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UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Magny
Michael Chiesa
Michael Chiesa
15-4 · USA
VS
Neil Magny
Neil Magny
24-7 · USA
January 20, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Welterweight · 5 rounds · Main event
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Michael Chiesa def. Neil Magny by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Chiesa7/161/102:05
Magny3/260/000:00
R2
Chiesa6/111/204:11
Magny1/30/100:22
R3
Chiesa3/71/202:04
Magny4/81/101:47
R4
Chiesa5/101/103:32
Magny3/50/000:02
R5
Chiesa3/80/003:29
Magny1/80/100:04
Total
Chiesa24/524/6015:21
Magny12/501/302:15

Scorecards

Chiesa vs Magny

RdDavid LethabyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R39-109-109-109.7-9.3
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total49-4649-4649-4649.7-45.2

Media (24 cards) · avg 49.845.1 · 24 Chiesa · 0 Magny

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Chiesa-Magny.

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
ChiesaWin probabilityMagny
51.6%48.4%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
33%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 13.9 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 Chiesa, blue toward Magny. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Chiesa52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%22%8%
Submission26%51%19%
Decision14%27%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 24
Takedowns1.8 (0.05.1)act 4
Magny48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%47%13%
Submission7%14%8%
Decision19%39%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 12
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R220%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Chiesa
36.9%+168
Magny
-16861.9%
Most takedownstie 28.2%
Chiesa
65.0%-965
Magny
+9656.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
39.8%
+151
Under 31.5
60.2%
-151
04079
Magny
Expected: 46.3
46.5
Over 46.5
39.5%
+153
Under 46.5
60.5%
-153
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.0%
+135
Exactly 2
15.4%
push
Under 2
48.6%
-135
036
Magny
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
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 13.9 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
Chiesa51.6%43.1%+8.5+120
Magny48.4%56.9%−8.5-150
By method
Chiesa by KO/TKO17.5%7.5%+10.0+1000
Chiesa by submission17.1%19.1%−2.0+333
Chiesa by decision17.0%19.1%−2.1+333
Magny by KO/TKO16.4%12.7%+3.7+550
Magny by submission16.0%8.3%+7.7+900
Magny by decision15.9%33.2%−17.3+150
Total rounds (over)
Over 3.5 rds42.9%59.4%−16.5-175
Over 4.5 rds37.0%55.8%−18.8-150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision32.9%54.3%−21.4-138

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
61.6Striking73.2
Magny +11.6
75.1Grappling53.6
Chiesa +21.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChiesaMagny
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1619
Pound-for-pound
1672
1570
Divisional
1667
1473
Striking offense
1530
1523
Striking defense
1528
1553
Grappling offense
1501
1499
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
33 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
3.96
40%
Strike accuracy
48%
1.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.15
52%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.84
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
52%
Takedown accuracy
45%
68%
Takedown defense
59%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
74%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
35%
Recent opp. quality
361
Days since last fight
144
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Chiesa
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1851y before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3801y 7mo before
  • WCarlos ConditSUB R2
    Close -1152y 1mo before
  • LAnthony PettisSUB R2
    missedClose -1752y 6mo before
  • LKevin LeeSUB R1
    Close +1253y 7mo before
Neil Magny
  • WRobbie LawlerU-DEC R3
    Close -2505mo before
  • WAnthony Rocco MartinU-DEC R3
    Close -1357mo before
  • WLi JingliangU-DEC R3
    Close +15710mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioKO/TKO R4
    Close +1752y 2mo before
  • WCraig WhiteKO/TKO R1
    Close -7502y 8mo before
Chiesa — 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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(75%) 3
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Magny — win / loss by method
Record: 24-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
17win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 3
11 (65%)Decision(17%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Chiesa
Magny
14
UFC fights
23
124.9 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
279.8 min · 12.2 avg
15y 9m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Chiesa
Magny
257W–80L · 76.3%
Overall
398W–107L · 78.8%
175W–55L · 76.1%
Wins
285W–74L · 79.4%
82W–25L · 76.6%
Losses
113W–33L · 77.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Chiesa
Magny
12W–13L · 48.0%
Overall
19W–5L · 79.2%
12W–13L · 48.0%
Wins
16W–5L · 76.2%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Chiesa
Magny
3.74
Landed / min
5.26
30.8%
Accuracy
36.6%
59.2%
Defense
63.0%
0.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.11
31.9%
Time at distance
41.4%
Grappling & control
Chiesa
Magny
3.84
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
51.6%
Takedown accuracy
45.4%
68.2%
Takedown defense
59.5%
1.08
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.27
70.5%
Control share
44.8%
Strike target map
Chiesa
  • Head74%(192)div 63%
  • Body18%(47)div 20%
  • Legs8%(20)div 16%
Magny
  • Head70%(777)div 63%
  • Body18%(204)div 20%
  • Legs11%(126)div 16%

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

Michael Chiesa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Neil Magny
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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