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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou
8-1 · FRA
VS
Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton
15-5 · USA
December 9, 2016 · Albany, New York, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
257.2lb
Weigh-in
254.6lb
Francis Ngannou def. Anthony Hamilton by SUB (Kimura), R1 1:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:57
Ngannou1/10/000:07
Hamilton0/31/200:43
Total
Ngannou1/10/000:07
Hamilton0/31/200:43

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
NgannouWin probabilityHamilton
95.1%4.9%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
24%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ngannou95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%43%
Submission24%25%
Decision30%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 1
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Hamilton5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%35%
Submission0%12%
Decision3%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R223%
R310%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Ngannou
81.5%-479
Hamilton
+47917.0%
Most takedownstie 46.4%
Ngannou
34.6%-182
Hamilton
+18219.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
41.3%
+138
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
57.0%
-138
04895
Hamilton
Expected: 16.6
16.5
Over 16.5
42.7%
+134
Under 16.5
57.3%
-134
02142
Takedowns — over/under
Ngannou
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.2%
+143
Under 0.5
58.8%
-143
035
Hamilton
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.5%
+263
Under 0.5
72.5%
-263
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 8.8 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
Ngannou95.1%78.6%+16.5-440
Hamilton4.9%21.4%−16.5+350

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
72.9Striking71.7
Ngannou +1.2
21.4Grappling61.6
Hamilton +40.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NgannouHamilton
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1531
1557
Divisional
1531
1522
Striking offense
1497
1529
Striking defense
1500
1497
Grappling offense
1511
1510
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
30 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'5"
83"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.55
Strikes landed / min
4.72
46%
Strike accuracy
72%
1.65
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
57%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.83
Takedown accuracy
53%
77%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
139
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Francis Ngannou
  • WBojan MihajlovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -6005mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1408mo before
  • WLuis HenriqueKO/TKO R2
    Close -1401y before
Anthony Hamilton
  • WDamian GrabowskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1354mo before
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovU-DEC R3
    Close +10510mo before
  • WDaniel OmielanczukU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 8mo before
  • LTodd DuffeeKO/TKO R1
    Close +2852y before
  • WRuan PottsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2252y 3mo before
Ngannou — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Hamilton — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ngannou
Hamilton
3
UFC fights
6
19.4 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
42.4 min · 7.1 avg
12y 8m
Career length
15y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ngannou
Hamilton
23W–4L · 85.2%
Overall
118W–22L · 84.3%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Wins
44W–9L · 83.0%
0W–0L
Losses
74W–13L · 85.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ngannou
Hamilton
15W–4L · 78.9%
Overall
72W–66L · 52.2%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Wins
60W–56L · 51.7%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
12W–10L · 54.5%
Distance striking
Ngannou
Hamilton
4.43
Landed / min
2.56
42.7%
Accuracy
41.3%
58.0%
Defense
58.3%
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
58.1%
Time at distance
30.4%
Grappling & control
Ngannou
Hamilton
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.83
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
76.9%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
19.2%
Control share
89.1%
Strike target map
Ngannou
  • Head81%(56)div 67%
  • Body12%(8)div 19%
  • Legs7%(5)div 15%
Hamilton
  • Head33%(65)div 67%
  • Body61%(122)div 19%
  • Legs7%(13)div 15%

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

Francis Ngannou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Hamilton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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