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UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green
Nate Maness
Nate Maness
14-3 · USA
VS
Mateus Mendonca
Mateus Mendonca
10-1 · BRA
October 7, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Nate Maness def. Mateus Mendonca by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:40
Maness29/350/001:31
Mendonca3/70/301:14
Total
Maness29/350/001:31
Mendonca3/70/301:14

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
ManessWin probabilityMendonca
35.3%64.7%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
26%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Maness, blue toward Mendonca. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Maness35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%
Submission8%23%
Decision17%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 29
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Mendonca65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission18%28%
Decision30%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 3
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R218%
R312%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Maness
46.3%+113
Mendonca
-11352.5%
Most takedownstie 35.7%
Maness
26.0%+147
Mendonca
-14738.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maness
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
39.6%
+153
Under 37.5
60.4%
-153
04794
Mendonca
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
39.0%
+153
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.8%
-153
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Maness
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.8%
+158
Under 0.5
61.2%
-158
035
Mendonca
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
32.4%
+157
Exactly 1
16.9%
push
Under 1
50.8%
-157
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 10.5 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
Maness35.3%32.4%+2.9+195
Mendonca64.7%67.6%−2.9-240

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
46.5Striking31.5
Maness +15.0
54.9Grappling29.4
Maness +25.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ManessMendonca
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1520
1514
Divisional
1534
1493
Striking offense
1498
1500
Striking defense
1497
1498
Grappling offense
1500
1491
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
32 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'6"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.94
Strikes landed / min
1.93
43%
Strike accuracy
33%
4.65
Strikes absorbed / min
6.33
41%
Strike defense
27%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
18%
76%
Takedown defense
40%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nate Maness
  • LTagir UlanbekovSUB R1
    Close +19511mo before
  • LUmar NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close +6491y 3mo before
  • WTony GravelyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1722y 1mo before
  • WLuke SandersSUB R2
    Close +1252y 10mo before
  • WJohnny MunozU-DEC R3
    Close -1373y 2mo before
Mateus Mendonca
  • LJavid BasharatU-DEC R3
    Close +2939mo before
Maness — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(0%) 0
Mendonca — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Maness
Mendonca
5
UFC fights
1
46.8 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 0m
Career length
8y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Maness
Mendonca
71W–11L · 86.6%
Overall
13W–0L · 100.0%
44W–9L · 83.0%
Wins
0W–0L
27W–2L · 93.1%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maness
Mendonca
80W–29L · 73.4%
Overall
49W–15L · 76.6%
66W–26L · 71.7%
Wins
49W–15L · 76.6%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Maness
Mendonca
3.49
Landed / min
3.70
34.5%
Accuracy
30.1%
54.7%
Defense
33.3%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
37.4%
Time at distance
45.1%
Grappling & control
Maness
Mendonca
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
18.2%
75.9%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
8.1%
Control share
30.3%
Strike target map
Maness
  • Head71%(65)div 62%
  • Body25%(23)div 22%
  • Legs3%(3)div 16%
Mendonca
  • Head72%(21)div 62%
  • Body10%(3)div 22%
  • Legs17%(5)div 16%

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

Nate Maness
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mateus Mendonca
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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