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UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez
Elijah Smith
Elijah Smith
8-1 · USA
VS
Toshiomi Kazama
Toshiomi Kazama
10-4 · JPN
August 9, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Elijah Smith def. Toshiomi Kazama by KO/TKO (Slam), R1 4:10
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:10
Smith37/460/003:49
Kazama0/01/100:05
Total
Smith37/460/003:49
Kazama0/01/100:05

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
SmithWin probabilityKazama
69.3%30.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
21%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Smith, blue toward Kazama. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Smith69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%36%57%
Submission10%15%9%
Decision34%49%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 37
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Kazama31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%31%4%
Submission11%35%7%
Decision10%34%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1136)act 0
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R211%
R310%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Smith
63.1%-177
Kazama
+17735.6%
Most takedownstie 30.8%
Smith
37.3%-117
Kazama
+11731.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
40.0%
+150
Under 40.5
60.0%
-150
051102
Kazama
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
39.6%
+152
Under 26.5
60.4%
-152
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.7%
+143
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
46.8%
-143
035
Kazama
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
48.7%
+105
Under 0.5
51.3%
-105
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 9.6 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
Smith69.3%85.0%−15.7-792
Kazama30.7%15.0%+15.7+540
By method
Smith by KO/TKO24.0%57.3%−33.3-220
Smith by submission14.7%8.7%+6.0+857
Smith by decision30.7%17.0%+13.7+391
Kazama by KO/TKO10.6%4.1%+6.5+1938
Kazama by submission6.5%7.1%−0.6+1076
Kazama by decision13.6%5.8%+7.8+1338
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.4%46.2%+19.2+102
Over 2.5 rds54.4%29.0%+25.4+219
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.3%23.6%+20.7+297

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
61.9Striking41.8
Smith +20.1
66.4Grappling26.5
Smith +39.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmithKazama
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1508
1533
Divisional
1508
Striking offense
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
1495
1497
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
22 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.67
Strikes landed / min
1.79
41%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
6.99
53%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
75%
Takedown accuracy
9%
50%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elijah Smith
  • WVince MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close -1146mo before
Toshiomi Kazama
  • WCharalampos GrigoriouSUB R2
    Close +2011y before
  • LGarrett ArmfieldKO/TKO R1
    Close +1361y 11mo before
  • LRinya NakamuraKO/TKO R1
    Close +3912y 6mo before
Smith — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Kazama — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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, 3 losses
W
30% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (56%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Kazama
1
UFC fights
3
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11.7 min · 3.9 avg
3y 11m
Career length
6y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smith
Kazama
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
20W–7L · 74.1%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Kazama
31W–6L · 83.8%
Overall
54W–46L · 54.0%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Wins
49W–43L · 53.3%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
5W–3L · 62.5%
Distance striking
Smith
Kazama
4.28
Landed / min
3.97
39.4%
Accuracy
44.2%
55.6%
Defense
47.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.6%
Time at distance
40.8%
Grappling & control
Smith
Kazama
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.28
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
9.1%
50.0%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.28
48.1%
Control share
62.9%
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head73%(29)div 62%
  • Body5%(2)div 21%
  • Legs23%(9)div 17%
Kazama
  • Head67%(14)div 62%
  • Body14%(3)div 21%
  • Legs19%(4)div 17%

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

Elijah Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Toshiomi Kazama
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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