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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Jacob Malkoun
Jacob Malkoun
5-1 · AUS
VS
AJ Dobson
AJ Dobson
6-0 · USA
February 12, 2022 · Houston, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Jacob Malkoun def. AJ Dobson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Malkoun24/481/801:01
Dobson41/690/000:10
R2
Malkoun25/372/403:45
Dobson4/120/000:17
R3
Malkoun31/433/404:31
Dobson7/90/000:00
Total
Malkoun80/1286/1609:17
Dobson52/900/000:27

Scorecards

Malkoun vs Dobson

RdDouglas CrosbyJeff RexroadPatrick PatlánCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-8.4
R310-910-910-910-8.6
Total29-2829-2829-2829-27

Media (20 cards) · avg 2927.3 · 20 Malkoun · 0 Dobson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Malkoun-Dobson.

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
MalkounWin probabilityDobson
61.1%38.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
22%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Malkoun, blue toward Dobson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Malkoun61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%15%
Submission11%18%10%
Decision33%54%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 80
Takedowns4.0 (0.38.8)act 6
Dobson39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%32%29%
Submission11%28%12%
Decision15%40%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 52
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~4.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R216%
R37%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Malkoun
53.2%-118
Dobson
+11845.1%
Most takedownstie 7.7%
Malkoun
87.4%-1796
Dobson
+17964.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Malkoun
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.8%
+151
Under 29.5
60.2%
-151
03774
Dobson
Expected: 26.0
26
Over 26
38.8%
+153
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.4%
-153
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Malkoun
Expected: 4.0
4
Over 4
39.6%
+123
Exactly 4
11.5%
push
Under 4
48.9%
-123
0713
Dobson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.5%
+278
Under 0.5
73.5%
-278
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 10.0 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
Malkoun61.1%48.5%+12.6-104
Dobson38.9%51.5%−12.6-118
By method
Malkoun by KO/TKO18.2%14.9%+3.3+444
Malkoun by submission13.3%10.1%+3.2+700
Malkoun by decision29.5%22.9%+6.6+255
Dobson by KO/TKO11.6%28.5%−16.9+184
Dobson by submission8.5%11.6%−3.1+602
Dobson by decision18.8%12.0%+6.8+576
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.1%58.2%+12.9-166
Over 2.5 rds55.3%41.2%+14.1+127
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.4%37.1%+11.3+153

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
MalkounDobson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1522
1514
Divisional
1522
1488
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1500
1552
Grappling offense
1500
1541
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.76
Strikes landed / min
47%
Strike accuracy
1.83
Strikes absorbed / min
52%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
7.84
Takedowns / 15 min
33%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jacob Malkoun
  • WAbdul Razak AlhassanU-DEC R3
    Close +25310mo before
  • LPhil HawesKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 4mo before
AJ Dobson
No prior UFC fights.
Malkoun — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Dobson — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0, 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, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Malkoun
Dobson
2
UFC fights
0
15.3 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
9y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Malkoun
Dobson
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Malkoun
Dobson
17W–9L · 65.4%
Overall
20W–11L · 64.5%
17W–9L · 65.4%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Malkoun
Dobson
5.95
Landed / min
46.2%
Accuracy
59.6%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
19.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Malkoun
Dobson
7.84
Takedowns / 15 min
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
1.96
Sub attempts / 15 min
99.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Malkoun
  • Head89%(24)div 64%
  • Body7%(2)div 20%
  • Legs4%(1)div 17%
Dobson
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Jacob Malkoun
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

AJ Dobson

No UFC fights on record.

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