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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
JunYong Park
JunYong Park
12-4 · KOR
VS
Tafon Nchukwi
Tafon Nchukwi
5-0 · CMR
May 8, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
JunYong Park def. Tafon Nchukwi by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Park30/690/000:00
Nchukwi30/690/000:00
R2
Park16/350/200:34
Nchukwi21/431/200:34
R3
Park25/412/303:15
Nchukwi7/240/000:00
Total
Park71/1452/503:49
Nchukwi58/1361/200:34

Scorecards

Park vs Nchukwi

RdRon McCarthySal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-99-109.9-9.1
R210-89-99-99.6-8.5
R310-810-810-910-8.2
Total30-2529-2628-2829.5-25.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.425.8 · 13 Park · 0 Nchukwi

Point deductions: R21 Nchukwi (Low blow)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Park-Nchukwi. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
ParkWin probabilityNchukwi
29.6%70.4%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
24%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Park, blue toward Nchukwi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Park30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%25%10%
Submission8%28%10%
Decision14%47%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 71
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.2)act 2
Nchukwi70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%32%28%
Submission16%22%6%
Decision32%46%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 58
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R216%
R310%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Park
39.7%+148
Nchukwi
-14858.9%
Most takedownstie 25.0%
Park
60.4%-414
Nchukwi
+41414.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Park
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.8%
+151
Under 29.5
60.2%
-151
03774
Nchukwi
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
39.8%
+151
Under 39.5
60.2%
-151
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Park
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
48.4%
+107
Under 1.5
51.6%
-107
035
Nchukwi
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.2%
+221
Under 0.5
68.8%
-221
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 10.0 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
Park29.6%42.5%−12.9+124
Nchukwi70.4%57.5%+12.9-152
By method
Park by KO/TKO8.9%9.9%−1.0+700
Park by submission7.1%9.9%−2.8+700
Park by decision13.7%23.3%−9.6+240
Nchukwi by KO/TKO21.1%27.5%−6.4+188
Nchukwi by submission16.8%6.1%+10.7+1200
Nchukwi by decision32.5%23.3%+9.2+240
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.9%66.3%+5.6-250
Over 2.5 rds55.7%54.3%+1.4-138
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.2%52.0%−5.8-125

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
71.8Striking83.4
Nchukwi +11.6
54.7Grappling20.8
Park +33.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ParkNchukwi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1530
1531
Divisional
1530
1501
Striking offense
1502
1498
Striking defense
1529
1503
Grappling offense
1495
1510
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.24
Strikes landed / min
8.00
47%
Strike accuracy
64%
2.90
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
60%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
64%
Takedown accuracy
0%
45%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
JunYong Park
  • WJohn PhillipsU-DEC R3
    Close -2787mo before
  • WMarc-Andre BarriaultU-DEC R3
    Close -1381y 5mo before
  • LAnthony HernandezSUB R2
    Close +1251y 8mo before
Tafon Nchukwi
  • WJamie PickettU-DEC R3
    Close -3355mo before
Park — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(67%) 2
Nchukwi — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Park
Nchukwi
3
UFC fights
1
39.6 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 8m
Career length
7y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Park
Nchukwi
39W–14L · 73.6%
Overall
11W–4L · 73.3%
33W–13L · 71.7%
Wins
11W–4L · 73.3%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Park
Nchukwi
80W–36L · 69.0%
Overall
17W–4L · 81.0%
55W–21L · 72.4%
Wins
17W–4L · 81.0%
25W–15L · 62.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Park
Nchukwi
8.39
Landed / min
6.83
46.2%
Accuracy
50.0%
61.3%
Defense
49.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
43.3%
Time at distance
57.6%
Grappling & control
Park
Nchukwi
3.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
64.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
45.5%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
78.3%
Control share
83.4%
Strike target map
Park
  • Head86%(145)div 63%
  • Body10%(17)div 19%
  • Legs4%(6)div 17%
Nchukwi
  • Head58%(70)div 63%
  • Body41%(49)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%

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

JunYong Park
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tafon Nchukwi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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