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Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
22-8 · BRA
VS
Michinori Tanaka
Michinori Tanaka
11-1 · JPN
September 24, 2016 · Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Michinori Tanaka by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya3/81/102:28
Tanaka13/170/001:55
R2
Yahya5/84/702:58
Tanaka1/70/201:23
R3
Yahya2/22/301:39
Tanaka6/101/202:36
Total
Yahya10/187/1107:05
Tanaka20/341/405:54

Scorecards

Yahya vs Tanaka

RdFabio AlvesHallison PontesMarco Aurelio BorgesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.3-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-28

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 14 Yahya · 0 Tanaka

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yahya-Tanaka.

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
YahyaWin probabilityTanaka
24.0%76.0%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
45%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yahya24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%12%
Submission14%60%
Decision7%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 10
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 7
Tanaka76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%19%
Submission31%41%
Decision31%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 20
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~43 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R153%
R27%
R33%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Yahya
45.6%+114
Tanaka
-11451.9%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Yahya
40.0%-139
Tanaka
+13928.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 20.5
20.5
Over 20.5
42.5%
+135
Under 20.5
57.5%
-135
02652
Tanaka
Expected: 22.0
22
Over 22
41.1%
+136
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.0%
-136
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
59.0%
-144
Under 0.5
41.0%
+144
035
Tanaka
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
49.3%
+103
Under 0.5
50.7%
-103
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 7.8 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
Yahya24.0%48.9%−24.9-105
Tanaka76.0%51.1%+24.9-115

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
63.0Striking59.4
Yahya +3.6
58.0Grappling54.6
Yahya +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaTanaka
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1589
Pound-for-pound
1547
1566
Divisional
1547
1477
Striking offense
1488
1538
Striking defense
1508
1524
Grappling offense
1509
1496
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
32 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'5"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.56
Strikes landed / min
2.22
41%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.15
Strikes absorbed / min
2.09
51%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.99
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
36%
Takedown accuracy
47%
14%
Takedown defense
50%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
43%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
73
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WMatthew LopezSUB R3
    Close +1502mo before
  • WMasanori KaneharaS-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 2mo before
  • WJohnny BedfordSUB R2
    Close +1152y before
  • LTom NiinimakiS-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 10mo before
  • WJosh CloptonU-DEC R3
    Close -10003y 2mo before
Michinori Tanaka
  • WJoe SotoS-DEC R3
    Close -1409mo before
  • LKyung Ho KangS-DEC R3
    Close -1502y before
  • WRoland DelormeU-DEC R3
    Close -1502y 3mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0, 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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
77% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
23% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Tanaka — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Tanaka
10
UFC fights
3
115.3 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
23y 10m
Career length
15y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Tanaka
138W–41L · 77.1%
Overall
36W–13L · 73.5%
108W–36L · 75.0%
Wins
24W–6L · 80.0%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
12W–7L · 63.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Tanaka
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
29W–9L · 76.3%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
29W–9L · 76.3%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yahya
Tanaka
3.27
Landed / min
3.47
32.0%
Accuracy
26.3%
60.1%
Defense
54.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.1%
Time at distance
38.4%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Tanaka
2.99
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
35.9%
Takedown accuracy
47.4%
14.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
56.2%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head63%(114)div 63%
  • Body16%(28)div 21%
  • Legs21%(38)div 16%
Tanaka
  • Head85%(85)div 63%
  • Body9%(9)div 21%
  • Legs6%(6)div 16%

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michinori Tanaka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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