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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
Chidi Njokuani
Chidi Njokuani
20-7 · USA
VS
February 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Chidi Njokuani def. Marc-Andre Barriault by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:16
Njokuani11/110/010:04
Barriault2/20/000:00
Total
Njokuani11/110/010:04
Barriault2/20/000:00

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
NjokuaniWin probabilityBarriault
50.8%49.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
25%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Njokuani, blue toward Barriault. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Njokuani51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%19%
Submission13%26%6%
Decision25%49%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 11
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Barriault49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%16%
Submission12%24%7%
Decision24%50%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 2
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R213%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Njokuani
56.6%-135
Barriault
+13542.0%
Most takedownstie 38.6%
Njokuani
27.6%+123
Barriault
-12333.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Njokuani
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
39.8%
+151
Under 36.5
60.2%
-151
04692
Barriault
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
39.1%
+152
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.3%
-152
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Njokuani
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.2%
+155
Under 0.5
60.8%
-155
035
Barriault
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.4%
+125
Under 0.5
55.6%
-125
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 10.2 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
Njokuani50.8%49.8%+1.0-109
Barriault49.2%50.2%−1.0-111
By method
Njokuani by KO/TKO12.8%19.2%−6.4+317
Njokuani by submission12.8%5.7%+7.1+1313
Njokuani by decision25.2%24.3%+0.9+229
Barriault by KO/TKO12.4%15.7%−3.3+409
Barriault by submission12.4%7.0%+5.4+1035
Barriault by decision24.3%28.1%−3.8+184
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.9%72.6%−1.7-350
Over 2.5 rds57.4%60.9%−3.5-186
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.5%55.7%−6.2-148

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
NjokuaniBarriault
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1521
1534
Divisional
1521
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
5.80
Strike accuracy
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
4.94
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.35
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
71%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
+2
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chidi Njokuani
No prior UFC fights.
Marc-Andre Barriault
  • WDalcha LungiambulaU-DEC R3
    Close -1645mo before
  • WAbu AzaitarKO/TKO R3
    Close -12510mo before
  • LJunYong ParkU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 2mo before
  • LKrzysztof JotkoS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 6mo before
  • LAndrew SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 9mo before
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0, 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
12 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (5%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (35%)Decision(14%) 1
Barriault — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Njokuani
Barriault
0
UFC fights
6
Octagon time
84.8 min · 14.1 avg
Career length
12y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Njokuani
Barriault
Overall
65W–16L · 80.2%
Wins
25W–4L · 86.2%
Losses
40W–12L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Njokuani
Barriault
259W–94L · 73.4%
Overall
58W–29L · 66.7%
187W–80L · 70.0%
Wins
56W–28L · 66.7%
72W–14L · 83.7%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Njokuani
Barriault
Landed / min
6.53
Accuracy
38.2%
Defense
61.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
Time at distance
56.9%
Grappling & control
Njokuani
Barriault
Takedowns / 15 min
0.35
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
70.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
38.3%
Strike target map
Njokuani
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Barriault
  • Head74%(362)div 64%
  • Body14%(69)div 20%
  • Legs12%(61)div 17%

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

Chidi Njokuani

No UFC fights on record.

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

Marc-Andre Barriault
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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