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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Topuria
Austen Lane
Austen Lane
12-3 · USA
VS
Justin Tafa
Justin Tafa
6-3 · AUS
June 24, 2023 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
245.5lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:29
Lane3/50/000:00
Tafa0/30/000:00
Total
Lane3/50/000:00
Tafa0/30/000:00

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
LaneWin probabilityTafa
35.8%64.2%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
17%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Lane, blue toward Tafa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lane36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%56%23%
Submission7%19%8%
Decision9%25%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 3
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Tafa64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%56%47%
Submission10%16%4%
Decision18%28%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R217%
R313%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Lane
49.2%-100
Tafa
+10049.1%
Most takedownstie 49.1%
Lane
33.7%-196
Tafa
+19617.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lane
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
41.1%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.8%
-138
03978
Tafa
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
41.0%
+139
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.9%
-139
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Lane
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
035
Tafa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+329
Under 0.5
76.7%
-329
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 8.0 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
Lane35.8%37.4%−1.6+154
Tafa64.2%62.6%+1.6-191
By method
Lane by KO/TKO20.1%23.5%−3.4+262
Lane by submission6.0%8.2%−2.2+940
Lane by decision9.7%7.7%+2.0+1008
Tafa by KO/TKO36.0%47.0%−11.0-124
Tafa by submission10.8%4.0%+6.8+2011
Tafa by decision17.4%9.7%+7.7+780
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds56.4%34.3%+22.1+173
Over 2.5 rds39.7%22.5%+17.2+316
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision27.1%18.8%+8.3+401

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LaneTafa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
35 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'6"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
5.09
Strike accuracy
55%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.95
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
100%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
+2
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Austen Lane
No prior UFC fights.
Justin Tafa
  • WParker PorterKO/TKO R1
    Close -1204mo before
  • WHarry HunsuckerKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -3341y 6mo before
  • LJared VanderaaU-DEC R3
    Close -1882y 1mo before
  • LCarlos FelipeS-DEC R3
    Close +1552y 5mo before
  • WJuan AdamsKO/TKO R1
    Close +2003y 4mo before
Lane — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
92% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (92%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Tafa — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lane
Tafa
0
UFC fights
6
Octagon time
37.1 min · 6.2 avg
Career length
9y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lane
Tafa
Overall
50W–19L · 72.5%
Wins
25W–13L · 65.8%
Losses
25W–6L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lane
Tafa
62W–49L · 55.9%
Overall
5W–3L · 62.5%
50W–40L · 55.6%
Wins
5W–3L · 62.5%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lane
Tafa
Landed / min
5.63
Accuracy
52.6%
Defense
51.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.21
Time at distance
77.9%
Grappling & control
Lane
Tafa
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
77.2%
Strike target map
Lane
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Tafa
  • Head56%(105)div 65%
  • Body30%(56)div 20%
  • Legs15%(28)div 16%

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

Austen Lane

No UFC fights on record.

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

Justin Tafa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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