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UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
Kai Kamaka III
Kai Kamaka III
7-2 · USA
VS
Tony Kelley
Tony Kelley
6-1 · USA
August 15, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Kai Kamaka III def. Tony Kelley by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kamaka III43/723/301:13
Kelley24/590/000:00
R2
Kamaka III32/562/201:37
Kelley43/810/100:00
R3
Kamaka III39/570/002:19
Kelley47/860/000:00
Total
Kamaka III114/1855/505:09
Kelley114/2260/100:00

Scorecards

Kamaka III vs Kelley

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-99-109-109.6-9.4
R39-1010-910-99.3-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.127.8 · 18 Kamaka III · 0 Kelley

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kamaka III-Kelley.

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
Kamaka IIIWin probabilityKelley
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
30%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Kamaka III, blue toward Kelley. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kamaka III58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%33%
Submission15%27%
Decision23%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 114
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 5
Kelley42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%43%
Submission15%35%
Decision9%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 114
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R211%
R319%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Kamaka III
54.6%-123
Kelley
+12344.2%
Most takedownstie 39.2%
Kamaka III
38.9%-177
Kelley
+17721.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kamaka III
Expected: 48.2
48
Over 48
42.0%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.6%
-135
061121
Kelley
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.8%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.6%
-135
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Kamaka III
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.5%
+175
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
51.6%
-175
035
Kelley
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
33.3%
+200
Under 0.5
66.7%
-200
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 9.0 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
Kamaka III58.3%66.4%−8.1-225
Kelley41.7%33.6%+8.1+185

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1513
1518
Divisional
1513
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kai Kamaka III
No prior UFC fights.
Tony Kelley
No prior UFC fights.
Kamaka III — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
86% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(50%) 1
Kelley — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kamaka III
Kelley
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Kamaka III
Kelley
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kamaka III
Kelley
31W–32L · 49.2%
Overall
21W–8L · 72.4%
25W–27L · 48.1%
Wins
11W–7L · 61.1%
6W–5L · 54.5%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Kamaka III
Kelley
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Kamaka III
Kelley
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Kamaka III
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Kelley
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Kai Kamaka III

No UFC fights on record.

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

Tony Kelley

No UFC fights on record.

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