The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Kajan Johnson
Kajan Johnson
22-11-1 · CAN
VS
Stevie Ray
Stevie Ray
21-7 · GBR
March 17, 2018 · London, England, United Kingdom
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Kajan Johnson def. Stevie Ray by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson14/210/000:00
Ray4/170/000:00
R2
Johnson11/172/302:14
Ray4/152/200:50
R3
Johnson8/160/101:58
Ray16/301/200:50
Total
Johnson33/542/404:12
Ray24/623/401:40

Scorecards

Johnson vs Ray

RdAndy RobertsDavid LethabyPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-910-99-109.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2828-2928.5-28.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.228.1 · 11 Johnson · 0 Ray · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Johnson-Ray.

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
JohnsonWin probabilityRay
38.6%61.4%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
8%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 12.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission3%8%
Decision29%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 33
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Ray61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%15%
Submission5%7%
Decision47%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 24
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 3
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R27%
R35%
Distance76%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Johnson
52.2%-112
Ray
+11246.4%
Most takedownstie 42.7%
Johnson
16.4%+249
Ray
-24940.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 40.2
40
Over 40
41.9%
+135
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.4%
-135
051101
Ray
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.9%
+133
Under 37.5
57.1%
-133
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.1%
+298
Under 0.5
74.9%
-298
035
Ray
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.7%
+167
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
52.8%
-167
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 12.9 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
Johnson38.6%34.9%+3.7+175
Ray61.4%65.1%−3.7-210

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
69.1Striking71.1
Ray +2.0
52.1Grappling46.2
Johnson +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonRay
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1568
1541
Divisional
1570
1496
Striking offense
1499
1510
Striking defense
1506
1492
Grappling offense
1491
1512
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
33 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
3.60
43%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.72
Strikes absorbed / min
2.29
62%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.41
35%
Takedown accuracy
40%
82%
Takedown defense
57%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
71%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
244
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kajan Johnson
  • WAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R3
    Close +4506mo before
  • WNaoyuki KotaniU-DEC R3
    Close -3202y 6mo before
  • WZhang LipengU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 10mo before
  • LTae Hyun BangKO/TKO R3
    Close -1853y 9mo before
Stevie Ray
  • LPaul FelderKO/TKO R1
    Close -1858mo before
  • WJoe LauzonM-DEC R3
    Close -16511mo before
  • WRoss PearsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 4mo before
  • LAlan PatrickU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 6mo before
  • WMickael LeboutU-DEC R3
    Close -5502y 5mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 22-11-1

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
8 wins, 6 losses
W
36% of wins
L
55% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win10loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(50%) 5
8 (42%)Submission(10%) 1
4 (21%)Decision(40%) 4
Ray — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0

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
29% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(80%) 4
4 (25%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Ray
4
UFC fights
7
52.8 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
73.0 min · 10.4 avg
24y 5m
Career length
16y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Ray
86W–36L · 70.5%
Overall
111W–37L · 75.0%
70W–28L · 71.4%
Wins
85W–33L · 72.0%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Losses
26W–4L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Ray
110W–66L · 62.5%
Overall
170W–62L · 73.3%
87W–56L · 60.8%
Wins
112W–50L · 69.1%
23W–10L · 69.7%
Losses
58W–12L · 82.9%
Distance striking
Johnson
Ray
2.37
Landed / min
5.15
34.3%
Accuracy
40.0%
64.9%
Defense
64.2%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
65.4%
Time at distance
48.1%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Ray
1.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.41
35.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
81.8%
Takedown defense
56.5%
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.82
57.0%
Control share
31.7%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head67%(89)div 63%
  • Body19%(25)div 20%
  • Legs14%(18)div 17%
Ray
  • Head68%(180)div 63%
  • Body15%(39)div 20%
  • Legs17%(44)div 17%

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

Kajan Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stevie Ray
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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