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UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar
David Zawada
David Zawada
16-5 · DEU
VS
November 9, 2019 · Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
David Zawada def. Abubakar Nurmagomedov by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 2:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:50
Zawada2/110/000:00
Nurmagomedov4/91/101:50
Total
Zawada2/110/000:00
Nurmagomedov4/91/101:50

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
ZawadaWin probabilityNurmagomedov
44.0%56.0%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
18%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Zawada44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%28%
Submission8%18%
Decision24%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 2
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Nurmagomedov56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%17%
Submission11%19%
Decision35%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 4
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.6)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R217%
R36%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Zawada
37.0%+166
Nurmagomedov
-16661.6%
Most takedownstie 23.2%
Zawada
10.5%+628
Nurmagomedov
-62866.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zawada
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.9%
+133
Under 33.5
57.1%
-133
04385
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 44.2
44
Over 44
42.0%
+135
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-135
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Zawada
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.7%
+305
Under 0.5
75.3%
-305
035
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.6%
+117
Exactly 2
18.3%
push
Under 2
44.2%
-117
036

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 11.3 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
Zawada44.0%29.8%+14.2+225
Nurmagomedov56.0%70.2%−14.2-265

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
ZawadaNurmagomedov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1537
1510
Divisional
1537
1502
Striking offense
1482
1494
Striking defense
1500
1495
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.64
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
4.60
Strikes absorbed / min
57%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
22%
Takedown accuracy
75%
Takedown defense
2.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
David Zawada
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R3
    Close +18011mo before
  • LDanny RobertsS-DEC R3
    Close +1751y 4mo before
Abubakar Nurmagomedov
No prior UFC fights.
Zawada — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
69% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (69%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (19%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Zawada
Nurmagomedov
2
UFC fights
0
29.1 min · 14.6 avg
Octagon time
15y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Zawada
Nurmagomedov
30W–8L · 78.9%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
30W–8L · 78.9%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zawada
Nurmagomedov
108W–40L · 73.0%
Overall
123W–72L · 63.1%
75W–29L · 72.1%
Wins
91W–65L · 58.3%
33W–11L · 75.0%
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Distance striking
Zawada
Nurmagomedov
5.74
Landed / min
38.6%
Accuracy
61.8%
Defense
0.52
Knockdowns / 15 min
48.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Zawada
Nurmagomedov
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
Takedown defense
2.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
25.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Zawada
  • Head69%(73)div 63%
  • Body27%(29)div 20%
  • Legs4%(4)div 16%
Nurmagomedov
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

David Zawada
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Abubakar Nurmagomedov

No UFC fights on record.

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