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Kazula Vargas
Kazula Vargas
11-4 · MEX
VS
Zhu Rongzhu
Zhu Rongzhu
20-3 · CHN
April 24, 2021 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Kazula Vargas def. Zhu Rongzhu by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vargas47/820/000:00
Rongzhu13/320/000:00
R2
Vargas8/130/001:10
Rongzhu2/72/302:32
R3
Vargas41/810/100:00
Rongzhu27/661/100:12
Total
Vargas96/1760/101:10
Rongzhu42/1053/402:44

Scorecards

Vargas vs Rongzhu

RdEric ColónHoward ReichbachTroy WincapawCommunity
R110-910-910-810-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2830-2629-28

Media (21 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Vargas · 0 Rongzhu

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vargas-Rongzhu.

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
VargasWin probabilityRongzhu
25.9%74.1%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
23%
Decision
49%
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 Vargas, blue toward Rongzhu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vargas26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission6%22%
Decision14%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1136)act 96
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Rongzhu74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%29%
Submission17%24%
Decision35%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1548)act 42
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.5)act 3
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R214%
R37%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Vargas
39.8%+148
Rongzhu
-14858.7%
Most takedownstie 29.2%
Vargas
22.1%+220
Rongzhu
-22048.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vargas
Expected: 26.7
26.5
Over 26.5
40.2%
+149
Under 26.5
59.8%
-149
03467
Rongzhu
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
40.0%
+150
Under 35.5
60.0%
-150
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Vargas
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
035
Rongzhu
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
43.3%
+131
Under 1.5
56.7%
-131
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
Vargas25.9%34.9%−9.0+175
Rongzhu74.1%65.1%+9.0-210

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VargasRongzhu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1545
1493
Divisional
1545
1505
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1496
Grappling offense
1500
1499
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
35 yrs
Age
21 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.84
Strikes landed / min
49%
Strike accuracy
1.16
Strikes absorbed / min
54%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
33%
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
434
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kazula Vargas
  • LBrok WeaverDQ R1
    Close +2301y 2mo before
  • LAlex Da SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y 8mo before
Zhu Rongzhu
No prior UFC fights.
Vargas — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
0 ()DQ / other(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Rongzhu — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (25%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Vargas
Rongzhu
2
UFC fights
0
19.0 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
15y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Vargas
Rongzhu
34W–6L · 85.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vargas
Rongzhu
63W–23L · 73.3%
Overall
152W–77L · 66.4%
52W–19L · 73.2%
Wins
129W–63L · 67.2%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
23W–14L · 62.2%
Distance striking
Vargas
Rongzhu
6.50
Landed / min
40.0%
Accuracy
68.6%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
17.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Vargas
Rongzhu
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
22.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Vargas
  • Head63%(22)div 63%
  • Body20%(7)div 20%
  • Legs17%(6)div 17%
Rongzhu
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Kazula Vargas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zhu Rongzhu

No UFC fights on record.

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