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UFC 208: Holm vs. De Randamie
Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
13-1 · RUS
VS
Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz
27-7-2 · USA
February 11, 2017 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.8lb
Islam Makhachev def. Nik Lentz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev9/92/204:31
Lentz6/90/000:06
R2
Makhachev11/241/103:51
Lentz5/140/000:00
R3
Makhachev23/252/203:31
Lentz2/120/200:24
Total
Makhachev43/585/5011:53
Lentz13/350/200:30

Scorecards

Makhachev vs Lentz

RdChris LeeDouglas CrosbyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-810-910-810-8.7
R310-810-910-810-8.4
Total30-2530-2730-2530-26.1

Media (19 cards) · avg 3026.2 · 19 Makhachev · 0 Lentz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Makhachev-Lentz.

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
MakhachevWin probabilityLentz
98.6%1.4%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
21%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev99%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%42%
Submission21%21%
Decision37%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 43
Takedowns2.5 (0.05.2)act 5
Lentz1%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%48%
Submission0%12%
Decision0%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 13
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R218%
R315%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Makhachev
76.1%-338
Lentz
+33822.5%
Most takedownstie 11.7%
Makhachev
85.2%-2698
Lentz
+26983.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 43.7
43.5
Over 43.5
42.8%
+134
Under 43.5
57.2%
-134
055110
Lentz
Expected: 23.0
23
Over 23
41.0%
+137
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.2%
-137
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
48.3%
+107
Under 2.5
51.7%
-107
048
Lentz
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.6%
Exactly 0
84.4%
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 9.5 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
Makhachev98.6%74.0%+24.6-330
Lentz1.4%26.0%−24.6+270

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
78.8Striking65.6
Makhachev +13.2
69.6Grappling67.4
Makhachev +2.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakhachevLentz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1617
1558
Divisional
1596
1479
Striking offense
1516
1505
Striking defense
1489
1545
Grappling offense
1546
1540
Grappling defense
1480
Physical
25 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.97
Strikes landed / min
3.26
57%
Strike accuracy
50%
0.61
Strikes absorbed / min
2.81
69%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.30
Takedowns / 15 min
4.05
78%
Takedown accuracy
37%
Takedown defense
47%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
69%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
27%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • WChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close -1355mo before
  • LAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1301y 4mo before
  • WLeo KuntzSUB R2
    Close -5001y 9mo before
Nik Lentz
  • WMichael McBrideKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -5505mo before
  • WDanny CastilloS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 2mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close +2251y 8mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanU-DEC R3
    Close -5402y 9mo before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +6003y 2mo before
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Lentz — win / loss by method
Record: 27-7-2, 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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
37% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
37% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
11win4loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
8 (73%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
16win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Lentz
3
UFC fights
17
24.4 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
218.4 min · 12.8 avg
16y 0m
Career length
21y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Lentz
55W–10L · 84.6%
Overall
206W–60L · 77.4%
28W–3L · 90.3%
Wins
151W–49L · 75.5%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
55W–11L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Lentz
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
108W–59L · 64.7%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
82W–43L · 65.6%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–16L · 61.9%
Distance striking
Makhachev
Lentz
3.80
Landed / min
5.85
48.3%
Accuracy
39.8%
72.1%
Defense
56.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.07
30.2%
Time at distance
30.7%
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Lentz
4.30
Takedowns / 15 min
4.05
77.8%
Takedown accuracy
37.1%
Takedown defense
47.1%
1.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
74.5%
Control share
59.8%
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head71%(34)div 63%
  • Body25%(12)div 20%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%
Lentz
  • Head61%(436)div 63%
  • Body24%(174)div 20%
  • Legs14%(102)div 17%

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

Islam Makhachev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nik Lentz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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