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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Stephens
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
24-9 · BRA
VS
Russell Doane
Russell Doane
15-7 · USA
February 24, 2018 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Russell Doane by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 2:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya14/151/104:07
Doane0/20/000:00
R2
Yahya1/21/104:38
Doane0/21/100:00
R3 · 2:32
Yahya2/30/101:12
Doane2/40/000:22
Total
Yahya17/202/309:57
Doane2/81/100:22

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 probabilityDoane
35.5%64.5%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
39%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 8.6 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 Doane. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yahya35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%5%
Submission18%51%
Decision15%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 17
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.2)act 2
Doane65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%
Submission21%32%
Decision25%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 2
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~44 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R210%
R36%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Yahya
51.0%-109
Doane
+10946.6%
Most takedownstie 28.6%
Yahya
58.2%-442
Doane
+44213.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 22.6
22.5
Over 22.5
42.7%
+134
Under 22.5
57.3%
-134
02957
Doane
Expected: 21.5
21.5
Over 21.5
42.5%
+135
Under 21.5
57.5%
-135
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.6%
-136
Exactly 1
26.0%
push
Under 1
31.4%
+136
035
Doane
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.2%
+255
Under 0.5
71.8%
-255
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 8.6 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
Yahya35.5%65.8%−30.3-220
Doane64.5%34.2%+30.3+180

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
60.8Striking64.6
Doane +3.8
61.8Grappling57.8
Yahya +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaDoane
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1510
1575
Divisional
1522
1480
Striking offense
1493
1540
Striking defense
1511
1531
Grappling offense
1503
1494
Grappling defense
1480
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.71
Strikes landed / min
2.06
38%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.41
Strikes absorbed / min
1.74
50%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
36%
Takedown accuracy
43%
26%
Takedown defense
55%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
43%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
20%
44%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WHenry BrionesSUB R1
    Close -2307mo before
  • LJoe SotoU-DEC R3
    Close -24011mo before
  • WMichinori TanakaU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 5mo before
  • WMatthew LopezSUB R3
    Close +1501y 7mo before
  • WMasanori KaneharaS-DEC R3
    Close +1152y 7mo before
Russell Doane
  • WKwan Ho KwakKO/TKO R1
    Close +1008mo before
  • LMirsad BekticSUB R1
    Close +4401y 5mo before
  • LPedro MunhozSUB R1
    Close +2001y 8mo before
  • LJerrod SandersU-DEC R3
    Close -4702y 7mo before
  • LIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +2853y 5mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 24-9-0, 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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (56%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Doane — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Doane
13
UFC fights
7
147.3 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
65.6 min · 9.4 avg
23y 10m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Doane
182W–53L · 77.4%
Overall
91W–15L · 85.8%
135W–43L · 75.8%
Wins
26W–6L · 81.3%
47W–10L · 82.5%
Losses
65W–9L · 87.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Doane
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
78W–23L · 77.2%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
68W–20L · 77.3%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Yahya
Doane
3.93
Landed / min
2.64
30.9%
Accuracy
28.6%
61.0%
Defense
61.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.46
29.7%
Time at distance
37.5%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Doane
3.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
43.5%
26.3%
Takedown defense
54.5%
1.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.91
54.5%
Control share
61.9%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head63%(160)div 63%
  • Body17%(43)div 21%
  • Legs19%(49)div 16%
Doane
  • Head76%(103)div 63%
  • Body16%(22)div 21%
  • Legs7%(10)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.

Russell Doane
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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