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UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
Grant Dawson
Grant Dawson
15-1 · USA
VS
Nad Narimani
Nad Narimani
12-3 · GBR
July 18, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Catch Weight · 150 lb · 3 rounds
150.0lb
Weigh-in
150.0lb
Grant Dawson def. Nad Narimani by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dawson14/171/203:55
Narimani5/100/000:09
R2
Dawson6/151/104:03
Narimani2/60/000:00
R3
Dawson33/830/300:13
Narimani24/600/000:00
Total
Dawson53/1152/608:11
Narimani31/760/000:09

Scorecards

Dawson vs Narimani

RdAnders OhlssonClemens WernerDavid LethabyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-810-910-810-8.4
R310-910-99-109.9-9.1
Total30-2630-2729-2729.9-26.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 3026 · 16 Dawson · 0 Narimani

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dawson-Narimani.

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
DawsonWin probabilityNarimani
83.3%16.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
31%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dawson83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%36%
Submission28%34%
Decision25%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 53
Takedowns2.2 (0.04.8)act 2
Narimani17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%31%
Submission3%19%
Decision9%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 31
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R214%
R312%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Dawson
65.2%-196
Narimani
+19633.2%
Most takedownstie 17.0%
Dawson
77.4%-1369
Narimani
+13695.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.3%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.9%
-138
04793
Narimani
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.0%
+133
Under 25.5
57.0%
-133
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 2.2
2
Over 2
42.7%
-115
Exactly 2
20.3%
push
Under 2
37.0%
+115
047
Narimani
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.5%
Exactly 0
80.5%
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 8.6 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
Dawson83.3%67.8%+15.5-250
Narimani16.7%32.2%−15.5+195

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
65.0Striking69.3
Narimani +4.3
70.8Grappling52.8
Dawson +18.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DawsonNarimani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1539
1533
Divisional
1525
1493
Striking offense
1494
1503
Striking defense
1494
1520
Grappling offense
1497
1498
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
3.80
48%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.51
Strikes absorbed / min
2.80
45%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.67
Takedowns / 15 min
2.64
46%
Takedown accuracy
41%
0%
Takedown defense
75%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
490
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Grant Dawson
  • WDarrick MinnerSUB R2
    missedClose -4755mo before
  • WMichael TrizanoSUB R2
    Close -1651y 2mo before
  • WJulian ErosaU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 4mo before
Nad Narimani
  • LMike GrundyKO/TKO R2
    Close -3401y 4mo before
  • WAnderson Dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -4201y 8mo before
  • WKhalid TahaU-DEC R3
    Close -2202y before
Dawson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Narimani — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Dawson
Narimani
3
UFC fights
3
29.1 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
39.7 min · 13.2 avg
11y 11m
Career length
15y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dawson
Narimani
54W–16L · 77.1%
Overall
43W–8L · 84.3%
54W–16L · 77.1%
Wins
32W–7L · 82.1%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–1L · 91.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dawson
Narimani
98W–70L · 58.3%
Overall
88W–28L · 75.9%
93W–68L · 57.8%
Wins
56W–19L · 74.7%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
32W–9L · 78.0%
Distance striking
Dawson
Narimani
6.21
Landed / min
4.37
37.6%
Accuracy
33.5%
53.8%
Defense
66.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
24.4%
Time at distance
52.5%
Grappling & control
Dawson
Narimani
5.67
Takedowns / 15 min
2.64
45.8%
Takedown accuracy
41.2%
0.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
2.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
93.9%
Control share
88.4%
Strike target map
Dawson
  • Head72%(71)div 67%
  • Body15%(15)div 19%
  • Legs13%(13)div 14%
Narimani
  • Head77%(116)div 67%
  • Body10%(15)div 19%
  • Legs13%(20)div 14%

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

Grant Dawson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nad Narimani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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