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UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
Carlos Leal
Carlos Leal
22-7 · BRA
VS
Chidi Njokuani
Chidi Njokuani
25-11 · USA
February 21, 2026 · Houston, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Carlos Leal def. Chidi Njokuani by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leal60/1310/000:00
Njokuani46/700/000:00
R2
Leal5/200/402:17
Njokuani22/350/100:04
R3
Leal50/1250/100:03
Njokuani52/1000/100:02
Total
Leal115/2760/502:20
Njokuani120/2050/200:06

Scorecards

Leal vs Njokuani

RdChris LeeJeff RexroadJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2830-2729.2-27.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 11 Leal · 0 Njokuani

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Leal-Njokuani.

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
LealWin probabilityNjokuani
61.5%38.5%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
19%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Leal, blue toward Njokuani. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Leal61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%40%34%
Submission13%21%12%
Decision24%39%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 115
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Njokuani39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%44%32%
Submission6%14%5%
Decision16%42%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 120
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R218%
R310%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Leal
47.5%+108
Njokuani
-10851.5%
Most takedownstie 50.6%
Leal
34.0%-221
Njokuani
+22115.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leal
Expected: 43.7
43.5
Over 43.5
40.0%
+150
Under 43.5
60.0%
-150
055110
Njokuani
Expected: 46.1
46
Over 46
39.4%
+151
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.6%
-151
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Leal
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
035
Njokuani
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.2%
+373
Under 0.5
78.8%
-373
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 9.4 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
Leal61.5%55.3%+6.2-138
Njokuani38.5%44.7%−6.2+114
By method
Leal by KO/TKO25.3%33.6%−8.3+154
Leal by submission11.5%12.0%−0.5+615
Leal by decision24.7%9.3%+15.4+817
Njokuani by KO/TKO15.8%31.6%−15.8+171
Njokuani by submission7.2%4.5%+2.7+1780
Njokuani by decision15.5%9.0%+6.5+850
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.8%44.1%+23.7+112
Over 2.5 rds49.9%24.3%+25.6+283
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.2%18.3%+21.9+414

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
66.8Striking78.8
Njokuani +12.0
40.1Grappling22.5
Leal +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LealNjokuani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1551
1539
Divisional
1565
1514
Striking offense
1523
1505
Striking defense
1504
1502
Grappling offense
1486
1506
Grappling defense
1486
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
9.57
Strikes landed / min
5.17
51%
Strike accuracy
60%
7.61
Strikes absorbed / min
3.09
53%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.75
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25%
Takedown accuracy
0%
90%
Takedown defense
71%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carlos Leal
  • LMuslim SalikhovKO/TKO R1
    Close -5197mo before
  • WAlex MoronoKO/TKO R1
    Close -75011mo before
  • LRinat FakhretdinovU-DEC R3
    Close +1791y 4mo before
Chidi Njokuani
  • LJake MatthewsSUB R1
    Close -1197mo before
  • WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +16511mo before
  • WJared GoodenU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1651y 4mo before
  • WRhys McKeeS-DEC R3
    Close -1541y 11mo before
  • LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +1042y 6mo before
Leal — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
32% of wins
L
71% of losses
DQ / other
2 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (48%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (10%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
2 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 25-11-0, 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
15 wins, 5 losses
W
60% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
1 win, 4 losses
W
4% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (5%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (35%)Decision(14%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Leal
Njokuani
3
UFC fights
9
20.0 min · 6.7 avg
Octagon time
69.3 min · 7.7 avg
13y 10m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leal
Njokuani
68W–17L · 80.0%
Overall
151W–49L · 75.5%
24W–11L · 68.6%
Wins
85W–28L · 75.2%
44W–6L · 88.0%
Losses
66W–21L · 75.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leal
Njokuani
276W–119L · 69.9%
Overall
259W–94L · 73.4%
223W–101L · 68.8%
Wins
187W–80L · 70.0%
53W–18L · 74.6%
Losses
72W–14L · 83.7%
Distance striking
Leal
Njokuani
10.57
Landed / min
6.66
46.4%
Accuracy
52.2%
54.3%
Defense
63.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
72.5%
Time at distance
43.4%
Grappling & control
Leal
Njokuani
0.75
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
90.0%
Takedown defense
71.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.22
7.0%
Control share
38.3%
Strike target map
Leal
  • Head66%(126)div 63%
  • Body23%(44)div 21%
  • Legs11%(21)div 16%
Njokuani
  • Head37%(133)div 63%
  • Body43%(154)div 21%
  • Legs20%(71)div 16%

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

Carlos Leal
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.