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Brendan Allen
Brendan Allen
16-4 · USA
VS
July 24, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Brendan Allen def. Punahele Soriano by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Allen28/620/000:00
Soriano28/570/000:21
R2
Allen35/720/100:00
Soriano18/390/000:00
R3
Allen31/770/000:00
Soriano20/530/000:00
Total
Allen94/2110/100:00
Soriano66/1490/000:21

Scorecards

Allen vs Soriano

RdChris LeeDave HagenJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.4-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2729.4-27.6

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 16 Allen · 0 Soriano

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Allen-Soriano.

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
AllenWin probabilitySoriano
38.0%62.0%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
19%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Allen, blue toward Soriano. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Allen38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%24%
Submission11%28%
Decision18%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 94
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Soriano62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%35%
Submission8%13%
Decision32%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 66
Takedowns1.9 (0.05.2)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R216%
R35%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Allen
45.2%+119
Soriano
-11953.6%
Most takedownstie 20.2%
Allen
16.0%+399
Soriano
-39963.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Allen
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.8%
+151
Under 36.5
60.2%
-151
04692
Soriano
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
39.6%
+153
Under 41.5
60.4%
-153
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Allen
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.9%
+179
Under 0.5
64.1%
-179
035
Soriano
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
38.8%
+112
Exactly 2
17.6%
push
Under 2
43.5%
-112
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 10.1 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
Allen38.0%50.0%−12.0-110
Soriano62.0%50.0%+12.0-110

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
61.6Striking78.6
Soriano +17.1
66.5Grappling32.0
Allen +34.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AllenSoriano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1557
1590
Divisional
1557
1513
Striking offense
1501
1483
Striking defense
1505
1507
Grappling offense
1545
1507
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.29
Strikes landed / min
6.93
59%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.01
Strikes absorbed / min
3.71
42%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
67%
Takedown accuracy
50%
38%
Takedown defense
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brendan Allen
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    Close -1553mo before
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R2
    Close -1188mo before
  • WKyle DaukausU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y 1mo before
  • WTom BreeseKO/TKO R1
    Close +1101y 5mo before
  • WKevin HollandSUB R2
    Close +1351y 9mo before
Punahele Soriano
  • WDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R1
    Close +1306mo before
  • WOskar PiechotaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1251y 7mo before
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Soriano — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Allen
Soriano
5
UFC fights
2
39.9 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
8.1 min · 4.0 avg
10y 11m
Career length
9y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Allen
Soriano
66W–11L · 85.7%
Overall
21W–2L · 91.3%
45W–8L · 84.9%
Wins
21W–2L · 91.3%
21W–3L · 87.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Allen
Soriano
108W–44L · 71.1%
Overall
22W–10L · 68.8%
92W–44L · 67.6%
Wins
22W–10L · 68.8%
16W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Allen
Soriano
8.74
Landed / min
5.96
53.7%
Accuracy
44.3%
45.0%
Defense
67.7%
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
7.42
22.7%
Time at distance
64.3%
Grappling & control
Allen
Soriano
1.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.86
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
37.5%
Takedown defense
1.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
52.9%
Control share
83.6%
Strike target map
Allen
  • Head66%(87)div 64%
  • Body19%(25)div 19%
  • Legs15%(19)div 17%
Soriano
  • Head80%(45)div 64%
  • Body18%(10)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%

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

Brendan Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Punahele Soriano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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