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UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas
10-4 · USA
VS
Zhang Weili
Zhang Weili
21-2 · CHN
November 6, 2021 · New York City, New York, USA
Strawweight · 5 rounds
115.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Rose Namajunas def. Zhang Weili by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Namajunas20/360/000:00
Weili22/381/301:08
R2
Namajunas20/451/100:31
Weili16/391/300:38
R3
Namajunas14/380/000:02
Weili25/511/100:57
R4
Namajunas14/230/002:32
Weili12/272/300:54
R5
Namajunas18/261/103:55
Weili8/180/100:00
Total
Namajunas86/1682/207:00
Weili83/1735/1103:37

Scorecards

Namajunas vs Weili

RdDouglas CrosbyEric ColónMichael BellCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-99-109.3-9.7
R39-1010-99-109.1-9.9
R410-910-910-910-9.1
R510-910-910-910-9
Total48-4749-4647-4847.5-47.6

Media (22 cards) · avg 4847 · 21 Namajunas · 0 Weili · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Namajunas-Weili.

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
NamajunasWin probabilityWeili
59.3%40.7%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
12%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 16.9 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 Namajunas, blue toward Weili. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Namajunas59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%33%18%
Submission8%13%11%
Decision32%54%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (34109)act 86
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 2
Weili41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%44%22%
Submission4%10%6%
Decision19%46%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (33107)act 83
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 5
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R213%
R38%
R44%
R53%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Namajunas
50.2%-102
Weili
+10249.2%
Most takedownstie 37.1%
Namajunas
34.2%-119
Weili
+11928.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Namajunas
Expected: 80.5
80.5
Over 80.5
39.7%
+152
Under 80.5
60.3%
-152
0101202
Weili
Expected: 78.5
78.5
Over 78.5
39.8%
+151
Under 78.5
60.2%
-151
099197
Takedowns — over/under
Namajunas
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+188
Exactly 1
16.1%
push
Under 1
54.8%
-188
035
Weili
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.4%
+148
Under 0.5
59.6%
-148
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 16.9 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
Namajunas59.3%47.4%+11.9+102
Weili40.7%52.6%−11.9-123
By method
Namajunas by KO/TKO22.1%17.6%+4.5+359
Namajunas by submission7.1%11.2%−4.1+624
Namajunas by decision30.1%19.5%+10.6+314
Weili by KO/TKO15.2%21.9%−6.7+268
Weili by submission4.9%5.9%−1.0+1266
Weili by decision20.6%23.9%−3.3+238
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.3%74.1%+5.2-374
Over 2.5 rds66.1%62.0%+4.1-194
Over 3.5 rds58.3%55.8%+2.5-150
Over 4.5 rds53.8%49.2%+4.6-112
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.7%47.4%+3.3-103

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
64.4Striking70.6
Weili +6.2
58.0Grappling48.2
Namajunas +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NamajunasWeili
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1606
1602
Divisional
1606
1515
Striking offense
1512
1510
Striking defense
1500
1499
Grappling offense
1504
1529
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
65"
Reach
63"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.13
Strikes landed / min
6.36
41%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.99
Strikes absorbed / min
4.42
60%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.24
53%
Takedown accuracy
24%
50%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
83%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
63%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rose Namajunas
  • WZhang WeiliKO/TKO R1
    Close +1686mo before
  • WJessica AndradeS-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 4mo before
  • LJessica AndradeKO/TKO R2
    Close +1202y 6mo before
  • WJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R5
    Close -1103y 7mo before
  • WJoanna JedrzejczykKO/TKO R1
    Close +5004y before
Zhang Weili
  • LRose NamajunasKO/TKO R1
    Close -2096mo before
  • WJoanna JedrzejczykS-DEC R5
    Close -1851y 8mo before
  • WJessica AndradeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1702y 2mo before
  • WTecia PenningtonU-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 8mo before
  • WJessica AguilarSUB R1
    Close -5502y 11mo before
Namajunas — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Weili — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Namajunas
Weili
11
UFC fights
6
126.7 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
60.7 min · 10.1 avg
13y 7m
Career length
12y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Namajunas
Weili
135W–23L · 85.4%
Overall
84W–25L · 77.1%
98W–15L · 86.7%
Wins
75W–21L · 78.1%
37W–8L · 82.2%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Namajunas
Weili
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
92W–52L · 63.9%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
92W–52L · 63.9%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Namajunas
Weili
5.01
Landed / min
6.45
36.4%
Accuracy
40.2%
65.2%
Defense
56.7%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
63.4%
Time at distance
75.8%
Grappling & control
Namajunas
Weili
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.24
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
23.8%
50.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.49
72.7%
Control share
75.0%
Strike target map
Namajunas
  • Head79%(413)div 61%
  • Body15%(77)div 22%
  • Legs6%(33)div 16%
Weili
  • Head54%(209)div 61%
  • Body12%(46)div 22%
  • Legs34%(131)div 16%

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

Rose Namajunas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zhang Weili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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