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.
Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Matthews, blue toward Njokuani. Tap a bar for why.
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 11.7 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.
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.
- WFrancisco PradoU-DEC R3Close -2395mo before
- WPhil RoweU-DEC R3Close -1711y 1mo before
- LMichael MoralesU-DEC R3Close +2591y 8mo before
- WDarrius FlowersSUB R2Close -2851y 11mo before
- LMatthew SemelsbergerU-DEC R3Close -3022y 7mo before
- WElizeu Zaleski dos SantosKO/TKO R2missedClose +1654mo before
- WJared GoodenU-DEC R3opp missedClose -1659mo before
- WRhys McKeeS-DEC R3Close -1541y 3mo before
- LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1Close +1041y 11mo before
- LAlbert DuraevS-DEC R3Close -1602y 4mo before
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.
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.
Profiles
Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.
- Head71%(605)div 63%
- Body17%(148)div 21%
- Legs11%(96)div 16%
- Head38%(133)div 63%
- Body43%(151)div 21%
- Legs20%(69)div 16%
Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.
- KO/TKO · R2Njokuani+16546/870/010:10Zaleski dos Santos-20117/491/501:14
Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.