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Darko Stosic
Darko Stosic
13-2 · SRB
August 3, 2019 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Kennedy Nzechukwu def. Darko Stosic by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nzechukwu9/320/000:00
Stosic29/430/100:20
R2
Nzechukwu26/540/000:00
Stosic15/431/100:21
R3
Nzechukwu15/370/000:00
Stosic16/483/801:27
Total
Nzechukwu50/1230/000:00
Stosic60/1344/1002:08

Scorecards

Nzechukwu vs Stosic

RdCardo UrsoJon BilykMunah QueridoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-810-810-89.7-8.4
R310-89-910-89.1-8.9
Total29-2628-2729-2627.8-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 2827 · 13 Nzechukwu · 0 Stosic

Point deductions: R21 Stosic (Low blow) · R31 Stosic (Low blow)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nzechukwu-Stosic. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
NzechukwuWin probabilityStosic
56.1%43.9%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
24%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nzechukwu56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%51%
Submission14%25%
Decision13%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Stosic44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%53%
Submission10%23%
Decision11%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 60
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 4
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R210%
R320%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Nzechukwu
59.2%-152
Stosic
+15239.0%
Most takedownstie 37.4%
Nzechukwu
8.9%+604
Stosic
-60453.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nzechukwu
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
41.0%
+139
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
57.0%
-139
04182
Stosic
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.7%
+134
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.8%
-134
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Nzechukwu
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Stosic
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
39.4%
+105
Exactly 1
19.1%
push
Under 1
41.5%
-105
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 8.0 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
Nzechukwu56.1%47.8%+8.3+100
Stosic43.9%52.2%−8.3-120

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
76.6Striking66.1
Nzechukwu +10.5
25.0Grappling42.4
Stosic +17.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NzechukwuStosic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1530
1504
Divisional
1531
1494
Striking offense
1488
1503
Striking defense
1506
1503
Grappling offense
1547
1493
Grappling defense
1555
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'0"
83"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.79
Strikes landed / min
1.92
56%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.42
68%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
Takedown accuracy
33%
94%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kennedy Nzechukwu
  • LPaul CraigSUB R3
    Close -1854mo before
Darko Stosic
  • LDevin ClarkU-DEC R3
    Close -1102mo before
  • WJeremy KimballKO/TKO R1
    Close -2301y before
Nzechukwu — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Stosic — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nzechukwu
Stosic
1
UFC fights
2
14.3 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
18.2 min · 9.1 avg
9y 9m
Career length
14y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nzechukwu
Stosic
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
24W–10L · 70.6%
0W–0L
Wins
15W–7L · 68.2%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nzechukwu
Stosic
26W–25L · 51.0%
Overall
135W–78L · 63.4%
26W–25L · 51.0%
Wins
125W–76L · 62.2%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Nzechukwu
Stosic
1.46
Landed / min
1.48
30.6%
Accuracy
34.2%
70.4%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.5%
Time at distance
48.1%
Grappling & control
Nzechukwu
Stosic
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
93.8%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
73.0%
Control share
65.3%
Strike target map
Nzechukwu
  • Head83%(33)div 65%
  • Body18%(7)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Stosic
  • Head89%(31)div 65%
  • Body9%(3)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 16%

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darko Stosic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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