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Naimov
Wood
1
UFC fights
9
8.0 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
114.5 min · 12.7 avg
7y 9m
Career length
13y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Naimov
Wood
17W–5L · 77.3%
Overall
151W–55L · 73.3%
17W–5L · 77.3%
Wins
116W–42L · 73.4%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Naimov
Wood
40W–22L · 64.5%
Overall
99W–56L · 63.9%
29W–21L · 58.0%
Wins
77W–45L · 63.1%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Losses
22W–11L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Naimov
Wood
4.24
Landed / min
7.66
33.3%
Accuracy
47.2%
51.8%
Defense
60.4%
1.88
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
59.1%
Time at distance
70.8%
Grappling & control
Naimov
Wood
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
54.2%
62.5%
Takedown defense
76.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.52
0.7%
Control share
67.1%
Strike target map
Naimov
  • Head61%(17)div 63%
  • Body18%(5)div 20%
  • Legs21%(6)div 16%
Wood
  • Head53%(380)div 63%
  • Body11%(80)div 20%
  • Legs36%(255)div 16%

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

Muhammad Naimov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nathaniel Wood
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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