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Manel Kape
Manel Kape
15-4 · AGO
February 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Alexandre Pantoja def. Manel Kape by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pantoja25/490/100:21
Kape12/200/100:00
R2
Pantoja29/500/000:02
Kape16/351/300:12
R3
Pantoja20/500/000:01
Kape21/361/300:13
Total
Pantoja74/1490/100:24
Kape49/912/700:25

Scorecards

Pantoja vs Kape

RdChris LeeJerin ValelRick WinterCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-1010-99-109.3-9.7
Total29-2830-2729-2829-28

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 18 Pantoja · 0 Kape

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pantoja-Kape.

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
PantojaWin probabilityKape
67.9%32.1%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
24%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Pantoja, blue toward Kape. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pantoja68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%11%
Submission16%24%23%
Decision33%48%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 74
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 0
Kape32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%38%25%
Submission7%23%5%
Decision13%39%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1447)act 49
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 2
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R213%
R310%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Pantoja
51.8%-110
Kape
+11046.9%
Most takedownstie 29.5%
Pantoja
40.5%-135
Kape
+13530.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
39.5%
+153
Under 37.5
60.5%
-153
04794
Kape
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
39.7%
+152
Under 34.5
60.3%
-152
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.2%
+120
Exactly 1
20.2%
push
Under 1
43.6%
-120
035
Kape
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
47.9%
+109
Under 0.5
52.1%
-109
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 9.8 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
Pantoja67.9%50.0%+17.9-110
Kape32.1%50.0%−17.9-110
By method
Pantoja by KO/TKO21.0%11.4%+9.6+600
Pantoja by submission16.2%22.8%−6.6+250
Pantoja by decision30.8%20.0%+10.8+300
Kape by KO/TKO9.9%24.6%−14.7+225
Kape by submission7.7%5.3%+2.4+1399
Kape by decision14.5%16.0%−1.5+400
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.0%57.7%+10.3-163
Over 2.5 rds54.9%44.2%+10.7+110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.3%40.6%+4.7+130

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
PantojaKape
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1535
1581
Divisional
1535
1518
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1518
Grappling offense
1500
1512
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'5"
67"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.20
Strikes landed / min
48%
Strike accuracy
3.41
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.08
Takedowns / 15 min
37%
Takedown accuracy
68%
Takedown defense
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandre Pantoja
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close -2107mo before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R1
    Close -1811y 2mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 6mo before
  • WWilson ReisKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 10mo before
  • WYuta SasakiSUB R1
    Close -3352y 3mo before
Manel Kape
No prior UFC fights.
Pantoja — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Kape — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Pantoja
Kape
9
UFC fights
0
97.1 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
19y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Pantoja
Kape
142W–44L · 76.3%
Overall
98W–36L · 73.1%
Wins
44W–8L · 84.6%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pantoja
Kape
95W–31L · 75.4%
Overall
154W–62L · 71.3%
79W–26L · 75.2%
Wins
99W–48L · 67.3%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
55W–14L · 79.7%
Distance striking
Pantoja
Kape
5.94
Landed / min
42.8%
Accuracy
58.0%
Defense
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
54.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pantoja
Kape
1.08
Takedowns / 15 min
36.8%
Takedown accuracy
67.9%
Takedown defense
1.08
Sub attempts / 15 min
56.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Pantoja
  • Head65%(267)div 63%
  • Body20%(81)div 22%
  • Legs15%(60)div 15%
Kape
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Alexandre Pantoja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Manel Kape

No UFC fights on record.

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