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UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad
Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
5-4 · USA
VS
Istela Nunes
Istela Nunes
6-2 · BRA
April 16, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
115.5lb
Weigh-in
114.0lb
Sam Hughes def. Istela Nunes by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes15/480/000:00
Nunes40/920/000:00
R2
Hughes31/761/400:35
Nunes37/980/000:00
R3
Hughes30/581/102:51
Nunes12/380/000:00
Total
Hughes76/1822/503:26
Nunes89/2280/000:00

Scorecards

Hughes vs Nunes

RdAdalaide ByrdDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-108.9-10
R29-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R310-810-810-810-8.1
Total28-2829-2729-2728.6-27.4

Media (14 cards) · avg 2927 · 14 Hughes · 0 Nunes

Point deductions: R31 Nunes (Eye poke)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Nunes. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
HughesWin probabilityNunes
32.1%67.9%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
25%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Hughes, blue toward Nunes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hughes32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%27%7%
Submission11%36%8%
Decision12%37%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 76
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 2
Nunes68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%16%
Submission13%20%7%
Decision34%49%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2169)act 89
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R216%
R313%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Hughes
37.5%+164
Nunes
-16461.4%
Most takedownstie 32.4%
Hughes
46.8%-226
Nunes
+22620.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
39.6%
+153
Under 35.5
60.4%
-153
04589
Nunes
Expected: 51.0
51
Over 51
39.3%
+152
Exactly 51
1.0%
push
Under 51
59.8%
-152
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.6%
+113
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
41.3%
-113
035
Nunes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.5%
+182
Under 0.5
64.5%
-182
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 10.3 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
Hughes32.1%32.6%−0.5+193
Nunes67.9%67.4%+0.5-240
By method
Hughes by KO/TKO9.5%7.3%+2.2+1012
Hughes by submission8.0%8.1%−0.1+900
Hughes by decision14.6%20.7%−6.1+293
Nunes by KO/TKO20.0%15.5%+4.5+424
Nunes by submission17.0%6.7%+10.3+1110
Nunes by decision30.9%41.7%−10.8-105
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.6%76.8%−2.2-450
Over 2.5 rds58.7%71.0%−12.3-310
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.5%66.2%−20.7-245

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
53.9Striking78.5
Nunes +24.7
11.6Grappling7.9
Hughes +3.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesNunes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1470
Pound-for-pound
1503
1470
Divisional
1503
1498
Striking offense
1503
1494
Striking defense
1528
1484
Grappling offense
1469
1497
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
64"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.49
Strikes landed / min
4.79
48%
Strike accuracy
52%
5.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.78
49%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
42%
Takedown defense
29%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Hughes
  • LLuana PinheiroU-DEC R3
    Close +3175mo before
  • LLoma LookboonmeeU-DEC R3
    Close +31111mo before
  • LTecia PenningtonKO/TKO R1
    Close +4401y 4mo before
Istela Nunes
  • LAriane CarnelossiSUB R3
    Close +1166mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 5-4-0

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, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Nunes — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0, 1 NC

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (67%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Nunes
3
UFC fights
1
35.0 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
12.9 min · 12.9 avg
7y 5m
Career length
10y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Nunes
25W–8L · 75.8%
Overall
13W–2L · 86.7%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
25W–8L · 75.8%
Losses
13W–2L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Nunes
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
34W–15L · 69.4%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
27W–15L · 64.3%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Hughes
Nunes
4.77
Landed / min
9.91
43.0%
Accuracy
49.5%
57.3%
Defense
67.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.3%
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Nunes
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
Takedown defense
28.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head52%(64)div 61%
  • Body19%(23)div 22%
  • Legs29%(35)div 16%
Nunes
  • Head60%(37)div 61%
  • Body26%(16)div 22%
  • Legs15%(9)div 16%

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

Sam Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Istela Nunes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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