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UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
Carla Esparza
Carla Esparza
18-6 · USA
VS
Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas
11-4 · USA
May 7, 2022 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Strawweight · 5 rounds
115.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Carla Esparza def. Rose Namajunas by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Esparza4/190/000:00
Namajunas4/190/000:00
R2
Esparza4/220/100:00
Namajunas3/140/000:00
R3
Esparza9/320/300:02
Namajunas11/360/000:00
R4
Esparza8/292/500:20
Namajunas6/280/000:02
R5
Esparza5/310/200:00
Namajunas13/391/100:08
Total
Esparza30/1332/1100:22
Namajunas37/1361/100:10

Scorecards

Esparza vs Namajunas

RdBrad FrankEric ColónRick WinterCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.8-9.7
R210-910-910-99.9-9.3
R39-109-1010-99.6-9.6
R410-910-910-99.9-9.2
R59-109-109-109.1-10
Total48-4747-4849-4648.3-47.8

Media (19 cards) · avg 48.447.1 · 18 Esparza · 0 Namajunas · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Esparza-Namajunas.

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
EsparzaWin probabilityNamajunas
39.9%60.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
19%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 18.2 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 Esparza, blue toward Namajunas. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Esparza40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%7%
Submission5%13%6%
Decision25%62%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2272)act 30
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.3)act 2
Namajunas60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%19%
Submission13%22%13%
Decision30%50%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (3095)act 37
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 1
Combined totals~123 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R215%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Esparza
40.1%+148
Namajunas
-14859.2%
Most takedownstie 28.0%
Esparza
52.7%-274
Namajunas
+27419.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 52.8
53
Over 53
39.1%
+154
Exactly 53
0.9%
push
Under 53
60.0%
-154
066132
Namajunas
Expected: 70.3
70.5
Over 70.5
39.6%
+152
Under 70.5
60.4%
-152
088176
Takedowns — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
45.1%
+122
Under 1.5
54.9%
-122
035
Namajunas
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.1%
+193
Under 0.5
65.9%
-193
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 18.2 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
Esparza39.9%33.3%+6.6+186
Namajunas60.1%66.7%−6.6-233
By method
Esparza by KO/TKO10.6%7.2%+3.4+1017
Esparza by submission7.5%6.4%+1.1+1167
Esparza by decision21.7%22.5%−0.8+259
Namajunas by KO/TKO16.0%19.1%−3.1+324
Namajunas by submission11.4%13.1%−1.7+516
Namajunas by decision32.8%31.7%+1.1+155
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds87.0%81.8%+5.2-681
Over 2.5 rds72.3%71.4%+0.9-326
Over 3.5 rds63.3%66.5%−3.2-250
Over 4.5 rds58.1%59.9%−1.8-175
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.5%58.3%−3.8-166

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
61.1Striking64.6
Namajunas +3.4
52.3Grappling56.9
Namajunas +4.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EsparzaNamajunas
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1607
Pound-for-pound
1619
1607
Divisional
1618
1458
Striking offense
1513
1519
Striking defense
1511
1521
Grappling offense
1500
1504
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'5"
63"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.34
Strikes landed / min
4.01
43%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.75
Strikes absorbed / min
3.88
53%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
37%
Takedown accuracy
56%
49%
Takedown defense
52%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
75%
+5
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
22%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carla Esparza
  • WYan XiaonanKO/TKO R2
    Close +10911mo before
  • WMarina RodriguezS-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 9mo before
  • WMichelle Waterson-GomezS-DEC R3
    Close -1552y before
  • WAlexa GrassoM-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 8mo before
  • WVirna JandirobaU-DEC R3
    Close -1303y before
Rose Namajunas
  • WZhang WeiliS-DEC R5
    Close +1026mo before
  • WZhang WeiliKO/TKO R1
    Close +1681y before
  • WJessica AndradeS-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 10mo before
  • LJessica AndradeKO/TKO R2
    Close +1203y before
  • WJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R5
    Close -1104y 1mo before
Esparza — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (78%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Namajunas — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (44%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Esparza
Namajunas
13
UFC fights
12
178.2 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
151.7 min · 12.6 avg
16y 5m
Career length
13y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Esparza
Namajunas
128W–21L · 85.9%
Overall
156W–25L · 86.2%
93W–14L · 86.9%
Wins
119W–17L · 87.5%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Losses
37W–8L · 82.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Esparza
Namajunas
59W–20L · 74.7%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
29W–16L · 64.4%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
30W–4L · 88.2%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Esparza
Namajunas
2.71
Landed / min
4.91
32.1%
Accuracy
37.3%
64.1%
Defense
63.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.40
44.3%
Time at distance
62.0%
Grappling & control
Esparza
Namajunas
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
37.2%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
48.6%
Takedown defense
51.7%
0.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.69
65.4%
Control share
71.3%
Strike target map
Esparza
  • Head75%(312)div 62%
  • Body15%(63)div 22%
  • Legs10%(42)div 16%
Namajunas
  • Head77%(470)div 62%
  • Body15%(89)div 22%
  • Legs8%(50)div 16%

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

Carla Esparza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rose Namajunas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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