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UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang
VS
Diyar Nurgozhay
Diyar Nurgozhay
10-1 · KAZ
August 23, 2025 · Shanghai, Hebei, China
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Uran Satybaldiev def. Diyar Nurgozhay by SUB (Ezekiel Choke), R1 2:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:45
Satybaldiev2/90/011:10
Nurgozhay7/111/100:18
Total
Satybaldiev2/90/011:10
Nurgozhay7/111/100:18

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
SatybaldievWin probabilityNurgozhay
60.2%39.8%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
15%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Satybaldiev60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%54%22%
Submission8%14%7%
Decision20%32%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1033)act 2
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.6)act 0
Nurgozhay40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%54%20%
Submission7%16%7%
Decision12%30%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1136)act 7
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R216%
R35%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Satybaldiev
46.6%+111
Nurgozhay
-11151.6%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Satybaldiev
33.9%-136
Nurgozhay
+13624.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Satybaldiev
Expected: 24.6
24.5
Over 24.5
40.0%
+150
Under 24.5
60.0%
-150
03162
Nurgozhay
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
39.7%
+152
Under 26.5
60.3%
-152
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Satybaldiev
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.3%
+131
Under 0.5
56.7%
-131
035
Nurgozhay
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
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 7.7 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
Satybaldiev60.2%49.0%+11.2-106
Nurgozhay39.8%51.0%−11.2-116
By method
Satybaldiev by KO/TKO32.4%22.1%+10.3+288
Satybaldiev by submission8.9%7.3%+1.6+1076
Satybaldiev by decision18.9%21.9%−3.0+291
Nurgozhay by KO/TKO21.4%20.2%+1.2+323
Nurgozhay by submission5.9%7.3%−1.4+1070
Nurgozhay by decision12.5%21.2%−8.7+304
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds52.5%66.4%−13.9-251
Over 2.5 rds36.1%51.7%−15.6-123
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.4%46.6%−15.2+101

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
46.4Striking55.1
Nurgozhay +8.8
25.0Grappling73.2
Nurgozhay +48.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SatybaldievNurgozhay
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1524
1530
Divisional
1524
1483
Striking offense
1498
1499
Striking defense
1498
1543
Grappling offense
1502
1551
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
31 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
79"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.40
Strikes landed / min
2.63
26%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.87
Strikes absorbed / min
4.33
46%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.64
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Uran Satybaldiev
  • LMartin BudayU-DEC R3
    Close +1425mo before
Diyar Nurgozhay
  • LBrendson RibeiroSUB R2
    missedClose -4305mo before
Satybaldiev — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Nurgozhay — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Satybaldiev
Nurgozhay
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
6.5 min · 6.5 avg
6y 5m
Career length
8y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Satybaldiev
Nurgozhay
14W–2L · 87.5%
Overall
16W–7L · 69.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
14W–2L · 87.5%
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Satybaldiev
Nurgozhay
52W–21L · 71.2%
Overall
88W–56L · 61.1%
52W–21L · 71.2%
Wins
88W–56L · 61.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Satybaldiev
Nurgozhay
3.59
Landed / min
3.05
23.4%
Accuracy
44.4%
47.3%
Defense
51.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.4%
Time at distance
81.1%
Grappling & control
Satybaldiev
Nurgozhay
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.64
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
6.1%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Satybaldiev
  • Head53%(19)div 64%
  • Body17%(6)div 19%
  • Legs31%(11)div 17%
Nurgozhay
  • Head29%(5)div 64%
  • Body41%(7)div 19%
  • Legs29%(5)div 17%

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

Uran Satybaldiev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Diyar Nurgozhay
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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