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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder
Steven Nguyen
Steven Nguyen
9-2 · USA
VS
Mohammad Yahya
Mohammad Yahya
12-5 · ARE
July 26, 2025 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Steven Nguyen def. Mohammad Yahya by KO/TKO (Referee Stoppage), R2 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nguyen59/1120/050:53
Yahya33/860/100:03
R2
Nguyen33/620/011:50
Yahya24/650/300:02
Total
Nguyen92/1740/062:43
Yahya57/1510/400:05

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
NguyenWin probabilityYahya
52.0%48.0%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.2 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 Nguyen, blue toward Yahya. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nguyen52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%24%28%
Submission10%19%20%
Decision30%57%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2066)act 92
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Yahya48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%30%8%
Submission7%14%6%
Decision27%56%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1962)act 57
Takedowns1.9 (0.05.0)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R215%
R38%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Nguyen
51.4%-108
Yahya
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 22.5%
Nguyen
12.4%+525
Yahya
-52565.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nguyen
Expected: 49.0
49
Over 49
39.3%
+152
Exactly 49
1.0%
push
Under 49
59.8%
-152
062123
Yahya
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
39.1%
+153
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.8%
-153
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Nguyen
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+260
Under 0.5
72.2%
-260
035
Yahya
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.4%
+122
Exactly 2
17.1%
push
Under 2
45.5%
-122
036

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 11.2 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
Nguyen52.0%74.3%−22.3-356
Yahya48.0%25.7%+22.3+271
By method
Nguyen by KO/TKO13.9%28.2%−14.3+204
Nguyen by submission8.7%19.8%−11.1+333
Nguyen by decision29.5%24.2%+5.3+255
Yahya by KO/TKO12.8%8.3%+4.5+936
Yahya by submission8.0%6.2%+1.8+1290
Yahya by decision27.2%13.4%+13.8+540
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.0%63.6%+16.4-215
Over 2.5 rds65.0%45.7%+19.3+104
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision56.6%38.8%+17.8+141

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
46.7Striking46.2
Nguyen +0.5
55.0Grappling50.2
Nguyen +4.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NguyenYahya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1491
1514
Divisional
1523
1499
Striking offense
1479
1497
Striking defense
1492
1495
Grappling offense
1543
1511
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
73"
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Stance
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Striking (UFC career)
4.20
Strikes landed / min
2.38
28%
Strike accuracy
43%
7.00
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
49%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
490
Days since last fight
357
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steven Nguyen
  • LJarno ErrensU-DEC R3
    Close -1661y 4mo before
Mohammad Yahya
  • LKaue FernandesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2881y before
  • LTrevor PeekU-DEC R3
    Close +1581y 9mo before
Nguyen — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
58% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nguyen
Yahya
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
19.8 min · 9.9 avg
10y 3m
Career length
12y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nguyen
Yahya
13W–5L · 72.2%
Overall
16W–3L · 84.2%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
16W–3L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nguyen
Yahya
44W–18L · 71.0%
Overall
63W–33L · 65.6%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Wins
50W–32L · 61.0%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
13W–1L · 92.9%
Distance striking
Nguyen
Yahya
4.15
Landed / min
3.34
26.9%
Accuracy
41.7%
49.3%
Defense
40.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
94.7%
Time at distance
68.2%
Grappling & control
Nguyen
Yahya
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.76
60.5%
Control share
7.0%
Strike target map
Nguyen
  • Head75%(47)div 63%
  • Body13%(8)div 20%
  • Legs13%(8)div 16%
Yahya
  • Head64%(30)div 63%
  • Body30%(14)div 20%
  • Legs6%(3)div 16%

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

Steven Nguyen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mohammad Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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