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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson
Belal Muhammad
Belal Muhammad
9-1 · USA
VS
Augusto Montano
Augusto Montano
16-2 · MEX
September 17, 2016 · Hidalgo, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Belal Muhammad def. Augusto Montano by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Muhammad19/480/100:10
Montano30/550/000:00
R2
Muhammad17/451/101:44
Montano22/470/000:00
R3 · 4:19
Muhammad30/562/201:34
Montano15/470/000:00
Total
Muhammad66/1493/403:28
Montano67/1490/000:00

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
MuhammadWin probabilityMontano
82.3%17.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
33%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Muhammad82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%32%
Submission26%31%
Decision30%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 66
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 3
Montano18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%49%
Submission7%39%
Decision2%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 67
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R28%
R324%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Muhammad
60.4%-158
Montano
+15838.3%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Muhammad
63.1%-1293
Montano
+12934.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Muhammad
Expected: 46.8
47
Over 47
41.6%
+137
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
57.0%
-137
059118
Montano
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.2%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
57.0%
-138
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Muhammad
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.7%
-128
Exactly 1
23.9%
push
Under 1
33.3%
+128
035
Montano
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.2%
Exactly 0
88.8%
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 9.3 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
Muhammad82.3%79.7%+2.6-470
Montano17.7%20.3%−2.6+375

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
55.9Striking72.2
Montano +16.3
21.4Grappling20.8
Muhammad +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MuhammadMontano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1541
1519
Divisional
1541
1502
Striking offense
1501
1497
Striking defense
1509
1499
Grappling offense
1502
1501
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.13
Strikes landed / min
2.57
39%
Strike accuracy
48%
5.73
Strikes absorbed / min
1.26
49%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
72
Days since last fight
462
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Belal Muhammad
  • LAlan JoubanU-DEC R3
    Close +1252mo before
Augusto Montano
  • LCathal PendredU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 3mo before
  • WChris HeatherlyKO/TKO R1
    Close -2551y 10mo before
Muhammad — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (67%)Decision() 0
Montano — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Muhammad
Montano
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
19.8 min · 9.9 avg
13y 11m
Career length
17y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Muhammad
Montano
13W–4L · 76.5%
Overall
24W–4L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Wins
8W–2L · 80.0%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Losses
16W–2L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Muhammad
Montano
70W–28L · 71.4%
Overall
85W–57L · 59.9%
70W–28L · 71.4%
Wins
70W–54L · 56.5%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Muhammad
Montano
7.11
Landed / min
2.16
37.3%
Accuracy
30.5%
52.2%
Defense
56.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
64.7%
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Muhammad
Montano
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
65.1%
Control share
16.9%
Strike target map
Muhammad
  • Head92%(71)div 63%
  • Body4%(3)div 21%
  • Legs4%(3)div 16%
Montano
  • Head55%(28)div 63%
  • Body29%(15)div 21%
  • Legs16%(8)div 16%

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

Belal Muhammad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Augusto Montano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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