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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
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December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Said Nurmagomedov def. Saidyokub Kakhramonov by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 3:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nurmagomedov3/120/100:09
Kakhramonov7/152/604:29
R2 · 3:50
Nurmagomedov4/60/100:16
Kakhramonov4/153/603:23
Total
Nurmagomedov7/180/200:25
Kakhramonov11/305/1207:52

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
NurmagomedovWin probabilityKakhramonov
58.6%41.4%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
20%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Nurmagomedov, blue toward Kakhramonov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nurmagomedov59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%25%14%
Submission10%18%10%
Decision34%57%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1447)act 7
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Kakhramonov41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%15%
Submission10%24%9%
Decision21%52%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 11
Takedowns2.9 (0.26.7)act 5
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~3.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R215%
R38%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Nurmagomedov
54.4%-123
Kakhramonov
+12344.1%
Most takedownstie 9.1%
Nurmagomedov
4.5%+1901
Kakhramonov
-190186.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
39.7%
+152
Under 34.5
60.3%
-152
04487
Kakhramonov
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
39.5%
+153
Under 29.5
60.5%
-153
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Kakhramonov
Expected: 2.9
3
Over 3
38.9%
+118
Exactly 3
15.1%
push
Under 3
46.0%
-118
059

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 10.9 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
Nurmagomedov58.6%49.5%+9.1-108
Kakhramonov41.4%50.5%−9.1-112
By method
Nurmagomedov by KO/TKO14.6%14.2%+0.4+482
Nurmagomedov by submission11.8%9.8%+2.0+744
Nurmagomedov by decision32.2%25.1%+7.1+230
Kakhramonov by KO/TKO10.3%15.2%−4.9+444
Kakhramonov by submission8.3%9.1%−0.8+805
Kakhramonov by decision22.8%26.6%−3.8+211
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.0%72.2%+5.8-341
Over 2.5 rds63.3%60.2%+3.1-181
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.0%56.1%−1.1-149

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
74.6Striking75.1
Kakhramonov +0.5
31.1Grappling95.9
Kakhramonov +64.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NurmagomedovKakhramonov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1548
1583
Divisional
1548
1515
Striking offense
1474
1525
Striking defense
1507
1500
Grappling offense
1560
1511
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
2.29
46%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
0.91
61%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
6.07
11%
Takedown accuracy
52%
70%
Takedown defense
80%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
60%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Said Nurmagomedov
  • WDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -4725mo before
  • WCody StamannSUB R1
    Close -19011mo before
  • WMark StrieglKO/TKO R1
    Close -4352y 2mo before
  • LRaoni BarcelosU-DEC R3
    Close +1293y before
  • WRicardo RamosKO/TKO R1
    Close +1503y 10mo before
Saidyokub Kakhramonov
  • WRonnie LawrenceU-DEC R3
    Close +1025mo before
  • WTrevin JonesSUB R3
    missedClose +1271y 4mo before
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 1
Kakhramonov — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nurmagomedov
Kakhramonov
6
UFC fights
2
49.1 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
29.6 min · 14.8 avg
16y 11m
Career length
9y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nurmagomedov
Kakhramonov
102W–16L · 86.4%
Overall
21W–7L · 75.0%
88W–15L · 85.4%
Wins
21W–7L · 75.0%
14W–1L · 93.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nurmagomedov
Kakhramonov
111W–26L · 81.0%
Overall
39W–11L · 78.0%
105W–26L · 80.2%
Wins
28W–10L · 73.7%
6W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
11W–1L · 91.7%
Distance striking
Nurmagomedov
Kakhramonov
4.25
Landed / min
4.59
40.7%
Accuracy
37.9%
64.0%
Defense
64.2%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
74.3%
Time at distance
18.4%
Grappling & control
Nurmagomedov
Kakhramonov
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
6.07
10.5%
Takedown accuracy
52.2%
70.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.02
28.5%
Control share
59.7%
Strike target map
Nurmagomedov
  • Head55%(112)div 63%
  • Body21%(42)div 21%
  • Legs25%(50)div 17%
Kakhramonov
  • Head72%(49)div 63%
  • Body16%(11)div 21%
  • Legs12%(8)div 17%

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

Said Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Saidyokub Kakhramonov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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