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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Rakic
Impa Kasanganay
Impa Kasanganay
7-0 · USA
VS
Maki Pitolo
Maki Pitolo
13-6 · USA
August 29, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Impa Kasanganay def. Maki Pitolo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kasanganay28/690/000:11
Pitolo31/660/000:00
R2
Kasanganay30/700/100:04
Pitolo19/500/000:16
R3
Kasanganay27/590/000:00
Pitolo21/570/000:00
Total
Kasanganay85/1980/100:15
Pitolo71/1730/000:16

Scorecards

Kasanganay vs Pitolo

RdDave HagenRon McCarthySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 14 Kasanganay · 0 Pitolo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kasanganay-Pitolo.

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
KasanganayWin probabilityPitolo
63.1%36.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
25%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Kasanganay, blue toward Pitolo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kasanganay63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%24%
Submission15%24%
Decision33%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 85
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Pitolo37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%41%
Submission10%26%
Decision12%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 71
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R216%
R38%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Kasanganay
54.0%-121
Pitolo
+12144.7%
Most takedownstie 45.3%
Kasanganay
33.6%-159
Pitolo
+15921.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kasanganay
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
41.6%
+137
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.8%
-137
054108
Pitolo
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
41.3%
+138
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
57.0%
-138
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Kasanganay
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.2%
+220
Exactly 1
13.0%
push
Under 1
59.8%
-220
035
Pitolo
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.3%
+241
Under 0.5
70.7%
-241
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 9.7 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
Kasanganay63.1%55.6%+7.5-139
Pitolo36.9%44.4%−7.5+115

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
KasanganayPitolo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1501
1528
Divisional
1517
1500
Striking offense
1512
1500
Striking defense
1496
1500
Grappling offense
1502
1500
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.06
Strike accuracy
41%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
43%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
21
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Impa Kasanganay
No prior UFC fights.
Maki Pitolo
  • LDarren StewartSUB R1
    Close +12521d before
  • WCharles ByrdKO/TKO R2
    Close +1553mo before
  • LCallan PotterU-DEC R3
    Close -40011mo before
Kasanganay — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
5 (71%)Decision() 0
Pitolo — win / loss by method
Record: 13-6-0

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
54% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (25%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Kasanganay
Pitolo
0
UFC fights
3
Octagon time
24.9 min · 8.3 avg
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kasanganay
Pitolo
Overall
38W–19L · 66.7%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
Losses
28W–13L · 68.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kasanganay
Pitolo
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
128W–59L · 68.4%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
77W–31L · 71.3%
0W–0L
Losses
51W–28L · 64.6%
Distance striking
Kasanganay
Pitolo
Landed / min
9.45
Accuracy
39.1%
Defense
57.6%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
37.5%
Grappling & control
Kasanganay
Pitolo
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
42.9%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.60
Control share
24.2%
Strike target map
Kasanganay
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Pitolo
  • Head75%(76)div 63%
  • Body22%(22)div 19%
  • Legs3%(3)div 17%

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

Impa Kasanganay

No UFC fights on record.

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

Maki Pitolo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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