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Albert Duraev
Albert Duraev
15-4 · RUS
VS
Chidi Njokuani
Chidi Njokuani
22-8 · USA
March 25, 2023 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Albert Duraev def. Chidi Njokuani by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Duraev12/262/203:25
Njokuani4/80/000:00
R2
Duraev16/460/000:00
Njokuani14/360/000:00
R3
Duraev17/510/100:37
Njokuani22/550/000:00
Total
Duraev45/1232/304:02
Njokuani40/990/000:00

Scorecards

Duraev vs Njokuani

RdChris LeeDan MiragliottaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total28-2929-2829-2828.4-28.6

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Duraev · 0 Njokuani

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Duraev-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
DuraevWin probabilityNjokuani
64.4%35.6%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
20%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Duraev, blue toward Njokuani. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Duraev64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%11%
Submission17%27%20%
Decision30%47%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 45
Takedowns2.5 (0.06.1)act 2
Njokuani36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%49%37%
Submission2%7%6%
Decision16%44%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 40
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R219%
R39%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Duraev
43.2%+128
Njokuani
-12855.5%
Most takedownstie 14.6%
Duraev
79.5%-1354
Njokuani
+13545.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Duraev
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
38.9%
+153
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.6%
-153
04080
Njokuani
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
39.6%
+153
Under 38.5
60.4%
-153
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Duraev
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
47.6%
+110
Under 2.5
52.4%
-110
048
Njokuani
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.5%
Exactly 0
81.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.0 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
Duraev64.4%41.2%+23.2+132
Njokuani35.6%58.8%−23.2-160
By method
Duraev by KO/TKO22.2%11.2%+11.0+696
Duraev by submission12.7%20.0%−7.3+345
Duraev by decision29.5%12.7%+16.8+600
Njokuani by KO/TKO12.3%36.7%−24.4+143
Njokuani by submission7.0%5.5%+1.5+1513
Njokuani by decision16.3%13.8%+2.5+548
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.4%50.0%+23.4-114
Over 2.5 rds54.4%32.8%+21.7+185
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.8%27.8%+18.0+237

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
68.7Striking70.2
Njokuani +1.5
38.0Grappling35.7
Duraev +2.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DuraevNjokuani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1547
1532
Divisional
1548
1480
Striking offense
1508
1492
Striking defense
1518
1546
Grappling offense
1503
1543
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.24
Strikes landed / min
5.99
43%
Strike accuracy
74%
2.76
Strikes absorbed / min
4.78
65%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
17%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
70%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
67%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Albert Duraev
  • LJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2249mo before
  • WRoman KopylovU-DEC R3
    Close -3861y 5mo before
Chidi Njokuani
  • LGregory RodriguesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1336mo before
  • WDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -25010mo before
  • WMarc-Andre BarriaultKO/TKO R1
    Close -1091y 2mo before
Duraev — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
9 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0, 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
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (5%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (35%)Decision(14%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Duraev
Njokuani
2
UFC fights
3
25.0 min · 12.5 avg
Octagon time
11.5 min · 3.8 avg
14y 10m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Duraev
Njokuani
22W–5L · 81.5%
Overall
36W–10L · 78.3%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
24W–6L · 80.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Duraev
Njokuani
208W–67L · 75.6%
Overall
259W–94L · 73.4%
180W–57L · 75.9%
Wins
187W–80L · 70.0%
28W–10L · 73.7%
Losses
72W–14L · 83.7%
Distance striking
Duraev
Njokuani
3.07
Landed / min
10.48
35.5%
Accuracy
60.9%
67.6%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.60
65.1%
Time at distance
23.2%
Grappling & control
Duraev
Njokuani
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
70.0%
0.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.30
90.4%
Control share
36.6%
Strike target map
Duraev
  • Head70%(57)div 64%
  • Body11%(9)div 20%
  • Legs19%(15)div 17%
Njokuani
  • Head36%(25)div 64%
  • Body54%(37)div 20%
  • Legs10%(7)div 17%

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

Albert Duraev
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.