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Makwan Amirkhani
Makwan Amirkhani
13-3 · FIN
VS
Jason Knight
Jason Knight
20-4 · USA
May 27, 2018 · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Makwan Amirkhani def. Jason Knight by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Amirkhani9/270/100:14
Knight15/420/121:10
R2
Amirkhani13/252/200:00
Knight12/360/001:42
R3
Amirkhani5/101/200:00
Knight2/100/004:04
Total
Amirkhani27/623/500:14
Knight29/880/126:56

Scorecards

Amirkhani vs Knight

RdAndy RobertsHoward HughesMark CollettCommunity
R19-109-109-108.9-10
R29-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R39-1010-910-99.9-9.2
Total27-3029-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (22 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Amirkhani · 0 Knight · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Amirkhani-Knight.

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
AmirkhaniWin probabilityKnight
32.2%67.8%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
30%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Amirkhani32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%18%
Submission10%30%
Decision16%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 27
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.0)act 3
Knight68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%20%
Submission21%31%
Decision33%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 29
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R29%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Amirkhani
36.4%+170
Knight
-17061.8%
Most takedownstie 21.9%
Amirkhani
71.2%-1035
Knight
+10356.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Amirkhani
Expected: 23.8
24
Over 24
40.7%
+139
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
56.6%
-139
03060
Knight
Expected: 31.7
31.5
Over 31.5
42.8%
+134
Under 31.5
57.2%
-134
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Amirkhani
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.7%
-103
Exactly 2
17.8%
push
Under 2
40.5%
+103
047
Knight
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.0%
Exactly 0
82.0%
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 9.9 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
Amirkhani32.2%38.8%−6.6+150
Knight67.8%61.2%+6.6-170

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
68.3Striking57.7
Amirkhani +10.6
80.6Grappling63.0
Amirkhani +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AmirkhaniKnight
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1561
1548
Divisional
1559
1487
Striking offense
1503
1511
Striking defense
1493
1538
Grappling offense
1494
1524
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.73
Strikes landed / min
3.51
53%
Strike accuracy
34%
1.45
Strikes absorbed / min
3.54
53%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
1.77
45%
Takedown accuracy
32%
50%
Takedown defense
52%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
57%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
435
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Makwan Amirkhani
  • LArnold AllenS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 2mo before
  • WMike WilkinsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1852y 3mo before
  • WMasio FullenSUB R1
    Close -2602y 11mo before
  • WAndy OgleKO/TKO R1
    Close +1553y 4mo before
Jason Knight
  • LGabriel BenitezU-DEC R3
    Close -3306mo before
  • LRicardo LamasKO/TKO R1
    Close -11510mo before
  • WChas SkellyKO/TKO R3
    Close -1101y before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R2
    Close -1351y 4mo before
  • WDan HookerU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 6mo before
Amirkhani — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (80%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
65% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Amirkhani
Knight
4
UFC fights
7
31.8 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
84.6 min · 12.1 avg
15y 9m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Amirkhani
Knight
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
125W–38L · 76.7%
29W–11L · 72.5%
Wins
55W–19L · 74.3%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Losses
70W–19L · 78.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Amirkhani
Knight
56W–33L · 62.9%
Overall
73W–39L · 65.2%
43W–25L · 63.2%
Wins
73W–39L · 65.2%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Amirkhani
Knight
3.23
Landed / min
4.86
39.2%
Accuracy
28.8%
67.3%
Defense
53.9%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.18
19.4%
Time at distance
54.0%
Grappling & control
Amirkhani
Knight
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
1.77
45.0%
Takedown accuracy
32.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
52.0%
2.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.13
67.5%
Control share
31.5%
Strike target map
Amirkhani
  • Head95%(52)div 65%
  • Body5%(3)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Knight
  • Head72%(215)div 65%
  • Body13%(38)div 19%
  • Legs15%(44)div 17%

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

Makwan Amirkhani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Knight
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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