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UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Kamaru Usman
Kamaru Usman
7-1 · NGA
VS
Alexander Yakovlev
Alexander Yakovlev
24-7-1 · RUS
July 23, 2016 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Kamaru Usman def. Alexander Yakovlev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Usman10/131/504:45
Yakovlev1/30/000:00
R2
Usman17/331/103:41
Yakovlev7/100/000:00
R3
Usman14/213/304:36
Yakovlev0/20/000:00
Total
Usman41/675/9013:02
Yakovlev8/150/000:00

Scorecards

Usman vs Yakovlev

RdBrandon MasonGabriel SabaitisRick WinterCommunity
R1---10-7.7
R2---10-8.5
R3---10-7.9
Total30-2530-2530-2530-24.1

Media (18 cards) · avg 3024.7 · 18 Usman · 0 Yakovlev

Point deductions: R11 Yakovlev (Grabbing the Fence)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Usman-Yakovlev. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
UsmanWin probabilityYakovlev
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
19%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Usman77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%41%
Submission13%17%
Decision33%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 41
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.5)act 5
Yakovlev23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%35%
Submission5%23%
Decision10%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R211%
R326%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Usman
71.3%-261
Yakovlev
+26127.3%
Most takedownstie 21.4%
Usman
74.3%-1718
Yakovlev
+17184.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Usman
Expected: 43.3
43.5
Over 43.5
42.2%
+137
Under 43.5
57.8%
-137
055109
Yakovlev
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.4%
+136
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.1%
-136
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Usman
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.4%
+114
Exactly 2
19.8%
push
Under 2
42.8%
-114
036
Yakovlev
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
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 10.9 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
Usman77.4%68.9%+8.5-250
Yakovlev22.6%31.1%−8.5+210

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
77.5Striking63.5
Usman +14.1
58.8Grappling43.4
Usman +15.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UsmanYakovlev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1553
1543
Divisional
1532
1483
Striking offense
1497
1507
Striking defense
1505
1559
Grappling offense
1521
1551
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.96
Strikes landed / min
2.29
59%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.36
Strikes absorbed / min
2.74
57%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
8.44
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
57%
Takedown accuracy
28%
Takedown defense
83%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kamaru Usman
  • WLeon EdwardsU-DEC R3
    Close -2407mo before
  • WHayder HassanSUB R2
    Close -2401y before
Alexander Yakovlev
  • WGeorge SullivanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1056mo before
  • WGray MaynardU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 4mo before
  • LNicholas MusokeU-DEC R3
    Close +1881y 10mo before
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close +4052y 2mo before
Usman — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Yakovlev — win / loss by method
Record: 24-7-1

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
22win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (36%)Submission(60%) 3
6 (27%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Usman
Yakovlev
2
UFC fights
4
21.3 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
49.0 min · 12.2 avg
13y 8m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Usman
Yakovlev
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
58W–17L · 77.3%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
30W–9L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Usman
Yakovlev
26W–15L · 63.4%
Overall
103W–39L · 72.5%
23W–12L · 65.7%
Wins
81W–38L · 68.1%
3W–3L · 50.0%
Losses
22W–1L · 95.7%
Distance striking
Usman
Yakovlev
4.12
Landed / min
3.84
38.5%
Accuracy
42.2%
67.3%
Defense
63.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
17.1%
Time at distance
45.7%
Grappling & control
Usman
Yakovlev
8.44
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
27.8%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
96.0%
Control share
18.5%
Strike target map
Usman
  • Head60%(38)div 63%
  • Body27%(17)div 21%
  • Legs13%(8)div 16%
Yakovlev
  • Head52%(58)div 63%
  • Body23%(26)div 21%
  • Legs25%(28)div 16%

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

Kamaru Usman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alexander Yakovlev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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