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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
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Chidi Njokuani
Chidi Njokuani
22-9 · USA
August 26, 2023 · Kallang, Singapore
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Chidi Njokuani by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:16
Oleksiejczuk44/721/101:36
Njokuani29/570/200:09
Total
Oleksiejczuk44/721/101:36
Njokuani29/570/200:09

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
OleksiejczukWin probabilityNjokuani
65.9%34.1%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
19%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Oleksiejczuk, blue toward Njokuani. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oleksiejczuk66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%37%31%
Submission13%20%6%
Decision28%43%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 44
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 1
Njokuani34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%28%
Submission7%19%7%
Decision16%48%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 29
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R218%
R313%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Oleksiejczuk
54.1%-121
Njokuani
+12144.8%
Most takedownstie 43.6%
Oleksiejczuk
34.7%-160
Njokuani
+16021.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 46.3
46.5
Over 46.5
39.6%
+153
Under 46.5
60.4%
-153
058116
Njokuani
Expected: 39.9
40
Over 40
39.1%
+153
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.7%
-153
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.1%
+213
Exactly 1
15.0%
push
Under 1
57.9%
-213
035
Njokuani
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.3%
+230
Under 0.5
69.7%
-230
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 10.3 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
Oleksiejczuk65.9%53.3%+12.6-127
Njokuani34.1%46.7%−12.6+104
By method
Oleksiejczuk by KO/TKO23.5%31.5%−8.0+169
Oleksiejczuk by submission12.8%5.7%+7.1+1376
Oleksiejczuk by decision29.6%14.2%+15.4+495
Njokuani by KO/TKO12.2%28.3%−16.1+199
Njokuani by submission6.6%7.2%−0.6+1071
Njokuani by decision15.3%13.1%+2.2+549
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.9%46.8%+29.1+101
Over 2.5 rds57.4%32.6%+24.8+185
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.8%27.6%+17.2+239

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
71.7Striking69.9
Oleksiejczuk +1.8
32.5Grappling24.2
Oleksiejczuk +8.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OleksiejczukNjokuani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1531
1544
Divisional
1531
1533
Striking offense
1507
1497
Striking defense
1513
1489
Grappling offense
1494
1518
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.82
Strikes landed / min
4.11
50%
Strike accuracy
57%
4.02
Strikes absorbed / min
3.77
63%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38%
Takedown accuracy
45%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michal Oleksiejczuk
  • LCaio BorralhoSUB R2
    Close +2884mo before
  • WCody BrundageKO/TKO R1
    Close -2678mo before
  • WSam AlveyKO/TKO R1
    Close -6851y 1mo before
  • LDustin JacobyU-DEC R3
    Close +1631y 6mo before
  • WShamil GamzatovKO/TKO R1
    Close -1061y 10mo before
Chidi Njokuani
  • LAlbert DuraevS-DEC R3
    Close -1605mo before
  • LGregory RodriguesKO/TKO R2
    Close -13311mo before
  • WDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -2501y 3mo before
  • WMarc-Andre BarriaultKO/TKO R1
    Close -1091y 7mo before
Oleksiejczuk — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0, 1 NC

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
72% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 4 losses
W
6% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
1 (17%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-0, 1 NC

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
64% of wins
L
44% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
22% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (5%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (35%)Decision(14%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Oleksiejczuk
Njokuani
11
UFC fights
4
75.1 min · 6.8 avg
Octagon time
26.5 min · 6.6 avg
12y 7m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oleksiejczuk
Njokuani
165W–58L · 74.0%
Overall
51W–14L · 78.5%
103W–37L · 73.6%
Wins
24W–6L · 80.0%
62W–21L · 74.7%
Losses
27W–8L · 77.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oleksiejczuk
Njokuani
79W–75L · 51.3%
Overall
259W–94L · 73.4%
73W–70L · 51.0%
Wins
187W–80L · 70.0%
6W–5L · 54.5%
Losses
72W–14L · 83.7%
Distance striking
Oleksiejczuk
Njokuani
5.47
Landed / min
4.93
47.3%
Accuracy
46.5%
66.1%
Defense
60.8%
1.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.13
73.5%
Time at distance
51.3%
Grappling & control
Oleksiejczuk
Njokuani
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
44.8%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.57
32.2%
Control share
23.2%
Strike target map
Oleksiejczuk
  • Head67%(244)div 63%
  • Body30%(110)div 20%
  • Legs2%(8)div 17%
Njokuani
  • Head39%(43)div 63%
  • Body48%(52)div 20%
  • Legs13%(14)div 17%

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chidi Njokuani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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