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UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie
Fares Ziam
Fares Ziam
10-3 · FRA
VS
Jamie Mullarkey
Jamie Mullarkey
13-3 · AUS
October 17, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Fares Ziam def. Jamie Mullarkey by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ziam22/461/301:03
Mullarkey11/401/300:31
R2
Ziam13/210/100:00
Mullarkey8/252/402:31
R3
Ziam12/220/100:09
Mullarkey1/72/403:54
Total
Ziam47/891/501:12
Mullarkey20/725/1106:56

Scorecards

Ziam vs Mullarkey

RdBen CartlidgeClemens WernerDarryl RansomCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.3-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2828.4-28.6

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Ziam · 0 Mullarkey

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ziam-Mullarkey.

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
ZiamWin probabilityMullarkey
50.6%49.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
23%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Ziam, blue toward Mullarkey. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ziam51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%
Submission12%24%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 47
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Mullarkey49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission11%22%
Decision23%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 20
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 5
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R216%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ziam
57.5%-140
Mullarkey
+14041.0%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Ziam
19.5%+254
Mullarkey
-25449.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ziam
Expected: 33.8
34
Over 34
38.7%
+155
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.9%
-155
04385
Mullarkey
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
39.0%
+152
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.1%
-152
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Ziam
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+188
Under 0.5
65.2%
-188
035
Mullarkey
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.6%
-103
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
38.7%
+103
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 10.4 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
Ziam50.6%45.2%+5.4+110
Mullarkey49.4%54.8%−5.4-137

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
57.1Striking40.6
Ziam +16.5
20.8Grappling36.6
Mullarkey +15.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ZiamMullarkey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1512
1505
Divisional
1512
1497
Striking offense
1499
1531
Striking defense
1497
1482
Grappling offense
1501
1496
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
23 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.67
Strikes landed / min
2.40
32%
Strike accuracy
38%
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
6.07
57%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
20%
75%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
406
Days since last fight
378
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fares Ziam
  • LDon MadgeU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 1mo before
Jamie Mullarkey
  • LBrad RiddellU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y before
Ziam — 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Mullarkey — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
62% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ziam
Mullarkey
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
11y 8m
Career length
12y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ziam
Mullarkey
8W–3L · 72.7%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ziam
Mullarkey
95W–46L · 67.4%
Overall
70W–39L · 64.2%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
54W–32L · 62.8%
26W–12L · 68.4%
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Distance striking
Ziam
Mullarkey
3.31
Landed / min
4.11
32.0%
Accuracy
37.6%
70.4%
Defense
47.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
16.1%
Time at distance
56.8%
Grappling & control
Ziam
Mullarkey
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
20.4%
Control share
52.7%
Strike target map
Ziam
  • Head60%(6)div 63%
  • Body10%(1)div 20%
  • Legs30%(3)div 17%
Mullarkey
  • Head69%(25)div 63%
  • Body11%(4)div 20%
  • Legs19%(7)div 17%

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

Fares Ziam
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jamie Mullarkey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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