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Mizuto Hirota
Mizuto Hirota
18-7-2 · JPN
June 10, 2017 · Auckland, New Zealand
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Alexander Volkanovski def. Mizuto Hirota by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Volkanovski33/563/412:23
Hirota16/410/000:00
R2
Volkanovski28/451/201:39
Hirota14/500/100:02
R3
Volkanovski26/380/101:16
Hirota16/580/400:21
Total
Volkanovski87/1394/715:18
Hirota46/1490/500:23

Scorecards

Volkanovski vs Hirota

RdMark RodgersPeter HickmottRitchie GerardCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.7
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.7

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.526.9 · 14 Volkanovski · 0 Hirota

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

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 probabilityHirota
93.0%7.0%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
20%
Decision
39%
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 Hirota. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Volkanovski93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%41%
Submission20%21%
Decision35%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 87
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 4
Hirota7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%34%
Submission1%9%
Decision4%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 46
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R220%
R316%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Volkanovski
80.4%-429
Hirota
+42918.8%
Most takedownstie 37.1%
Volkanovski
53.2%-545
Hirota
+5459.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 66.7
66.5
Over 66.5
42.7%
+134
Under 66.5
57.3%
-134
084167
Hirota
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
42.1%
+137
Under 31.5
57.9%
-137
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Volkanovski
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.9%
+117
Exactly 1
24.2%
push
Under 1
40.9%
-117
035
Hirota
Expected: 0.1
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 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
Volkanovski93.0%82.2%+10.8-580
Hirota7.0%17.8%−10.8+440

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
95.7Striking64.3
Volkanovski +31.4
63.9Grappling54.3
Volkanovski +9.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VolkanovskiHirota
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1508
1536
Divisional
1506
1492
Striking offense
1497
1503
Striking defense
1514
1506
Grappling offense
1499
1500
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
28 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.04
Strikes landed / min
3.75
66%
Strike accuracy
44%
0.56
Strikes absorbed / min
3.30
60%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.34
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
100%
Takedown accuracy
64%
50%
Takedown defense
65%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
25%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexander Volkanovski
  • WYusuke KasuyaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1556mo before
Mizuto Hirota
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1056mo before
  • DTeruto IshiharaS-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 8mo before
  • LRodrigo DammS-DEC R3
    Close +1454y before
  • LRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -1504y 3mo before
Volkanovski — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
64% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0
Hirota — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-2

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
44% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
1win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (59%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (41%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Volkanovski
Hirota
1
UFC fights
4
7.1 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
14y 2m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Volkanovski
Hirota
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
48W–23L · 67.6%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Wins
21W–10L · 67.7%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–13L · 67.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Volkanovski
Hirota
110W–50L · 68.8%
Overall
258W–112L · 69.7%
99W–46L · 68.3%
Wins
188W–87L · 68.4%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
70W–25L · 73.7%
Distance striking
Volkanovski
Hirota
2.52
Landed / min
5.88
28.6%
Accuracy
41.4%
62.5%
Defense
53.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
11.2%
Time at distance
50.7%
Grappling & control
Volkanovski
Hirota
6.34
Takedowns / 15 min
2.25
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
64.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
65.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
72.5%
Control share
57.9%
Strike target map
Volkanovski
  • Head94%(47)div 64%
  • Body4%(2)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%
Hirota
  • Head72%(161)div 64%
  • Body20%(44)div 19%
  • Legs9%(20)div 17%

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.

Mizuto Hirota
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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