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Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
12-1 · RUS
VS
Chris Wade
Chris Wade
11-2 · USA
September 17, 2016 · Hidalgo, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Islam Makhachev def. Chris Wade by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev2/51/101:02
Wade4/70/003:15
R2
Makhachev7/81/103:40
Wade0/70/000:40
R3
Makhachev3/62/204:13
Wade1/30/000:10
Total
Makhachev12/194/408:55
Wade5/170/004:05

Scorecards

Makhachev vs Wade

RdAdriana BeltranGuadalupe ChapaHector MaldonadoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.3-27.7

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 16 Makhachev · 0 Wade

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

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 probabilityWade
97.8%2.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
26%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Wade. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev98%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%25%
Submission26%26%
Decision48%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 12
Takedowns2.5 (0.15.1)act 4
Wade2%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO0%15%
Submission1%22%
Decision1%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1127)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R27%
R313%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Makhachev
71.4%-265
Wade
+26526.9%
Most takedownstie 11.2%
Makhachev
84.2%-1807
Wade
+18074.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.1%
+137
Under 34.5
57.9%
-137
04386
Wade
Expected: 20.4
20.5
Over 20.5
42.1%
+137
Under 20.5
57.9%
-137
02651
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
48.2%
+107
Under 2.5
51.8%
-107
048
Wade
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.6%
Exactly 0
75.4%
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 10.3 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
Makhachev97.8%55.3%+42.5-135
Wade2.2%44.7%−42.5+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
83.4Striking66.8
Makhachev +16.5
68.9Grappling68.1
Makhachev +0.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakhachevWade
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1561
1541
Divisional
1560
1475
Striking offense
1499
1499
Striking defense
1504
1553
Grappling offense
1531
1550
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.83
Strikes landed / min
2.15
55%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.06
Strikes absorbed / min
2.11
69%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.79
Takedowns / 15 min
3.25
60%
Takedown accuracy
58%
Takedown defense
70%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • LAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -13011mo before
  • WLeo KuntzSUB R2
    Close -5001y 4mo before
Chris Wade
  • LRustam KhabilovU-DEC R3
    Close +1454mo before
  • WMehdi BaghdadSUB R1
    Close -4708mo before
  • WChristos GiagosU-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 3mo before
  • WZhang LipengU-DEC R3
    Close -6051y 8mo before
  • WCain CarrizosaSUB R1
    Close -1552y 1mo before
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Wade — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
64% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Wade
2
UFC fights
5
9.4 min · 4.7 avg
Octagon time
50.7 min · 10.1 avg
16y 0m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Wade
44W–8L · 84.6%
Overall
54W–16L · 77.1%
17W–1L · 94.4%
Wins
36W–13L · 73.5%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Wade
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
27W–14L · 65.9%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
24W–13L · 64.9%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Makhachev
Wade
3.91
Landed / min
5.06
47.7%
Accuracy
47.2%
70.0%
Defense
65.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
57.1%
Time at distance
23.0%
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Wade
4.79
Takedowns / 15 min
3.25
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.9%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.59
100.0%
Control share
63.6%
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head81%(29)div 63%
  • Body14%(5)div 20%
  • Legs6%(2)div 17%
Wade
  • Head44%(48)div 63%
  • Body21%(23)div 20%
  • Legs35%(38)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.

Chris Wade
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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