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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Megan Anderson
Megan Anderson
8-4 · AUS
VS
Zarah Fairn
Zarah Fairn
6-2 · FRA
October 5, 2019 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Megan Anderson def. Zarah Fairn by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 3:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:57
Anderson10/181/203:23
Fairn2/50/000:23
Total
Anderson10/181/203:23
Fairn2/50/000:23

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
AndersonWin probabilityFairn
81.8%18.2%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
10%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Anderson82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%42%
Submission9%12%
Decision38%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 10
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Fairn18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%38%
Submission1%6%
Decision10%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 2
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R224%
R36%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Anderson
64.3%-187
Fairn
+18734.4%
Most takedownstie 48.8%
Anderson
31.9%-166
Fairn
+16619.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Anderson
Expected: 49.0
49
Over 49
41.9%
+136
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.8%
-136
062123
Fairn
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
42.0%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Anderson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-163
035
Fairn
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.2%
+281
Under 0.5
73.8%
-281
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 10.3 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
Anderson81.8%77.8%+4.0-420
Fairn18.2%22.2%−4.0+335

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
AndersonFairn
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1508
1503
Divisional
1508
Striking offense
Striking defense
1492
Grappling offense
1500
1487
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.65
Strikes landed / min
44%
Strike accuracy
3.71
Strikes absorbed / min
33%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
33%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Megan Anderson
  • LFelicia SpencerSUB R1
    Close -2205mo before
  • WCat ZinganoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1209mo before
  • LHolly HolmU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 4mo before
Zarah Fairn
No prior UFC fights.
Anderson — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Fairn — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Anderson
Fairn
3
UFC fights
0
19.4 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
12y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Anderson
Fairn
27W–7L · 79.4%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Anderson
Fairn
24W–16L · 60.0%
Overall
22W–13L · 62.9%
19W–14L · 57.6%
Wins
19W–10L · 65.5%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
3W–3L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Anderson
Fairn
4.88
Landed / min
39.3%
Accuracy
52.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
25.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Anderson
Fairn
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Anderson
  • Head59%(19)div 52%
  • Body41%(13)div 28%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
Fairn
  • Head0%(0)div 52%
  • Body0%(0)div 28%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Megan Anderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zarah Fairn

No UFC fights on record.

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