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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
Amir Albazi
Amir Albazi
15-1 · IRQ
VS
Alessandro Costa
Alessandro Costa
12-2 · BRA
December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Amir Albazi def. Alessandro Costa by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 2:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Albazi9/320/300:35
Costa11/410/000:00
R2
Albazi18/290/014:24
Costa1/90/000:00
R3 · 2:13
Albazi10/201/110:55
Costa5/210/000:00
Total
Albazi37/811/425:54
Costa17/710/000:00

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
AlbaziWin probabilityCosta
67.9%32.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
21%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Costa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Albazi68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%27%18%
Submission16%23%37%
Decision34%50%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 37
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.8)act 1
Costa32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%7%
Submission5%17%4%
Decision18%57%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R215%
R39%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Albazi
51.1%-107
Costa
+10747.6%
Most takedownstie 17.1%
Albazi
71.2%-606
Costa
+60611.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Albazi
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
39.3%
+151
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.4%
-151
04793
Costa
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
39.0%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.6%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Albazi
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.8%
+123
Under 2.5
55.2%
-123
047
Costa
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.9%
+204
Under 0.5
67.1%
-204
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 10.8 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
Albazi67.9%78.9%−11.0-468
Costa32.1%21.1%+11.0+354
By method
Albazi by KO/TKO18.1%17.9%+0.2+351
Albazi by submission14.1%36.9%−22.8+119
Albazi by decision35.7%24.2%+11.5+234
Costa by KO/TKO8.6%7.0%+1.6+1056
Costa by submission6.7%3.6%+3.1+2158
Costa by decision16.9%10.4%+6.5+680
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.4%58.5%+18.9-167
Over 2.5 rds61.9%43.0%+18.9+117
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.6%36.8%+15.8+155

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
AlbaziCosta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1580
Pound-for-pound
1528
1566
Divisional
1528
1486
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1500
1547
Grappling offense
1500
1548
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.79
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
3.01
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.09
Takedowns / 15 min
63%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+3
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amir Albazi
  • WFrancisco FigueiredoSUB R1
    Close -5144mo before
  • WZhalgas ZhumagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -1131y 11mo before
  • WMalcolm GordonSUB R1
    Close -1672y 5mo before
Alessandro Costa
No prior UFC fights.
Albazi — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(100%) 1
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Albazi
Costa
3
UFC fights
0
24.3 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
16y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Albazi
Costa
38W–11L · 77.6%
Overall
38W–11L · 77.6%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Albazi
Costa
63W–30L · 67.7%
Overall
81W–34L · 70.4%
55W–29L · 65.5%
Wins
69W–29L · 70.4%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
12W–5L · 70.6%
Distance striking
Albazi
Costa
5.23
Landed / min
39.3%
Accuracy
54.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
60.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Albazi
Costa
3.09
Takedowns / 15 min
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
1.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
91.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Albazi
  • Head63%(58)div 62%
  • Body20%(18)div 22%
  • Legs17%(16)div 16%
Costa
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Alessandro Costa

No UFC fights on record.

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