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UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
27-10-1 · BRA
VS
Kyung Ho Kang
Kyung Ho Kang
17-8 · KOR
November 20, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Kyung Ho Kang by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya21/351/401:24
Ho Kang33/610/010:57
R2
Yahya1/21/204:48
Ho Kang4/40/000:00
R3
Yahya5/111/204:24
Ho Kang6/170/000:08
Total
Yahya27/483/8010:36
Ho Kang43/820/011:05

Scorecards

Yahya vs Ho Kang

RdBryan MinerDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-8.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-27.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Yahya · 0 Ho Kang

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yahya-Ho Kang.

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
YahyaWin probabilityHo Kang
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
29%
Decision
54%
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 Yahya, blue toward Ho Kang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yahya54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%12%6%
Submission18%33%23%
Decision30%55%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 27
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.3)act 3
Ho Kang46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%18%
Submission11%23%4%
Decision24%53%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 43
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R217%
R311%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Yahya
49.8%-103
Ho Kang
+10348.3%
Most takedownstie 25.3%
Yahya
38.6%-107
Ho Kang
+10736.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 25.9
26
Over 26
38.6%
+154
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.5%
-154
03365
Ho Kang
Expected: 25.2
25
Over 25
39.2%
+150
Exactly 25
1.9%
push
Under 25
58.9%
-150
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.2%
+104
Exactly 1
24.1%
push
Under 1
38.7%
-104
035
Ho Kang
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.8%
+116
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
41.7%
-116
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
Yahya54.3%48.5%+5.8-104
Ho Kang45.7%51.5%−5.8-118
By method
Yahya by KO/TKO9.3%5.9%+3.4+1341
Yahya by submission15.5%23.2%−7.7+263
Yahya by decision29.6%20.9%+8.7+303
Ho Kang by KO/TKO7.8%17.9%−10.1+370
Ho Kang by submission13.0%4.0%+9.0+2001
Ho Kang by decision24.8%28.1%−3.3+200
Total rounds (over)
Over 2.5 rds65.5%56.9%+8.6-150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.4%49.8%+4.6-115

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
60.4Striking65.6
Ho Kang +5.3
57.7Grappling70.8
Ho Kang +13.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaHo Kang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1612
Pound-for-pound
1570
1594
Divisional
1570
1477
Striking offense
1481
1552
Striking defense
1517
1542
Grappling offense
1529
1496
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
37 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.76
Strikes landed / min
2.52
37%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
52%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
2.53
34%
Takedown accuracy
59%
26%
Takedown defense
71%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
58%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
700
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WRay RodriguezSUB R2
    Close -2988mo before
  • DEnrique BarzolaM-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 8mo before
  • LRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 9mo before
  • WLuke SandersSUB R1
    Close -1053y 3mo before
  • WRussell DoaneSUB R3
    Close -2203y 9mo before
Kyung Ho Kang
  • WPingyuan LiuS-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 11mo before
  • WBrandon DavisS-DEC R3
    Close -1902y 3mo before
  • WTeruto IshiharaSUB R1
    Close -3502y 9mo before
  • LRicardo RamosS-DEC R3
    Close +2353y 4mo before
  • WGuido CannettiSUB R1
    Close -2903y 10mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 27-10-1, 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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
21 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 7 losses
W
22% of wins
L
70% of losses
UFC
12win4loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Ho Kang — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0, 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, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Ho Kang
18
UFC fights
9
199.5 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
112.8 min · 12.5 avg
23y 10m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Ho Kang
239W–70L · 77.3%
Overall
100W–32L · 75.8%
178W–59L · 75.1%
Wins
77W–27L · 74.0%
61W–11L · 84.7%
Losses
23W–5L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Ho Kang
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
73W–40L · 64.6%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
45W–27L · 62.5%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
28W–13L · 68.3%
Distance striking
Yahya
Ho Kang
4.02
Landed / min
4.05
31.2%
Accuracy
35.0%
64.0%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
31.4%
Time at distance
35.9%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Ho Kang
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
2.53
34.2%
Takedown accuracy
59.4%
25.9%
Takedown defense
71.4%
1.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.06
57.2%
Control share
74.0%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head58%(203)div 63%
  • Body21%(74)div 21%
  • Legs21%(75)div 17%
Ho Kang
  • Head78%(222)div 63%
  • Body9%(26)div 21%
  • Legs13%(36)div 17%

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyung Ho Kang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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