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UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier
Don Madge
Don Madge
8-3-1 · ZAF
VS
Fares Ziam
Fares Ziam
10-2 · FRA
September 7, 2019 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Don Madge def. Fares Ziam by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Madge5/120/502:22
Ziam2/100/301:29
R2
Madge7/201/302:51
Ziam8/150/100:44
R3
Madge9/172/404:22
Ziam0/60/000:14
Total
Madge21/493/1209:35
Ziam10/310/402:27

Scorecards

Madge vs Ziam

RdBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyMark CollettCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.7-27.4

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 11 Madge · 0 Ziam

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Madge-Ziam.

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
MadgeWin probabilityZiam
22.3%77.7%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
12%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Madge22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%40%
Submission2%11%
Decision11%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1330)act 21
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 3
Ziam78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%35%
Submission10%12%
Decision41%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R225%
R35%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Madge
37.7%+160
Ziam
-16060.3%
Most takedownstie 33.1%
Madge
31.2%+114
Ziam
-11435.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Madge
Expected: 23.4
23.5
Over 23.5
42.1%
+138
Under 23.5
57.9%
-138
03059
Ziam
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.5%
+136
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.3%
-136
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Madge
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
47.5%
+110
Under 0.5
52.5%
-110
035
Ziam
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.5%
+164
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
49.9%
-164
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 10.7 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
Madge22.3%63.5%−41.2-190
Ziam77.7%36.5%+41.2+165

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
MadgeZiam
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1520
1528
Divisional
1520
1508
Striking offense
1500
1527
Striking defense
1533
1480
Grappling offense
1480
1498
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.01
Strikes landed / min
68%
Strike accuracy
0.96
Strikes absorbed / min
67%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
2.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Don Madge
  • WTe EdwardsKO/TKO R2
    Close +36010mo before
Fares Ziam
No prior UFC fights.
Madge — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-1

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (43%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Ziam — 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Madge
Ziam
1
UFC fights
0
5.2 min · 5.2 avg
Octagon time
14y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Madge
Ziam
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Madge
Ziam
67W–45L · 59.8%
Overall
95W–46L · 67.4%
37W–28L · 56.9%
Wins
69W–34L · 67.0%
30W–17L · 63.8%
Losses
26W–12L · 68.4%
Distance striking
Madge
Ziam
14.09
Landed / min
54.5%
Accuracy
61.5%
Defense
5.73
Knockdowns / 15 min
16.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Madge
Ziam
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
2.87
Sub attempts / 15 min
12.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Madge
  • Head67%(14)div 63%
  • Body29%(6)div 20%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%
Ziam
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Don Madge
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fares Ziam

No UFC fights on record.

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