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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker
Youssef Zalal
Youssef Zalal
8-2 · USA
VS
Jordan Griffin
Jordan Griffin
18-7 · USA
June 27, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Youssef Zalal def. Jordan Griffin by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Zalal11/290/101:13
Griffin3/191/201:54
R2
Zalal13/310/001:39
Griffin8/240/101:55
R3
Zalal35/520/101:31
Griffin17/261/501:45
Total
Zalal59/1120/204:23
Griffin28/692/805:34

Scorecards

Zalal vs Griffin

RdAdalaide ByrdDave HagenMichael BellCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Zalal · 0 Griffin

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Zalal-Griffin.

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
ZalalWin probabilityGriffin
81.2%18.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
40%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Zalal81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%26%
Submission32%40%
Decision28%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 59
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 0
Griffin19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%28%
Submission8%41%
Decision6%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1025)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 2
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R210%
R38%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Zalal
68.0%-226
Griffin
+22630.0%
Most takedownstie 29.2%
Zalal
50.5%-248
Griffin
+24820.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zalal
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
41.9%
+133
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
55.9%
-133
03876
Griffin
Expected: 19.5
19.5
Over 19.5
42.5%
+135
Under 19.5
57.5%
-135
02549
Takedowns — over/under
Zalal
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
40.4%
-114
Exactly 1
24.0%
push
Under 1
35.6%
+114
035
Griffin
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.9%
+157
Under 0.5
61.1%
-157
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 8.0 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
Zalal81.2%50.9%+30.3-114
Griffin18.8%49.1%−30.3-106

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
78.1Striking63.5
Zalal +14.6
72.7Grappling48.1
Zalal +24.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ZalalGriffin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1518
1531
Divisional
1518
1499
Striking offense
1509
1534
Striking defense
1495
1499
Grappling offense
1508
1501
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
23 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
2.80
56%
Strike accuracy
50%
0.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.82
80%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
50%
Takedown accuracy
25%
0%
Takedown defense
35%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Youssef Zalal
  • WAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close +1755mo before
Jordan Griffin
  • WTJ BrownSUB R2
    Close -1354mo before
  • LChas SkellyU-DEC R3
    Close -1609mo before
  • LDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 6mo before
Zalal — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Griffin — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
17win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (47%)Submission(40%) 2
4 (24%)Decision(40%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Zalal
Griffin
1
UFC fights
3
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
38.6 min · 12.9 avg
8y 11m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Zalal
Griffin
7W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
40W–11L · 78.4%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–5L · 83.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zalal
Griffin
40W–19L · 67.8%
Overall
153W–73L · 67.7%
25W–13L · 65.8%
Wins
131W–69L · 65.5%
15W–6L · 71.4%
Losses
22W–4L · 84.6%
Distance striking
Zalal
Griffin
4.28
Landed / min
8.85
54.9%
Accuracy
44.2%
80.4%
Defense
63.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
43.6%
Time at distance
21.1%
Grappling & control
Zalal
Griffin
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
35.3%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.33
82.4%
Control share
23.4%
Strike target map
Zalal
  • Head52%(16)div 65%
  • Body19%(6)div 19%
  • Legs29%(9)div 16%
Griffin
  • Head91%(98)div 65%
  • Body9%(10)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Youssef Zalal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jordan Griffin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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