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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
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Pannie Kianzad
Pannie Kianzad
15-5 · SWE
September 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Raquel Pennington def. Pannie Kianzad by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pennington8/120/101:20
Kianzad12/191/203:24
R2
Pennington12/181/103:37
Kianzad10/170/000:55
R3
Pennington28/490/101:19
Kianzad28/620/001:15
Total
Pennington48/791/306:16
Kianzad50/981/205:34

Scorecards

Pennington vs Kianzad

RdAdalaide ByrdDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.5-9.5
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-28.4

Media (10 cards) · avg 2928 · 10 Pennington · 0 Kianzad

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pennington-Kianzad.

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
PenningtonWin probabilityKianzad
44.8%55.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
12%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.9 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 Pennington, blue toward Kianzad. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pennington45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%21%7%
Submission9%19%10%
Decision27%60%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2064)act 48
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 1
Kianzad55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%10%
Submission3%5%6%
Decision36%66%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (2376)act 50
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 1
Combined totals~103 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R214%
R38%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Pennington
44.1%+125
Kianzad
-12555.0%
Most takedownstie 38.6%
Pennington
45.1%-276
Kianzad
+27616.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 47.5
47.5
Over 47.5
39.7%
+152
Under 47.5
60.3%
-152
060119
Kianzad
Expected: 55.8
56
Over 56
39.2%
+153
Exactly 56
0.9%
push
Under 56
60.0%
-153
070140
Takedowns — over/under
Pennington
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.0%
+142
Exactly 1
20.1%
push
Under 1
46.9%
-142
035
Kianzad
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.7%
+288
Under 0.5
74.3%
-288
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 11.9 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
Pennington44.8%54.1%−9.3-131
Kianzad55.2%45.9%+9.3+108
By method
Pennington by KO/TKO11.2%7.4%+3.8+1020
Pennington by submission5.2%10.2%−5.0+708
Pennington by decision28.4%36.5%−8.1+126
Kianzad by KO/TKO13.8%9.9%+3.9+735
Kianzad by submission6.4%5.7%+0.7+1361
Kianzad by decision34.9%30.4%+4.5+172
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.0%79.2%+5.8-549
Over 2.5 rds70.9%72.8%−1.9-350
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.4%71.4%−8.0-324

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
70.2Striking69.5
Pennington +0.7
45.9Grappling31.6
Pennington +14.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PenningtonKianzad
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1555
1549
Divisional
1569
1481
Striking offense
1509
1512
Striking defense
1494
1506
Grappling offense
1475
1505
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.62
Strikes landed / min
5.71
49%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
4.56
63%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.18
29%
Takedown accuracy
14%
66%
Takedown defense
79%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
62%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
455
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Raquel Pennington
  • WMarion ReneauU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 3mo before
  • LHolly HolmU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 8mo before
  • WIrene AldanaS-DEC R3
    Close +1152y 2mo before
  • LGermaine de RandamieU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1802y 10mo before
  • LAmanda NunesKO/TKO R5
    Close +5003y 4mo before
Pannie Kianzad
  • WAlexis DavisU-DEC R3
    Close -2353mo before
  • WSijara EubanksU-DEC R3
    Close +1209mo before
  • WBethe CorreiaU-DEC R3
    Close -1621y 2mo before
  • WJessica-Rose ClarkU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 10mo before
  • LJulia AvilaU-DEC R3
    Close +2102y 2mo before
Pennington — win / loss by method
Record: 11-8-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
64% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (75%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Kianzad — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 2 losses
W
80% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
8 (73%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pennington
Kianzad
13
UFC fights
6
187.6 min · 14.4 avg
Octagon time
82.2 min · 13.7 avg
14y 5m
Career length
14y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pennington
Kianzad
133W–48L · 73.5%
Overall
54W–25L · 68.4%
82W–33L · 71.3%
Wins
46W–24L · 65.7%
51W–15L · 77.3%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pennington
Kianzad
17W–11L · 60.7%
Overall
77W–29L · 72.6%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
38W–14L · 73.1%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
39W–15L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Pennington
Kianzad
4.65
Landed / min
7.93
37.4%
Accuracy
47.0%
70.0%
Defense
57.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
43.9%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Pennington
Kianzad
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
0.18
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
65.9%
Takedown defense
78.9%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
49.6%
Control share
23.3%
Strike target map
Pennington
  • Head59%(400)div 64%
  • Body29%(194)div 20%
  • Legs13%(85)div 16%
Kianzad
  • Head72%(339)div 64%
  • Body17%(82)div 20%
  • Legs10%(48)div 16%

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

Raquel Pennington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Pannie Kianzad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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