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UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta
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Al Iaquinta
Al Iaquinta
13-3-1 · USA
April 7, 2018 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nurmagomedov13/243/603:59
Iaquinta0/80/000:00
R2
Nurmagomedov19/342/304:00
Iaquinta3/90/000:00
R3
Nurmagomedov37/870/100:00
Iaquinta7/360/000:00
R4
Nurmagomedov35/930/200:00
Iaquinta15/450/100:00
R5
Nurmagomedov30/661/302:34
Iaquinta16/430/000:00
Total
Nurmagomedov134/3046/15010:33
Iaquinta41/1410/100:00

Scorecards

Nurmagomedov vs Iaquinta

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.7
R210-810-810-810-8.1
R310-910-910-910-8.9
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-810-910-810-8.5
Total50-4350-4450-4349.9-43.2

Media (20 cards) · avg 5043.8 · 20 Nurmagomedov · 0 Iaquinta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nurmagomedov-Iaquinta.

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
NurmagomedovWin probabilityIaquinta
86.9%13.1%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
5%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nurmagomedov87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%47%
Submission5%6%
Decision41%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes91 (52118)act 134
Takedowns3.5 (0.16.9)act 6
Iaquinta13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%58%
Submission0%1%
Decision5%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 41
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~141 sig strikes~3.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R222%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Nurmagomedov
75.2%-312
Iaquinta
+31224.1%
Most takedownstie 8.8%
Nurmagomedov
90.6%-15063
Iaquinta
+150630.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 90.6
90.5
Over 90.5
42.6%
+135
Under 90.5
57.4%
-135
0114227
Iaquinta
Expected: 50.1
50
Over 50
42.0%
+135
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.6%
-135
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 3.5
3.5
Over 3.5
46.1%
+117
Under 3.5
53.9%
-117
0611
Iaquinta
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.9%
Exactly 0
96.1%
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 16.7 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
Nurmagomedov86.9%83.1%+3.8-640
Iaquinta13.1%16.9%−3.8+470

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
80.4Striking70.6
Nurmagomedov +9.8
75.7Grappling48.9
Nurmagomedov +26.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NurmagomedovIaquinta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1678
Pound-for-pound
1611
1668
Divisional
1609
1500
Striking offense
1531
1525
Striking defense
1504
1542
Grappling offense
1482
1532
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.11
Strikes landed / min
4.95
50%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.52
Strikes absorbed / min
3.70
70%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.85
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
46%
Takedown accuracy
30%
83%
Takedown defense
85%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
80%
+9
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
44%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
350
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Khabib Nurmagomedov
  • WEdson BarbozaU-DEC R3
    Close -4103mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonSUB R3
    Close -3451y 5mo before
  • WDarrell HorcherKO/TKO R2
    Close -10002y before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close -3054y before
  • WPat HealyU-DEC R3
    Close -2654y 7mo before
Al Iaquinta
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close -42011mo before
  • WJorge MasvidalS-DEC R3
    Close -1103y before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1853y 2mo before
  • WRoss PearsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1203y 5mo before
  • WRodrigo DammKO/TKO R3
    Close -6003y 7mo before
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 25-0-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (38%)Submission() 0
4 (25%)Decision() 0
Iaquinta — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-1

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, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
4 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nurmagomedov
Iaquinta
9
UFC fights
10
110.2 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
98.0 min · 9.8 avg
17y 10m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nurmagomedov
Iaquinta
157W–53L · 74.8%
Overall
149W–45L · 76.8%
157W–53L · 74.8%
Wins
134W–43L · 75.7%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–2L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nurmagomedov
Iaquinta
59W–48L · 55.1%
Overall
19W–11L · 63.3%
59W–48L · 55.1%
Wins
10W–9L · 52.6%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Nurmagomedov
Iaquinta
3.26
Landed / min
5.57
29.6%
Accuracy
39.4%
73.2%
Defense
65.0%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.07
38.7%
Time at distance
78.2%
Grappling & control
Nurmagomedov
Iaquinta
5.85
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
45.7%
Takedown accuracy
29.6%
83.3%
Takedown defense
84.8%
0.54
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
96.4%
Control share
58.3%
Strike target map
Nurmagomedov
  • Head86%(390)div 63%
  • Body8%(37)div 20%
  • Legs6%(26)div 17%
Iaquinta
  • Head69%(337)div 63%
  • Body17%(82)div 20%
  • Legs14%(66)div 17%

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Al Iaquinta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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