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Sultan Aliev
Sultan Aliev
14-3 · RUS
VS
Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
34-9-2 · JPN
April 20, 2019 · Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Sultan Aliev def. Keita Nakamura by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aliev11/210/301:52
Nakamura10/260/100:18
R2
Aliev7/171/301:53
Nakamura13/270/000:00
R3
Aliev7/251/102:01
Nakamura6/280/000:00
Total
Aliev25/632/705:46
Nakamura29/810/100:18

Scorecards

Aliev vs Nakamura

RdHoward HughesLukasz BosackiMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 13 Aliev · 0 Nakamura

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aliev-Nakamura.

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
AlievWin probabilityNakamura
51.2%48.8%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
13%
Decision
64%
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 Aliev, blue toward Nakamura. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aliev51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%30%
Submission2%4%
Decision34%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 25
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.2)act 2
Nakamura49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%15%
Submission11%23%
Decision31%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 29
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R213%
R36%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Aliev
53.2%-118
Nakamura
+11845.2%
Most takedownstie 26.1%
Aliev
59.6%-418
Nakamura
+41814.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aliev
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
41.8%
+135
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.3%
-135
04386
Nakamura
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
42.0%
+138
Under 31.5
58.0%
-138
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Aliev
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
50.6%
-103
Under 1.5
49.4%
+103
035
Nakamura
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+234
Under 0.5
70.1%
-234
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
Aliev51.2%50.0%+1.2-110
Nakamura48.8%50.0%−1.2-110

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
61.6Striking55.7
Aliev +5.9
55.9Grappling56.1
Nakamura +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlievNakamura
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1524
1523
Divisional
1536
1470
Striking offense
1478
1488
Striking defense
1511
1537
Grappling offense
1502
1545
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.26
Strikes landed / min
2.16
51%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.35
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
52%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
50%
Takedown accuracy
53%
100%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
40%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
33%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
343
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sultan Aliev
  • LWarlley AlvesKO/TKO R2
    Close +24011mo before
  • WBojan VelickovicS-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 4mo before
  • LKenny RobertsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1754y 3mo before
Keita Nakamura
  • WSalim TouahriS-DEC R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • LAnthony Rocco MartinU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y before
  • WAlex MoronoS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 7mo before
  • LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -1252y 7mo before
  • WKyle NokeSUB R2
    Close +1352y 9mo before
Aliev — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (77%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (23%)Decision(100%) 1
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 34-9-2, 1 NC

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 7 losses
W
32% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
4win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 6
Non-UFC
30win3loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
14 (47%)Submission(33%) 1
9 (30%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Aliev
Nakamura
3
UFC fights
10
27.7 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
142.3 min · 14.2 avg
15y 4m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aliev
Nakamura
39W–8L · 83.0%
Overall
148W–37L · 80.0%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Wins
55W–16L · 77.5%
25W–5L · 83.3%
Losses
93W–21L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aliev
Nakamura
100W–42L · 70.4%
Overall
265W–158L · 62.6%
84W–36L · 70.0%
Wins
239W–148L · 61.8%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Losses
26W–10L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Aliev
Nakamura
1.84
Landed / min
2.93
38.6%
Accuracy
32.3%
64.4%
Defense
61.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
33.3%
Time at distance
59.1%
Grappling & control
Aliev
Nakamura
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
52.9%
100.0%
Takedown defense
62.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
73.1%
Control share
45.8%
Strike target map
Aliev
  • Head83%(29)div 63%
  • Body14%(5)div 20%
  • Legs3%(1)div 16%
Nakamura
  • Head81%(249)div 63%
  • Body14%(42)div 20%
  • Legs6%(17)div 16%

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

Sultan Aliev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Keita Nakamura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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