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Sodiq Yusuff
Sodiq Yusuff
11-2 · USA
VS
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres
19-12 · USA
March 12, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Sodiq Yusuff def. Alex Caceres by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yusuff8/251/302:24
Caceres13/231/100:21
R2
Yusuff29/480/000:00
Caceres25/530/000:00
R3
Yusuff27/500/000:18
Caceres28/620/200:00
Total
Yusuff64/1231/302:42
Caceres66/1381/300:21

Scorecards

Yusuff vs Caceres

RdAdalaide ByrdMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.4-9.7
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2830-2729.1-28

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 14 Yusuff · 0 Caceres

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yusuff-Caceres.

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
YusuffWin probabilityCaceres
59.8%40.2%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
10%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Yusuff, blue toward Caceres. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yusuff60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%39%28%
Submission2%3%4%
Decision35%58%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 64
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 1
Caceres40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%18%8%
Submission8%19%8%
Decision25%63%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1962)act 66
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R217%
R34%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Yusuff
47.9%+107
Caceres
-10751.1%
Most takedownstie 46.1%
Yusuff
29.8%-124
Caceres
+12424.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yusuff
Expected: 44.1
44
Over 44
39.4%
+151
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.5%
-151
056111
Caceres
Expected: 46.0
46
Over 46
39.3%
+152
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.7%
-152
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Yusuff
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.4%
+167
Under 0.5
62.6%
-167
035
Caceres
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.2%
+211
Under 0.5
67.8%
-211
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 11.3 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
Yusuff59.8%69.5%−9.7-269
Caceres40.2%30.5%+9.7+213
By method
Yusuff by KO/TKO18.0%28.3%−10.3+189
Yusuff by submission5.9%4.0%+1.9+1936
Yusuff by decision35.8%34.8%+1.0+136
Caceres by KO/TKO12.1%8.4%+3.7+872
Caceres by submission4.0%8.3%−4.3+887
Caceres by decision24.1%16.1%+8.0+410
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.4%68.7%+12.7-275
Over 2.5 rds64.4%59.2%+5.2-173
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision59.9%54.7%+5.2-141

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
74.6Striking75.4
Caceres +0.8
23.5Grappling55.7
Caceres +32.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YusuffCaceres
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1584
1570
Divisional
1568
1515
Striking offense
1512
1504
Striking defense
1536
1493
Grappling offense
1489
1510
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.86
Strikes landed / min
4.14
46%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.97
Strikes absorbed / min
2.85
62%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
0%
Takedown accuracy
79%
58%
Takedown defense
64%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
36%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sodiq Yusuff
  • LArnold AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +54011mo before
  • WAndre FiliU-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 2mo before
  • WGabriel BenitezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2752y 7mo before
  • WSheymon MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 11mo before
  • WSuman MokhtarianKO/TKO R1
    Close -6003y 3mo before
Alex Caceres
  • WSeungWoo ChoiSUB R2
    Close +2155mo before
  • WKevin CroomU-DEC R3
    Close -1691y before
  • WAustin SpringerSUB R1
    Close -2251y 6mo before
  • WChase HooperU-DEC R3
    Close +1681y 9mo before
  • WSteven PetersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 8mo before
Yusuff — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Caceres — win / loss by method
Record: 19-12-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 7 losses
W
37% of wins
L
58% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
47% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
14win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(10%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(50%) 5
9 (64%)Decision(40%) 4
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Yusuff
Caceres
5
UFC fights
25
51.5 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
297.7 min · 11.9 avg
10y 3m
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yusuff
Caceres
76W–15L · 83.5%
Overall
321W–93L · 77.5%
60W–14L · 81.1%
Wins
182W–65L · 73.7%
16W–1L · 94.1%
Losses
139W–28L · 83.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yusuff
Caceres
37W–10L · 78.7%
Overall
18W–5L · 78.3%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Yusuff
Caceres
6.17
Landed / min
5.86
41.4%
Accuracy
48.6%
64.9%
Defense
68.1%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
55.7%
Time at distance
59.8%
Grappling & control
Yusuff
Caceres
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
78.6%
58.3%
Takedown defense
64.1%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.81
53.3%
Control share
35.9%
Strike target map
Yusuff
  • Head61%(153)div 64%
  • Body22%(55)div 20%
  • Legs17%(42)div 16%
Caceres
  • Head65%(798)div 64%
  • Body23%(285)div 20%
  • Legs12%(150)div 16%

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

Sodiq Yusuff
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Caceres
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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