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UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
17-1 · RUS
VS
Davi Ramos
Davi Ramos
10-2 · BRA
September 7, 2019 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Islam Makhachev def. Davi Ramos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev10/250/100:00
Ramos2/240/000:00
R2
Makhachev19/470/000:00
Ramos5/320/100:25
R3
Makhachev14/230/014:39
Ramos0/20/000:00
Total
Makhachev43/950/114:39
Ramos7/580/100:25

Scorecards

Makhachev vs Ramos

RdBen CartlidgeClemens WernerMark CollettCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-810-810-810-8.3
Total29-2730-2630-2629.7-26.6

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.926.9 · 15 Makhachev · 0 Ramos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Makhachev-Ramos.

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
MakhachevWin probabilityRamos
97.9%2.1%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
9%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev98%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%36%
Submission8%9%
Decision54%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 43
Takedowns2.6 (0.15.3)act 0
Ramos2%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%36%
Submission0%14%
Decision1%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 7
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R214%
R317%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Makhachev
79.5%-413
Ramos
+41319.3%
Most takedownstie 10.1%
Makhachev
87.1%-3138
Ramos
+31382.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Ramos
Expected: 22.2
22
Over 22
41.5%
+134
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
55.5%
-134
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.9%
+101
Under 2.5
50.1%
-101
048
Ramos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.5%
Exactly 0
84.5%
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 11.8 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
Makhachev97.9%76.7%+21.2-380
Ramos2.1%23.3%−21.2+315

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
78.9Striking67.2
Makhachev +11.7
83.7Grappling51.8
Makhachev +31.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakhachevRamos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1621
Pound-for-pound
1568
1620
Divisional
1580
1482
Striking offense
1492
1523
Striking defense
1511
1527
Grappling offense
1534
1524
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.91
Strikes landed / min
3.47
62%
Strike accuracy
43%
0.83
Strikes absorbed / min
2.79
66%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.25
Takedowns / 15 min
3.19
71%
Takedown accuracy
53%
93%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
80%
+5
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • WArman TsarukyanU-DEC R3
    Close -3205mo before
  • WKajan JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -6001y 1mo before
  • WGleison TibauKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 8mo before
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -3302y 7mo before
  • WChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close -1353y before
Davi Ramos
  • WAustin HubbardU-DEC R3
    Close -5504mo before
  • WJohn GuntherSUB R1
    Close -100010mo before
  • WNick HeinSUB R1
    Close -1851y 4mo before
  • WChris GruetzemacherSUB R3
    Close -4001y 9mo before
  • LSergio MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close +1702y 6mo before
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-0

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
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Ramos — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Ramos
7
UFC fights
5
60.1 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
47.0 min · 9.4 avg
16y 0m
Career length
16y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Ramos
150W–41L · 78.5%
Overall
53W–8L · 86.9%
123W–34L · 78.3%
Wins
42W–6L · 87.5%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Ramos
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
54W–22L · 71.1%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
39W–19L · 67.2%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Makhachev
Ramos
2.52
Landed / min
3.78
45.3%
Accuracy
37.8%
73.4%
Defense
60.3%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.7%
Time at distance
70.4%
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Ramos
4.25
Takedowns / 15 min
3.19
70.8%
Takedown accuracy
52.6%
92.9%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.96
83.2%
Control share
91.1%
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head75%(86)div 63%
  • Body23%(26)div 20%
  • Legs3%(3)div 17%
Ramos
  • Head75%(122)div 63%
  • Body12%(20)div 20%
  • Legs13%(21)div 17%

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

Islam Makhachev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Davi Ramos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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