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Shane Young
Shane Young
11-3 · NZL
November 18, 2017 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Catch Weight · 145 lb · 3 rounds
149.0lbMissed +3.0
Weigh-in
147.0lbMissed +1.0
Alexander Volkanovski def. Shane Young by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkanovski20/391/501:49
Young7/330/000:00
R2
Volkanovski29/473/502:31
Young8/410/000:00
R3
Volkanovski19/281/404:01
Young3/71/100:16
Total
Volkanovski68/1145/1408:21
Young18/811/100:16

Scorecards

Volkanovski vs Young

RdAnthony DimitriouKevin MandersonKon PapaioannouCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-8.8
R210-910-910-810-8.8
R310-910-810-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2630-2629.9-26.4

Media (15 cards) · avg 3026.7 · 15 Volkanovski · 0 Young

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Volkanovski-Young.

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
VolkanovskiWin probabilityYoung
86.9%13.1%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
10%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Volkanovski87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%54%
Submission8%9%
Decision32%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 68
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 5
Young13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%49%
Submission2%14%
Decision5%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 18
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 1
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R235%
R311%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Volkanovski
76.0%-328
Young
+32823.2%
Most takedownstie 37.9%
Volkanovski
55.3%-821
Young
+8216.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 69.3
69.5
Over 69.5
42.3%
+136
Under 69.5
57.7%
-136
087174
Young
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
42.1%
+137
Under 37.5
57.9%
-137
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.7%
+111
Exactly 1
22.6%
push
Under 1
40.7%
-111
035
Young
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.1%
Exactly 0
86.9%
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 10.0 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
Volkanovski86.9%83.1%+3.8-640
Young13.1%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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkanovskiYoung
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1565
Pound-for-pound
1518
1536
Divisional
1518
1494
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1511
Grappling offense
1500
1507
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.20
Strikes landed / min
64%
Strike accuracy
2.26
Strikes absorbed / min
69%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.75
Takedowns / 15 min
70%
Takedown accuracy
86%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Volkanovski
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close -5805mo before
  • WYusuke KasuyaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1551y before
Shane Young
No prior UFC fights.
Volkanovski — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0
Young — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Volkanovski
Young
2
UFC fights
0
22.1 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
14y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Volkanovski
Young
28W–9L · 75.7%
Overall
28W–9L · 75.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkanovski
Young
110W–50L · 68.8%
Overall
89W–36L · 71.2%
99W–46L · 68.3%
Wins
57W–26L · 68.7%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
32W–10L · 76.2%
Distance striking
Volkanovski
Young
5.21
Landed / min
48.0%
Accuracy
70.0%
Defense
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
41.7%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Volkanovski
Young
4.75
Takedowns / 15 min
70.0%
Takedown accuracy
85.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
82.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Volkanovski
  • Head74%(102)div 66%
  • Body8%(11)div 20%
  • Legs18%(24)div 14%
Young
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Alexander Volkanovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shane Young

No UFC fights on record.

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