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UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
25-9 · BRA
VS
Luke Sanders
Luke Sanders
12-2 · USA
August 25, 2018 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Rani Yahya def. Luke Sanders by SUB (Heel Hook), R1 1:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:31
Yahya4/80/200:04
Sanders2/40/000:22
Total
Yahya4/80/200:04
Sanders2/40/000:22

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
YahyaWin probabilitySanders
26.8%73.2%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
30%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yahya27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%12%
Submission14%51%
Decision10%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1638)act 4
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.1)act 0
Sanders73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%41%
Submission16%22%
Decision27%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R213%
R36%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Yahya
50.3%-105
Sanders
+10547.8%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Yahya
58.7%-576
Sanders
+57610.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.6%
+135
Under 29.5
57.4%
-135
03774
Sanders
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
43.0%
+132
Under 28.5
57.0%
-132
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
40.5%
-120
Exactly 1
25.7%
push
Under 1
33.8%
+120
035
Sanders
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
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 8.4 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
Yahya26.8%48.9%−22.1-105
Sanders73.2%51.1%+22.1-115

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
61.8Striking76.5
Sanders +14.7
62.2Grappling40.5
Yahya +21.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaSanders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1533
1589
Divisional
1519
1472
Striking offense
1503
1547
Striking defense
1494
1538
Grappling offense
1504
1499
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.68
Strikes landed / min
6.13
39%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.64
51%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
37%
Takedown accuracy
33%
25%
Takedown defense
63%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WRussell DoaneSUB R3
    Close -2206mo before
  • WHenry BrionesSUB R1
    Close -2301y 1mo before
  • LJoe SotoU-DEC R3
    Close -2401y 5mo before
  • WMichinori TanakaU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 11mo before
  • WMatthew LopezSUB R3
    Close +1502y 1mo before
Luke Sanders
  • WPatrick WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close -4304mo before
  • LAndre SoukhamthathKO/TKO R2
    Close -3459mo before
  • LIuri AlcantaraSUB R2
    Close -1501y 6mo before
  • WMaximo BlancoSUB R1
    Close +1052y 7mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 25-9-0, 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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
19 wins, 1 loss
W
76% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Sanders — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Sanders
14
UFC fights
4
159.8 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
33.0 min · 8.2 avg
23y 10m
Career length
15y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Sanders
197W–60L · 76.7%
Overall
64W–23L · 73.6%
150W–50L · 75.0%
Wins
20W–11L · 64.5%
47W–10L · 82.5%
Losses
44W–12L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Sanders
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
60W–31L · 65.9%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
60W–31L · 65.9%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yahya
Sanders
3.79
Landed / min
4.74
31.0%
Accuracy
38.5%
61.4%
Defense
59.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.91
28.8%
Time at distance
66.5%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Sanders
3.19
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
37.4%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
25.0%
Takedown defense
62.5%
1.78
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
58.3%
Control share
82.4%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head60%(161)div 63%
  • Body21%(57)div 21%
  • Legs19%(51)div 16%
Sanders
  • Head86%(174)div 63%
  • Body11%(22)div 21%
  • Legs3%(6)div 16%

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Luke Sanders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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