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UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza
Edson Barboza
Edson Barboza
23-11 · BRA
VS
Sodiq Yusuff
Sodiq Yusuff
13-2 · USA
October 14, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Edson Barboza def. Sodiq Yusuff by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Barboza13/250/000:00
Yusuff42/801/113:15
R2
Barboza31/650/000:00
Yusuff42/790/000:29
R3
Barboza32/680/011:04
Yusuff29/580/000:00
R4
Barboza47/900/000:22
Yusuff35/790/100:12
R5
Barboza41/763/401:38
Yusuff30/550/000:00
Total
Barboza164/3243/413:04
Yusuff178/3511/213:56

Scorecards

Barboza vs Yusuff

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-108-108-107.9-10
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-8.7
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total49-4648-4648-4647.6-45.9

Media (20 cards) · avg 47.845.8 · 18 Barboza · 0 Yusuff · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Barboza-Yusuff.

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
BarbozaWin probabilityYusuff
30.3%69.7%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
3%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 19.9 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 Barboza, blue toward Yusuff. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Barboza30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%49%
Submission0%1%
Decision15%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes105 (45143)act 164
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 3
Yusuff70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%39%
Submission2%3%
Decision41%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes123 (53167)act 178
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.6)act 1
Combined totals~229 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R29%
R315%
R48%
R56%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Barboza
44.4%+124
Yusuff
-12455.2%
Most takedownstie 47.8%
Barboza
6.2%+746
Yusuff
-74646.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Barboza
Expected: 105.3
105.5
Over 105.5
39.7%
+152
Under 105.5
60.3%
-152
0132264
Yusuff
Expected: 123.2
123
Over 123
39.6%
+151
Exactly 123
0.4%
push
Under 123
60.0%
-151
0154308
Takedowns — over/under
Barboza
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.8%
Exactly 0
90.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Yusuff
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.1%
+156
Exactly 1
15.2%
push
Under 1
51.7%
-156
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 19.9 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
Barboza30.3%36.9%−6.6+160
Yusuff69.7%63.1%+6.6-192

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
64.3Striking72.6
Yusuff +8.4
44.3Grappling33.4
Barboza +10.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BarbozaYusuff
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1600
1537
Divisional
1599
1548
Striking offense
1515
1493
Striking defense
1504
1403
Grappling offense
1501
1576
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
37 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
4.82
44%
Strike accuracy
48%
4.12
Strikes absorbed / min
3.32
59%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.22
44%
Takedown accuracy
14%
76%
Takedown defense
63%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
61%
UFC win rate
86%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
53%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
378
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edson Barboza
  • WBilly QuarantilloKO/TKO R1
    Close +1416mo before
  • LBryce MitchellU-DEC R3
    Close +1381y 7mo before
  • LGiga ChikadzeKO/TKO R3
    Close -1242y 2mo before
  • WShane BurgosKO/TKO R3
    Close +1252y 5mo before
  • WMakwan AmirkhaniU-DEC R3
    Close -2863y before
Sodiq Yusuff
  • WDon ShainisSUB R1
    Close -10481y before
  • WAlex CaceresU-DEC R3
    Close -2691y 7mo before
  • LArnold AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +5402y 6mo before
  • WAndre FiliU-DEC R3
    Close -1353y 9mo before
  • WGabriel BenitezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2754y 2mo before
Barboza — win / loss by method
Record: 23-11-0

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
14 wins, 4 losses
W
61% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
35% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
17win11loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(36%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(18%) 2
8 (47%)Decision(45%) 5
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Yusuff — 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Barboza
Yusuff
28
UFC fights
7
315.8 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
67.0 min · 9.6 avg
17y 3m
Career length
10y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Barboza
Yusuff
446W–97L · 82.1%
Overall
107W–30L · 78.1%
256W–61L · 80.8%
Wins
91W–29L · 75.8%
190W–36L · 84.1%
Losses
16W–1L · 94.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Barboza
Yusuff
43W–32L · 57.3%
Overall
37W–10L · 78.7%
43W–32L · 57.3%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Barboza
Yusuff
4.87
Landed / min
5.92
43.2%
Accuracy
43.5%
63.2%
Defense
61.3%
0.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.45
75.9%
Time at distance
60.0%
Grappling & control
Barboza
Yusuff
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.22
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
75.5%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
24.2%
Control share
57.6%
Strike target map
Barboza
  • Head44%(555)div 63%
  • Body29%(360)div 20%
  • Legs27%(347)div 16%
Yusuff
  • Head53%(172)div 63%
  • Body23%(75)div 20%
  • Legs24%(76)div 16%

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

Edson Barboza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sodiq Yusuff
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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