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UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Chikadze
Pat Sabatini
Pat Sabatini
14-3 · USA
VS
Jamall Emmers
Jamall Emmers
18-5 · USA
August 28, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Pat Sabatini def. Jamall Emmers by SUB (Heel Hook), R1 1:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:53
Sabatini1/90/100:00
Emmers10/140/000:49
Total
Sabatini1/90/100:00
Emmers10/140/000:49

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
SabatiniWin probabilityEmmers
42.2%57.8%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
25%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Sabatini, blue toward Emmers. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sabatini42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%16%6%
Submission15%37%14%
Decision20%47%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 1
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.2)act 0
Emmers58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%26%14%
Submission10%17%6%
Decision33%57%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 10
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.6)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~3.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R36%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Sabatini
45.2%+118
Emmers
-11853.4%
Most takedownstie 17.7%
Sabatini
38.3%+115
Emmers
-11544.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sabatini
Expected: 32.0
32
Over 32
39.0%
+152
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.5%
-152
04181
Emmers
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
39.2%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.5%
-152
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Sabatini
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
50.4%
-101
Under 1.5
49.6%
+101
035
Emmers
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
54.4%
-119
Under 1.5
45.6%
+119
036

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 10.5 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
Sabatini42.2%42.3%−0.1+126
Emmers57.8%57.7%+0.1-153
By method
Sabatini by KO/TKO9.3%6.4%+2.9+1183
Sabatini by submission10.6%14.3%−3.7+474
Sabatini by decision22.3%22.2%+0.1+271
Emmers by KO/TKO12.8%14.2%−1.4+481
Emmers by submission14.5%6.5%+8.0+1165
Emmers by decision30.6%36.4%−5.8+126
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.5%75.0%+0.5-400
Over 2.5 rds58.7%66.1%−7.4-242
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.8%63.6%−10.8-211

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
74.3Striking72.0
Sabatini +2.3
26.6Grappling67.0
Emmers +40.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SabatiniEmmers
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1533
1538
Divisional
1533
1484
Striking offense
1489
1502
Striking defense
1501
1553
Grappling offense
1548
1551
Grappling defense
1554
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.73
Strikes landed / min
5.23
58%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.27
Strikes absorbed / min
3.80
62%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.50
20%
Takedown accuracy
54%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
392
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Pat Sabatini
  • WTristan ConnellyU-DEC R3
    Close -2334mo before
Jamall Emmers
  • WVince CacheroU-DEC R3
    Close -3601y 1mo before
  • LGiga ChikadzeS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 6mo before
Sabatini — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (69%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Emmers — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(25%) 1
7 (41%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sabatini
Emmers
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 3m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sabatini
Emmers
14W–6L · 70.0%
Overall
15W–4L · 78.9%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
7W–2L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sabatini
Emmers
82W–43L · 65.6%
Overall
167W–79L · 67.9%
70W–36L · 66.0%
Wins
119W–57L · 67.6%
12W–7L · 63.2%
Losses
48W–22L · 68.6%
Distance striking
Sabatini
Emmers
3.58
Landed / min
6.39
40.7%
Accuracy
44.7%
66.7%
Defense
60.7%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
20.5%
Time at distance
65.7%
Grappling & control
Sabatini
Emmers
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.50
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
88.2%
Control share
90.8%
Strike target map
Sabatini
  • Head69%(18)div 64%
  • Body27%(7)div 20%
  • Legs4%(1)div 16%
Emmers
  • Head57%(90)div 64%
  • Body33%(52)div 20%
  • Legs10%(15)div 16%

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

Pat Sabatini
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jamall Emmers
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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