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UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson
Yohan Lainesse
Yohan Lainesse
8-1 · CAN
VS
Darian Weeks
Darian Weeks
5-2 · USA
September 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Yohan Lainesse def. Darian Weeks by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lainesse13/280/100:00
Weeks13/370/100:19
R2
Lainesse5/160/100:00
Weeks19/401/400:42
R3
Lainesse5/220/000:17
Weeks12/310/400:48
Total
Lainesse23/660/200:17
Weeks44/1081/901:49

Scorecards

Lainesse vs Weeks

RdMichael BellRon McCarthyTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-99-1010-99.4-9.6
Total29-2828-2929-2828.2-28.8

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Lainesse · 0 Weeks

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lainesse-Weeks.

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
LainesseWin probabilityWeeks
62.0%38.0%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
13%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Lainesse, blue toward Weeks. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lainesse62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%35%24%
Submission6%11%7%
Decision34%54%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 23
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Weeks38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%24%
Submission7%18%10%
Decision19%50%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 44
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 1
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R216%
R37%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Lainesse
50.6%-105
Weeks
+10548.3%
Most takedownstie 35.1%
Lainesse
32.1%+102
Weeks
-10232.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lainesse
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
39.0%
+154
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.9%
-154
055110
Weeks
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
39.2%
+152
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.7%
-152
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Lainesse
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.3%
+195
Exactly 1
16.5%
push
Under 1
55.2%
-195
035
Weeks
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.9%
+189
Exactly 1
16.2%
push
Under 1
54.9%
-189
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 10.6 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
Lainesse62.0%47.6%+14.4+101
Weeks38.0%52.4%−14.4-122
By method
Lainesse by KO/TKO21.0%24.2%−3.2+246
Lainesse by submission8.2%7.2%+1.0+1070
Lainesse by decision32.7%15.8%+16.9+428
Weeks by KO/TKO12.9%24.2%−11.3+247
Weeks by submission5.1%9.7%−4.6+761
Weeks by decision20.1%18.9%+1.2+343
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.3%59.1%+16.2-172
Over 2.5 rds59.5%42.9%+16.6+119
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.8%36.6%+16.2+156

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
65.1Striking62.3
Lainesse +2.8
60.1Grappling33.2
Lainesse +26.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LainesseWeeks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1488
1512
Divisional
1488
1502
Striking offense
1501
1493
Striking defense
1496
1502
Grappling offense
1498
1504
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.54
Strikes landed / min
5.27
51%
Strike accuracy
55%
5.31
Strikes absorbed / min
6.07
61%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
50%
Takedown accuracy
45%
Takedown defense
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yohan Lainesse
  • LGabe GreenKO/TKO R2
    Close +1024mo before
Darian Weeks
  • LIan Machado GarryU-DEC R3
    Close +3045mo before
  • LBryan BarberenaU-DEC R3
    Close +1159mo before
Lainesse — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Weeks — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lainesse
Weeks
1
UFC fights
2
9.0 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
8y 0m
Career length
7y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lainesse
Weeks
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
23W–8L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
23W–8L · 74.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lainesse
Weeks
29W–7L · 80.6%
Overall
15W–7L · 68.2%
29W–7L · 80.6%
Wins
15W–7L · 68.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lainesse
Weeks
5.43
Landed / min
6.40
47.3%
Accuracy
53.0%
65.7%
Defense
51.3%
1.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
71.3%
Time at distance
69.8%
Grappling & control
Lainesse
Weeks
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
Takedown defense
1.66
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.3%
Control share
86.0%
Strike target map
Lainesse
  • Head37%(15)div 63%
  • Body27%(11)div 20%
  • Legs37%(15)div 16%
Weeks
  • Head50%(79)div 63%
  • Body28%(45)div 20%
  • Legs22%(34)div 16%

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

Yohan Lainesse
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darian Weeks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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