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UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
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Jose Aldo
Jose Aldo
28-4 · BRA
May 11, 2019 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Alexander Volkanovski def. Jose Aldo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkanovski20/490/100:30
Aldo8/230/000:00
R2
Volkanovski39/660/001:08
Aldo12/330/100:07
R3
Volkanovski36/610/202:48
Aldo9/230/000:00
Total
Volkanovski95/1760/304:26
Aldo29/790/100:07

Scorecards

Volkanovski vs Aldo

RdDave TirelliGuilherme BravoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27.2

Media (15 cards) · avg 3027 · 15 Volkanovski · 0 Aldo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Volkanovski-Aldo.

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
VolkanovskiWin probabilityAldo
80.4%19.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
1%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Volkanovski80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%33%
Submission1%2%
Decision52%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes90 (52118)act 95
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Aldo20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%33%
Submission0%0%
Decision13%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 29
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~145 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R217%
R310%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Volkanovski
72.1%-265
Aldo
+26527.2%
Most takedownstie 57.1%
Volkanovski
32.6%-315
Aldo
+31510.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 90.5
90.5
Over 90.5
42.5%
+135
Under 90.5
57.5%
-135
0114227
Aldo
Expected: 54.5
54.5
Over 54.5
42.4%
+136
Under 54.5
57.6%
-136
069137
Takedowns — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.9%
+179
Under 0.5
64.1%
-179
035
Aldo
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
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 12.5 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
Volkanovski80.4%42.9%+37.5+125
Aldo19.6%57.1%−37.5-145

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
86.2Striking66.1
Volkanovski +20.2
63.2Grappling56.9
Volkanovski +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkanovskiAldo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1629
Pound-for-pound
1666
1604
Divisional
1655
1527
Striking offense
1525
1514
Striking defense
1518
1517
Grappling offense
1475
1511
Grappling defense
1565
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.06
Strikes landed / min
3.34
60%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.61
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
62%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.85
41%
Takedown accuracy
67%
71%
Takedown defense
91%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
77%
+6
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Volkanovski
  • WChad MendesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1204mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -22010mo before
  • WJeremy KennedyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2001y 3mo before
  • WShane YoungU-DEC R3
    both missedClose -6401y 6mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close -5801y 11mo before
Jose Aldo
  • WRenato MoicanoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1103mo before
  • WJeremy StephensKO/TKO R1
    Close +1009mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R3
    Close +2201y 5mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R3
    Close -1451y 11mo before
  • WFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +1202y 10mo before
Volkanovski — win / loss by method
Record: 19-1-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
26% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0
Aldo — win / loss by method
Record: 28-4-0

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
17 wins, 3 losses
W
61% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Volkanovski
Aldo
6
UFC fights
13
71.3 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
211.3 min · 16.3 avg
14y 2m
Career length
22y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Volkanovski
Aldo
92W–21L · 81.4%
Overall
216W–49L · 81.5%
92W–21L · 81.4%
Wins
163W–41L · 79.9%
0W–0L
Losses
53W–8L · 86.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkanovski
Aldo
110W–50L · 68.8%
Overall
159W–48L · 76.8%
99W–46L · 68.3%
Wins
154W–46L · 77.0%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Volkanovski
Aldo
6.75
Landed / min
3.92
53.3%
Accuracy
40.2%
65.2%
Defense
68.5%
0.84
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
45.5%
Time at distance
74.0%
Grappling & control
Volkanovski
Aldo
3.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.85
41.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
71.4%
Takedown defense
90.6%
0.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
86.8%
Control share
56.8%
Strike target map
Volkanovski
  • Head71%(307)div 65%
  • Body12%(53)div 19%
  • Legs17%(72)div 16%
Aldo
  • Head75%(528)div 65%
  • Body13%(91)div 19%
  • Legs12%(87)div 16%

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

Alexander Volkanovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jose Aldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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