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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Ji Yeon Kim
Ji Yeon Kim
8-2-2 · KOR
VS
Nadia Kassem
Nadia Kassem
5-1 · AUS
October 5, 2019 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Ji Yeon Kim def. Nadia Kassem by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yeon Kim20/540/000:07
Kassem20/531/201:04
R2 · 4:59
Yeon Kim60/1250/010:03
Kassem25/780/000:00
Total
Yeon Kim80/1790/010:10
Kassem45/1311/201:04

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
Yeon KimWin probabilityKassem
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
24%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yeon Kim54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission15%28%
Decision34%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 80
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Kassem46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%
Submission9%20%
Decision27%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3070)act 45
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~101 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R27%
R36%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Yeon Kim
43.3%+129
Kassem
-12955.6%
Most takedownstie 44.5%
Yeon Kim
11.8%+370
Kassem
-37043.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yeon Kim
Expected: 46.9
47
Over 47
41.7%
+136
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.9%
-136
059118
Kassem
Expected: 53.6
53.5
Over 53.5
42.6%
+135
Under 53.5
57.4%
-135
068135
Takedowns — over/under
Yeon Kim
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.5%
Exactly 0
81.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Kassem
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.1%
+165
Exactly 1
17.5%
push
Under 1
51.4%
-165
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 11.0 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
Yeon Kim54.0%61.9%−7.9-175
Kassem46.0%38.1%+7.9+155

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
55.3Striking58.0
Kassem +2.7
9.3Grappling36.1
Kassem +26.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Yeon KimKassem
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1511
1533
Divisional
1497
1495
Striking offense
1501
1499
Striking defense
1500
1480
Grappling offense
1496
1510
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
29 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'5"
72"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.90
Strikes landed / min
2.52
31%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.78
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
58%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
33%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
309
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ji Yeon Kim
  • LAntonina ShevchenkoU-DEC R3
    Close +23510mo before
  • WMelinda FabianS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 3mo before
  • WJustine KishS-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 8mo before
  • LLucie PudilovaU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 4mo before
Nadia Kassem
  • LMontana De La RosaSUB R2
    Close +2108mo before
  • WAlex ChambersU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 11mo before
Yeon Kim — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-2

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Kassem — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yeon Kim
Kassem
4
UFC fights
2
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
22.6 min · 11.3 avg
12y 8m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yeon Kim
Kassem
22W–6L · 78.6%
Overall
14W–7L · 66.7%
10W–4L · 71.4%
Wins
5W–3L · 62.5%
12W–2L · 85.7%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yeon Kim
Kassem
42W–18L · 70.0%
Overall
0W–4L · 0.0%
42W–18L · 70.0%
Wins
0W–4L · 0.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yeon Kim
Kassem
4.78
Landed / min
7.11
28.8%
Accuracy
44.8%
59.4%
Defense
48.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
68.7%
Time at distance
24.3%
Grappling & control
Yeon Kim
Kassem
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.98
34.4%
Control share
14.1%
Strike target map
Yeon Kim
  • Head71%(166)div 60%
  • Body18%(41)div 21%
  • Legs12%(27)div 19%
Kassem
  • Head46%(26)div 60%
  • Body32%(18)div 21%
  • Legs23%(13)div 19%

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

Ji Yeon Kim
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nadia Kassem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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