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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland
Impa Kasanganay
Impa Kasanganay
8-1 · USA
VS
April 10, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Impa Kasanganay def. Sasha Palatnikov by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 0:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kasanganay12/271/402:36
Palatnikov12/220/000:56
R2 · 0:26
Kasanganay1/21/200:18
Palatnikov1/20/000:00
Total
Kasanganay13/292/602:54
Palatnikov13/240/000:56

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
KasanganayWin probabilityPalatnikov
67.5%32.5%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
8%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.2 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 Kasanganay, blue toward Palatnikov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kasanganay67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%17%
Submission6%9%8%
Decision42%62%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2065)act 13
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 2
Palatnikov33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%44%11%
Submission2%6%5%
Decision16%50%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 13
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R212%
R38%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Kasanganay
47.9%+107
Palatnikov
-10751.1%
Most takedownstie 43.1%
Kasanganay
27.2%+109
Palatnikov
-10929.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kasanganay
Expected: 47.9
48
Over 48
39.1%
+153
Exactly 48
1.0%
push
Under 48
59.8%
-153
060120
Palatnikov
Expected: 50.0
50
Over 50
39.3%
+152
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.8%
-152
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Kasanganay
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+176
Under 0.5
63.8%
-176
035
Palatnikov
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
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 11.2 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
Kasanganay67.5%71.6%−4.1-300
Palatnikov32.5%28.4%+4.1+237
By method
Kasanganay by KO/TKO22.8%17.4%+5.4+350
Kasanganay by submission5.5%7.8%−2.3+900
Kasanganay by decision39.2%42.7%−3.5-120
Palatnikov by KO/TKO11.0%11.2%−0.2+600
Palatnikov by submission2.7%5.2%−2.5+1399
Palatnikov by decision18.9%15.7%+3.2+400
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.0%75.0%+3.0-400
Over 2.5 rds66.4%64.5%+1.9-225
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.1%62.5%−4.4-200

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
66.9Striking67.0
Palatnikov +0.1
13.9Grappling55.6
Palatnikov +41.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KasanganayPalatnikov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1521
1528
Divisional
1521
1502
Striking offense
1507
1492
Striking defense
1525
1481
Grappling offense
1498
1511
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
5.12
Strikes landed / min
9.78
41%
Strike accuracy
53%
4.54
Strikes absorbed / min
7.74
63%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
50%
Takedown defense
89%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Impa Kasanganay
  • LJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2656mo before
  • WMaki PitoloU-DEC R3
    Close -1397mo before
Sasha Palatnikov
  • WLouis CosceKO/TKO R3
    Close +3255mo before
Kasanganay — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Palatnikov — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Kasanganay
Palatnikov
2
UFC fights
1
22.1 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
12.8 min · 12.8 avg
7y 6m
Career length
9y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kasanganay
Palatnikov
23W–9L · 71.9%
Overall
7W–0L · 100.0%
13W–6L · 68.4%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kasanganay
Palatnikov
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
24W–15L · 61.5%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
16W–13L · 55.2%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Kasanganay
Palatnikov
5.49
Landed / min
11.07
40.9%
Accuracy
45.6%
63.1%
Defense
61.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
90.9%
Time at distance
57.9%
Grappling & control
Kasanganay
Palatnikov
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.17
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
16.0%
Control share
78.7%
Strike target map
Kasanganay
  • Head75%(85)div 63%
  • Body15%(17)div 20%
  • Legs10%(11)div 16%
Palatnikov
  • Head80%(100)div 63%
  • Body19%(24)div 20%
  • Legs1%(1)div 16%

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

Impa Kasanganay
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sasha Palatnikov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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