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UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza
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Cameron Saaiman
Cameron Saaiman
9-0 · ZAF
October 14, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
140.0lbMissed +4.0
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Christian Rodriguez def. Cameron Saaiman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rodriguez22/501/400:36
Saaiman27/690/200:16
R2
Rodriguez19/271/102:25
Saaiman8/190/201:04
R3
Rodriguez42/841/100:11
Saaiman38/870/100:06
Total
Rodriguez83/1613/603:12
Saaiman73/1750/501:26

Scorecards

Rodriguez vs Saaiman

RdDerek ClearySal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total30-2729-2830-2729.1-27.9

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 12 Rodriguez · 0 Saaiman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rodriguez-Saaiman.

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
RodriguezWin probabilitySaaiman
24.6%75.4%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
23%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 8.8 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 Rodriguez, blue toward Saaiman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rodriguez25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%11%
Submission9%35%16%
Decision10%40%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 83
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 3
Saaiman75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%40%16%
Submission14%19%5%
Decision31%41%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 73
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.5)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R211%
R37%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Rodriguez
41.1%+139
Saaiman
-13957.2%
Most takedownstie 25.5%
Rodriguez
32.5%+129
Saaiman
-12942.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 23.2
23
Over 23
39.2%
+150
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
58.8%
-150
03059
Saaiman
Expected: 29.7
29.5
Over 29.5
40.0%
+150
Under 29.5
60.0%
-150
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.7%
+136
Exactly 1
22.9%
push
Under 1
44.4%
-136
035
Saaiman
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.5%
-106
Exactly 1
23.3%
push
Under 1
37.1%
+106
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 8.8 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
Rodriguez24.6%55.2%−30.6-138
Saaiman75.4%44.8%+30.6+113
By method
Rodriguez by KO/TKO9.0%10.7%−1.7+670
Rodriguez by submission5.6%16.0%−10.4+416
Rodriguez by decision10.0%29.6%−19.6+179
Saaiman by KO/TKO27.6%15.7%+11.9+428
Saaiman by submission17.2%5.0%+12.2+1542
Saaiman by decision30.6%22.9%+7.7+261
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds58.0%73.1%−15.1-366
Over 2.5 rds47.5%61.2%−13.7-189
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.5%56.1%−15.6-149

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
69.4Striking82.5
Saaiman +13.1
70.8Grappling50.4
Rodriguez +20.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RodriguezSaaiman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1572
1559
Divisional
1572
1495
Striking offense
1510
1510
Striking defense
1521
1513
Grappling offense
1507
1489
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
25 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.88
Strikes landed / min
5.81
47%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.11
Strikes absorbed / min
2.29
57%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.39
60%
Takedown accuracy
100%
62%
Takedown defense
45%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Christian Rodriguez
  • WRaul Rosas Jr.U-DEC R3
    missedClose +2106mo before
  • WJoshua WeemsSUB R1
    opp missedClose -41211mo before
  • LJonathan PearceU-DEC R3
    Close +2931y 8mo before
Cameron Saaiman
  • WTerrence MitchellKO/TKO R1
    Close -5953mo before
  • WMana MartinezM-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2647mo before
  • WSteven KoslowKO/TKO R3
    Close -31910mo before
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Saaiman — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rodriguez
Saaiman
3
UFC fights
3
34.1 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
32.4 min · 10.8 avg
7y 3m
Career length
6y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rodriguez
Saaiman
29W–6L · 82.9%
Overall
30W–5L · 85.7%
18W–2L · 90.0%
Wins
30W–5L · 85.7%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rodriguez
Saaiman
33W–48L · 40.7%
Overall
21W–19L · 52.5%
33W–48L · 40.7%
Wins
21W–19L · 52.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rodriguez
Saaiman
5.55
Landed / min
8.03
37.2%
Accuracy
44.4%
66.2%
Defense
60.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.46
18.5%
Time at distance
41.6%
Grappling & control
Rodriguez
Saaiman
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.39
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
62.1%
Takedown defense
45.5%
1.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
35.7%
Control share
67.9%
Strike target map
Rodriguez
  • Head86%(55)div 62%
  • Body13%(8)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%
Saaiman
  • Head63%(119)div 62%
  • Body19%(35)div 21%
  • Legs18%(34)div 17%

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

Christian Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cameron Saaiman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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