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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder
Asu Almabayev
Asu Almabayev
21-3 · KAZ
VS
Jose Ochoa
Jose Ochoa
8-1 · PER
July 26, 2025 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Asu Almabayev def. Jose Ochoa by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almabayev5/103/603:16
Ochoa10/181/100:43
R2
Almabayev11/202/503:47
Ochoa5/90/000:09
R3
Almabayev6/122/502:23
Ochoa11/180/000:04
Total
Almabayev22/427/1609:26
Ochoa26/451/100:56

Scorecards

Almabayev vs Ochoa

RdClemens WernerDavid LethabyMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-99-109.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.5-27.5

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 10 Almabayev · 0 Ochoa

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Almabayev-Ochoa.

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
AlmabayevWin probabilityOchoa
64.4%35.6%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
18%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Almabayev64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%10%6%
Submission14%22%11%
Decision43%68%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 22
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.6)act 7
Ochoa36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%22%
Submission4%12%6%
Decision20%54%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 26
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R214%
R37%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Almabayev
48.9%+102
Ochoa
-10249.9%
Most takedownstie 15.1%
Almabayev
78.0%-1132
Ochoa
+11326.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almabayev
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
39.9%
+151
Under 36.5
60.1%
-151
04692
Ochoa
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
39.0%
+153
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.7%
-153
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Almabayev
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.7%
+124
Under 2.5
55.3%
-124
047
Ochoa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+377
Under 0.5
79.0%
-377
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 11.8 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
Almabayev64.4%50.6%+13.8-114
Ochoa35.6%49.4%−13.8-108
By method
Almabayev by KO/TKO12.2%6.1%+6.1+1290
Almabayev by submission11.7%10.6%+1.1+703
Almabayev by decision40.5%33.7%+6.8+153
Ochoa by KO/TKO6.8%21.8%−15.0+291
Ochoa by submission6.4%6.4%±0.0+1226
Ochoa by decision22.4%21.3%+1.1+300
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds83.5%74.1%+9.4-394
Over 2.5 rds70.1%63.4%+6.7-211
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision62.9%57.8%+5.1-160

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
69.9Striking66.6
Almabayev +3.4
75.8Grappling27.8
Almabayev +48.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmabayevOchoa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1526
1590
Divisional
1525
1483
Striking offense
1505
1513
Striking defense
1506
1520
Grappling offense
1491
1526
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
31 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'7"
65"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.32
Strikes landed / min
3.96
54%
Strike accuracy
34%
1.76
Strikes absorbed / min
2.97
54%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
0%
67%
Takedown defense
67%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
42
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Asu Almabayev
  • LManel KapeKO/TKO R3
    Close +1755mo before
  • WMatheus NicolauU-DEC R3
    Close -2329mo before
  • WJose JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -4531y 1mo before
  • WCJ VergaraU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -6001y 5mo before
  • WOde OsbourneSUB R2
    Close -2022y before
Jose Ochoa
  • WCody DurdenKO/TKO R2
    Close -21142d before
  • LLone'er KavanaghU-DEC R3
    Close +2668mo before
Almabayev — win / loss by method
Record: 21-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (47%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (35%)Decision(50%) 1
Ochoa — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Almabayev
Ochoa
5
UFC fights
2
65.5 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
20.2 min · 10.1 avg
13y 2m
Career length
7y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almabayev
Ochoa
79W–28L · 73.8%
Overall
24W–7L · 77.4%
59W–21L · 73.8%
Wins
17W–7L · 70.8%
20W–7L · 74.1%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almabayev
Ochoa
99W–33L · 75.0%
Overall
14W–8L · 63.6%
93W–31L · 75.0%
Wins
14W–8L · 63.6%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Almabayev
Ochoa
3.08
Landed / min
4.22
46.0%
Accuracy
32.2%
59.0%
Defense
64.0%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
45.2%
Time at distance
85.8%
Grappling & control
Almabayev
Ochoa
4.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.74
93.7%
Control share
32.5%
Strike target map
Almabayev
  • Head51%(77)div 63%
  • Body25%(38)div 22%
  • Legs24%(37)div 16%
Ochoa
  • Head39%(31)div 63%
  • Body25%(20)div 22%
  • Legs36%(29)div 16%

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

Asu Almabayev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jose Ochoa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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