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Jared Gooden
Jared Gooden
17-5 · USA
March 27, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Abubakar Nurmagomedov def. Jared Gooden by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nurmagomedov23/420/100:07
Gooden14/490/000:00
R2
Nurmagomedov30/630/000:04
Gooden17/620/000:00
R3
Nurmagomedov7/151/404:07
Gooden12/250/000:00
Total
Nurmagomedov60/1201/504:18
Gooden43/1360/000:00

Scorecards

Nurmagomedov vs Gooden

RdDave HagenDerek ClearyMichael Bell
R110-910-910-9
R210-910-910-9
R310-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-27

Media (22 cards) · avg 3027 · 22 Nurmagomedov · 0 Gooden

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nurmagomedov-Gooden.

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
NurmagomedovWin probabilityGooden
60.0%40.0%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
46%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Nurmagomedov, blue toward Gooden. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nurmagomedov60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%17%16%
Submission26%44%16%
Decision24%39%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 60
Takedowns2.8 (0.26.5)act 1
Gooden40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%11%
Submission19%49%6%
Decision14%34%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 43
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~3.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R228%
R39%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Nurmagomedov
54.9%-126
Gooden
+12643.7%
Most takedownstie 6.6%
Nurmagomedov
90.8%-3450
Gooden
+34502.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
39.2%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.5%
-152
04691
Gooden
Expected: 30.3
30.5
Over 30.5
39.4%
+154
Under 30.5
60.6%
-154
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 2.8
3
Over 3
38.0%
+122
Exactly 3
15.6%
push
Under 3
46.4%
-122
059
Gooden
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.5 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
Nurmagomedov60.0%66.6%−6.6-240
Gooden40.0%33.4%+6.6+183
By method
Nurmagomedov by KO/TKO10.1%15.9%−5.8+400
Nurmagomedov by submission27.5%15.9%+11.6+400
Nurmagomedov by decision22.3%36.2%−13.9+120
Gooden by KO/TKO6.8%11.4%−4.6+600
Gooden by submission18.4%6.1%+12.3+1200
Gooden by decision14.9%14.5%+0.4+450
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.2%72.6%+1.6-350
Over 2.5 rds46.4%61.0%−14.6-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision37.2%57.7%−20.5-163

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
71.0Striking63.8
Nurmagomedov +7.2
50.0Grappling55.0
Gooden +5.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NurmagomedovGooden
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1517
1520
Divisional
1517
1484
Striking offense
1502
1505
Striking defense
1496
1556
Grappling offense
1497
1542
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.41
Strikes landed / min
6.67
44%
Strike accuracy
48%
0.71
Strikes absorbed / min
11.20
82%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
504
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Abubakar Nurmagomedov
  • LDavid ZawadaSUB R1
    Close -2651y 5mo before
Jared Gooden
  • LAlan JoubanU-DEC R3
    Close +1204mo before
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Gooden — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (35%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (24%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Nurmagomedov
Gooden
1
UFC fights
1
2.8 min · 2.8 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
14y 9m
Career length
11y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nurmagomedov
Gooden
16W–5L · 76.2%
Overall
16W–7L · 69.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nurmagomedov
Gooden
123W–72L · 63.1%
Overall
125W–80L · 61.0%
91W–65L · 58.3%
Wins
86W–65L · 57.0%
32W–7L · 82.1%
Losses
39W–15L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Nurmagomedov
Gooden
4.00
Landed / min
7.09
44.4%
Accuracy
46.2%
81.8%
Defense
50.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.3%
Time at distance
84.7%
Grappling & control
Nurmagomedov
Gooden
5.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
86.8%
Strike target map
Nurmagomedov
  • Head75%(3)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs25%(1)div 16%
Gooden
  • Head79%(79)div 63%
  • Body21%(21)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Abubakar Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jared Gooden
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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