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UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou
10-1 · FRA
VS
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
43-15 · NLD
December 2, 2017 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
262.0lb
Weigh-in
247.0lb
Francis Ngannou def. Alistair Overeem by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:42
Ngannou6/140/011:02
Overeem1/40/100:00
Total
Ngannou6/140/011:02
Overeem1/40/100:00

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
NgannouWin probabilityOvereem
86.8%13.2%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
6%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ngannou87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO49%56%
Submission5%6%
Decision33%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2761)act 6
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Overeem13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%50%
Submission1%8%
Decision5%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 1
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R219%
R311%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ngannou
70.8%-253
Overeem
+25327.9%
Most takedownstie 59.7%
Ngannou
25.2%-167
Overeem
+16715.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 47.2
47
Over 47
42.0%
+135
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.5%
-135
059118
Overeem
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.0%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.7%
-138
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+248
Under 0.5
71.3%
-248
035
Overeem
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.1%
Exactly 0
80.9%
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 9.3 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
Ngannou86.8%68.4%+18.4-230
Overeem13.2%31.6%−18.4+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
74.5Striking78.2
Overeem +3.8
28.5Grappling39.1
Overeem +10.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NgannouOvereem
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1590
Pound-for-pound
1634
1590
Divisional
1634
1521
Striking offense
1533
1534
Striking defense
1512
1507
Grappling offense
1496
1505
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
83"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
4.09
48%
Strike accuracy
73%
1.53
Strikes absorbed / min
2.27
59%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
Takedown accuracy
30%
73%
Takedown defense
77%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+5
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
63%
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Francis Ngannou
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -42010mo before
  • WAnthony HamiltonSUB R1
    Close -4401y before
  • WBojan MihajlovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -6001y 4mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1401y 8mo before
  • WLuis HenriqueKO/TKO R2
    Close -1401y 11mo before
Alistair Overeem
  • WFabricio WerdumM-DEC R3
    Close -1405mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -1309mo before
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R1
    Close +1251y 3mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -2401y 7mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1951y 11mo before
Ngannou — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 43-15-0, 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
21 wins, 11 losses
W
49% of wins
L
73% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
12% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Ngannou
Overeem
5
UFC fights
12
22.9 min · 4.6 avg
Octagon time
100.6 min · 8.4 avg
12y 8m
Career length
26y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ngannou
Overeem
63W–22L · 74.1%
Overall
219W–72L · 75.3%
63W–22L · 74.1%
Wins
140W–56L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Losses
79W–16L · 83.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ngannou
Overeem
15W–4L · 78.9%
Overall
448W–166L · 73.0%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Wins
340W–147L · 69.8%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
108W–19L · 85.0%
Distance striking
Ngannou
Overeem
4.12
Landed / min
3.56
43.3%
Accuracy
68.0%
59.5%
Defense
63.0%
1.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.19
58.1%
Time at distance
58.0%
Grappling & control
Ngannou
Overeem
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
73.3%
Takedown defense
76.9%
0.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
19.2%
Control share
84.0%
Strike target map
Ngannou
  • Head82%(64)div 66%
  • Body10%(8)div 19%
  • Legs8%(6)div 15%
Overeem
  • Head45%(184)div 66%
  • Body39%(161)div 19%
  • Legs16%(67)div 15%

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

Francis Ngannou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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