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SeungWoo Choi
SeungWoo Choi
8-3 · KOR
VS
Youssef Zalal
Youssef Zalal
10-3 · USA
February 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
SeungWoo Choi def. Youssef Zalal by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Choi13/541/100:13
Zalal12/240/201:33
R2
Choi19/371/101:06
Zalal6/140/201:52
R3
Choi9/180/102:20
Zalal5/93/501:04
Total
Choi41/1092/303:39
Zalal23/473/904:29

Scorecards

Choi vs Zalal

RdAdalaide ByrdJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-99-109.4-9.6
Total30-2729-2829-2829.1-27.9

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Choi · 0 Zalal

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Choi-Zalal.

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
ChoiWin probabilityZalal
32.7%67.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
15%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Choi, blue toward Zalal. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Choi33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%39%11%
Submission2%7%6%
Decision18%54%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 41
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Zalal67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%25%16%
Submission12%18%12%
Decision38%57%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 23
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 3
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Choi
44.3%+122
Zalal
-12254.2%
Most takedownstie 26.3%
Choi
21.3%+245
Zalal
-24552.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Choi
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
39.6%
+153
Under 29.5
60.4%
-153
03774
Zalal
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
39.2%
+152
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.4%
-152
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Choi
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.3%
+148
Under 0.5
59.7%
-148
035
Zalal
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.2%
+126
Under 1.5
55.8%
-126
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 11.0 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
Choi32.7%31.8%+0.9+200
Zalal67.3%68.2%−0.9-250
By method
Choi by KO/TKO9.7%10.7%−1.0+650
Choi by submission4.8%6.2%−1.4+1200
Choi by decision18.3%17.9%+0.4+350
Zalal by KO/TKO19.9%16.1%+3.8+400
Zalal by submission9.8%12.4%−2.6+550
Zalal by decision37.6%36.6%+1.0+120
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.0%72.6%+5.4-350
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.9%57.7%−1.8-163

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
61.2Striking76.5
Zalal +15.3
44.7Grappling66.1
Zalal +21.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChoiZalal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1544
1504
Divisional
1544
1495
Striking offense
1502
1526
Striking defense
1524
1491
Grappling offense
1505
1498
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.33
Strikes landed / min
2.68
42%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.77
Strikes absorbed / min
1.27
45%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
50%
Takedown accuracy
43%
67%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
75%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
413
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
SeungWoo Choi
  • WSuman MokhtarianU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 2mo before
  • LGavin TuckerSUB R3
    Close -1401y 6mo before
  • LMovsar EvloevU-DEC R3
    Close +3501y 10mo before
Youssef Zalal
  • LIlia TopuriaU-DEC R3
    Close -1624mo before
  • WPeter BarrettU-DEC R3
    Close -4806mo before
  • WJordan GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -1147mo before
  • WAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close +1751y before
Choi — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Zalal — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Choi
Zalal
3
UFC fights
4
43.3 min · 14.4 avg
Octagon time
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
10y 11m
Career length
8y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Choi
Zalal
28W–2L · 93.3%
Overall
44W–10L · 81.5%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
36W–10L · 78.3%
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Choi
Zalal
30W–11L · 73.2%
Overall
40W–19L · 67.8%
25W–9L · 73.5%
Wins
25W–13L · 65.8%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Choi
Zalal
5.03
Landed / min
6.19
30.6%
Accuracy
48.7%
60.1%
Defense
67.2%
0.35
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
32.6%
Time at distance
35.3%
Grappling & control
Choi
Zalal
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
66.7%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
29.6%
Control share
55.6%
Strike target map
Choi
  • Head67%(96)div 64%
  • Body30%(43)div 20%
  • Legs3%(5)div 16%
Zalal
  • Head67%(108)div 64%
  • Body17%(27)div 20%
  • Legs16%(26)div 16%

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

SeungWoo Choi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Youssef Zalal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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