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Phil Hawes
Phil Hawes
9-2 · USA
VS
February 20, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Phil Hawes def. Nassourdine Imavov by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hawes16/242/203:38
Imavov9/190/000:00
R2
Hawes6/111/404:15
Imavov16/250/000:00
R3
Hawes9/191/103:13
Imavov32/490/000:07
Total
Hawes31/544/7011:06
Imavov57/930/000:07

Scorecards

Hawes vs Imavov

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R39-108-109-108.7-10
Total29-2828-2829-2828.3-28.4

Media (18 cards) · avg 28.928 · 16 Hawes · 0 Imavov · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hawes-Imavov.

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
HawesWin probabilityImavov
52.0%48.0%
KO / TKO
12%
Submission
50%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.4 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 Hawes, blue toward Imavov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hawes52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%37%
Submission26%50%5%
Decision18%34%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2065)act 31
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 4
Imavov48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%7%16%
Submission24%50%13%
Decision21%43%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 57
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.9)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~3.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R212%
R36%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Hawes
65.2%-194
Imavov
+19433.7%
Most takedownstie 16.0%
Hawes
19.7%+327
Imavov
-32764.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hawes
Expected: 47.8
48
Over 48
39.1%
+153
Exactly 48
1.0%
push
Under 48
59.9%
-153
060120
Imavov
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
39.1%
+152
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.3%
-152
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Hawes
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.0%
+161
Exactly 1
19.3%
push
Under 1
49.8%
-161
035
Imavov
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
45.7%
+119
Under 2.5
54.3%
-119
048

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 8.4 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
Hawes52.0%53.2%−1.2-127
Imavov48.0%46.8%+1.2+103
By method
Hawes by KO/TKO6.1%36.5%−30.4+120
Hawes by submission26.0%4.7%+21.3+1601
Hawes by decision19.8%11.5%+8.3+600
Imavov by KO/TKO5.7%16.1%−10.4+400
Imavov by submission24.0%13.4%+10.6+500
Imavov by decision18.3%17.8%+0.5+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 2.5 rds43.7%37.5%+6.2+150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.2%31.2%+7.0+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
100.0Striking84.1
Hawes +15.9
0.0Grappling60.7
Imavov +60.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HawesImavov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1531
1534
Divisional
1531
1485
Striking offense
1487
1500
Striking defense
1502
1552
Grappling offense
1554
1549
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
32 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
23.33
Strikes landed / min
4.53
64%
Strike accuracy
62%
0.00
Strikes absorbed / min
2.00
100%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
13%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Phil Hawes
  • WJacob MalkounKO/TKO R1
    Close -2254mo before
Nassourdine Imavov
  • WJordan WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close +1055mo before
Hawes — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Imavov — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hawes
Imavov
1
UFC fights
1
0.3 min · 0.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 5m
Career length
10y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hawes
Imavov
4W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
9W–3L · 75.0%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
9W–3L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hawes
Imavov
67W–41L · 62.0%
Overall
48W–19L · 71.6%
49W–37L · 57.0%
Wins
36W–15L · 70.6%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Hawes
Imavov
17.65
Landed / min
7.11
55.6%
Accuracy
57.8%
100.0%
Defense
73.9%
50.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
94.4%
Time at distance
45.0%
Grappling & control
Hawes
Imavov
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
12.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.00
100.0%
Control share
66.9%
Strike target map
Hawes
  • Head100%(7)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Imavov
  • Head74%(50)div 63%
  • Body19%(13)div 19%
  • Legs7%(5)div 17%

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

Phil Hawes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nassourdine Imavov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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