The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Kara-France vs. Albazi
Amir Albazi
Amir Albazi
16-1 · IRQ
VS
Kai Kara-France
Kai Kara-France
24-10 · NZL
June 3, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Amir Albazi def. Kai Kara-France by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Albazi6/230/101:01
Kara-France13/400/000:00
R2
Albazi11/370/100:17
Kara-France16/550/000:00
R3
Albazi3/91/203:36
Kara-France9/191/100:47
R4
Albazi5/290/200:23
Kara-France27/651/100:11
R5
Albazi18/470/300:53
Kara-France34/1040/000:00
Total
Albazi43/1451/906:10
Kara-France99/2832/200:58

Scorecards

Albazi vs Kara-France

RdChris LeeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-99-109-109-10
R59-109-109-109-10
Total48-4747-4848-4746.6-48.4

Media (20 cards) · avg 48.546.5 · 20 Albazi · 0 Kara-France

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Albazi-Kara-France.

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
AlbaziWin probabilityKara-France
66.5%33.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
12%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 18.4 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 Albazi, blue toward Kara-France. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Albazi66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%30%11%
Submission11%16%22%
Decision35%54%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 43
Takedowns2.5 (0.06.4)act 1
Kara-France34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%30%18%
Submission1%4%5%
Decision22%66%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (32104)act 99
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 2
Combined totals~151 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R211%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Albazi
48.8%+103
Kara-France
-10350.5%
Most takedownstie 19.7%
Albazi
73.4%-1064
Kara-France
+10646.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Albazi
Expected: 75.1
75
Over 75
39.5%
+152
Exactly 75
0.6%
push
Under 75
59.8%
-152
094188
Kara-France
Expected: 76.3
76.5
Over 76.5
39.6%
+152
Under 76.5
60.4%
-152
096191
Takedowns — over/under
Albazi
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
46.7%
+114
Under 2.5
53.3%
-114
048
Kara-France
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.1%
+452
Under 0.5
81.9%
-452
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 18.4 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
Albazi66.5%52.2%+14.3-121
Kara-France33.5%47.8%−14.3-101
By method
Albazi by KO/TKO20.0%11.0%+9.0+655
Albazi by submission8.2%22.1%−13.9+276
Albazi by decision38.3%16.8%+21.5+393
Kara-France by KO/TKO10.1%17.9%−7.8+365
Kara-France by submission4.1%5.2%−1.1+1495
Kara-France by decision19.3%27.0%−7.7+208
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds84.5%74.4%+10.1-390
Over 2.5 rds73.5%63.3%+10.2-211
Over 3.5 rds65.5%55.6%+9.9-145
Over 4.5 rds60.8%46.1%+14.7+102
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.6%42.9%+14.7+119

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
70.1Striking70.0
Albazi +0.1
63.9Grappling38.3
Albazi +25.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlbaziKara-France
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1576
1581
Divisional
1574
1497
Striking offense
1523
1507
Striking defense
1496
1534
Grappling offense
1473
1542
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
68"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
4.70
44%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.47
Strikes absorbed / min
3.57
62%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
50%
Takedown accuracy
25%
67%
Takedown defense
88%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
70%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
308
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amir Albazi
  • WAlessandro CostaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4686mo before
  • WFrancisco FigueiredoSUB R1
    Close -5149mo before
  • WZhalgas ZhumagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -1132y 4mo before
  • WMalcolm GordonSUB R1
    Close -1672y 10mo before
Kai Kara-France
  • LBrandon MorenoKO/TKO R3
    Close +17310mo before
  • WAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +3211y 2mo before
  • WCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close +1191y 6mo before
  • WRogerio BontorinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1352y 3mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -2402y 8mo before
Albazi — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(100%) 1
Kara-France — win / loss by method
Record: 24-10-0, 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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
46% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
5 (71%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(29%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Albazi
Kara-France
4
UFC fights
10
36.5 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
118.6 min · 11.9 avg
16y 11m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Albazi
Kara-France
50W–13L · 79.4%
Overall
140W–35L · 80.0%
50W–13L · 79.4%
Wins
95W–20L · 82.6%
0W–0L
Losses
45W–15L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Albazi
Kara-France
63W–30L · 67.7%
Overall
158W–74L · 68.1%
55W–29L · 65.5%
Wins
94W–53L · 63.9%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
64W–21L · 75.3%
Distance striking
Albazi
Kara-France
4.76
Landed / min
5.29
39.4%
Accuracy
38.5%
61.6%
Defense
65.7%
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.76
57.5%
Time at distance
75.2%
Grappling & control
Albazi
Kara-France
2.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
87.8%
0.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
94.7%
Control share
45.5%
Strike target map
Albazi
  • Head63%(81)div 62%
  • Body22%(28)div 22%
  • Legs16%(20)div 16%
Kara-France
  • Head65%(361)div 62%
  • Body13%(71)div 22%
  • Legs22%(125)div 16%

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

Amir Albazi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kai Kara-France
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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