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Youssef Zalal
Youssef Zalal
10-5 · USA
VS
August 13, 2022 · San Diego, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
134.0lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Zalal1/81/102:22
Blackshear6/130/000:43
R2
Zalal3/60/001:35
Blackshear2/31/203:08
R3
Zalal59/1360/000:55
Blackshear19/530/300:00
Total
Zalal63/1501/104:52
Blackshear27/691/503:51

Scorecards

Zalal vs Blackshear

RdChris CrailMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.3-9.7
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-810-810-8.3
Total28-2928-2828-2828.3-28

Media (16 cards) · avg 28.128 · 1 Zalal · 0 Blackshear · 15 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Zalal-Blackshear.

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
ZalalWin probabilityBlackshear
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
15%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Zalal, blue toward Blackshear. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Zalal77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%34%11%
Submission10%13%8%
Decision41%53%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 63
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Blackshear23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%33%7%
Submission5%20%15%
Decision11%47%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R216%
R38%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Zalal
62.9%-176
Blackshear
+17635.7%
Most takedownstie 31.8%
Zalal
39.1%-135
Blackshear
+13529.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zalal
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
42.7%
+134
Under 44.5
57.3%
-134
056112
Blackshear
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.6%
+136
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.4%
-136
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Zalal
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.8%
+136
Exactly 1
20.2%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-136
035
Blackshear
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
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
Zalal77.4%54.8%+22.6-135
Blackshear22.6%45.2%−22.6+111
By method
Zalal by KO/TKO25.8%10.7%+15.1+680
Zalal by submission11.2%8.2%+3.0+915
Zalal by decision40.3%34.4%+5.9+142
Blackshear by KO/TKO7.5%7.2%+0.3+1055
Blackshear by submission3.3%14.5%−11.2+473
Blackshear by decision11.8%25.0%−13.2+233
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.6%74.2%+1.4-382
Over 2.5 rds60.0%66.0%−6.0-239
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.1%62.5%−10.4-199

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
ZalalBlackshear
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1516
1515
Divisional
1516
1500
Striking offense
1500
1514
Striking defense
1500
1508
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
72"
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Stance
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Striking (UFC career)
2.51
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
1.74
Strikes absorbed / min
65%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
30%
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-3
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
434
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Youssef Zalal
  • LSean WoodsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1331y 2mo before
  • LSeungWoo ChoiU-DEC R3
    Close -2401y 6mo before
  • LIlia TopuriaU-DEC R3
    Close -1621y 10mo before
  • WPeter BarrettU-DEC R3
    Close -4802y before
  • WJordan GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -1142y 2mo before
Da'Mon Blackshear
No prior UFC fights.
Zalal — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Blackshear — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Zalal
Blackshear
6
UFC fights
0
90.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
8y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Zalal
Blackshear
59W–14L · 80.8%
Overall
36W–10L · 78.3%
Wins
23W–4L · 85.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zalal
Blackshear
40W–19L · 67.8%
Overall
98W–48L · 67.1%
25W–13L · 65.8%
Wins
59W–34L · 63.4%
15W–6L · 71.4%
Losses
39W–14L · 73.6%
Distance striking
Zalal
Blackshear
5.55
Landed / min
48.2%
Accuracy
68.8%
Defense
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
38.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Zalal
Blackshear
2.33
Takedowns / 15 min
29.8%
Takedown accuracy
56.5%
Takedown defense
1.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
59.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Zalal
  • Head61%(138)div 63%
  • Body20%(45)div 21%
  • Legs19%(43)div 17%
Blackshear
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Youssef Zalal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Da'Mon Blackshear

No UFC fights on record.

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