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UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
31-7-2 · JPN
VS
Kyle Noke
Kyle Noke
22-8-1 · AUS
July 13, 2016 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Keita Nakamura def. Kyle Noke by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nakamura15/570/000:00
Noke26/481/100:04
R2 · 4:59
Nakamura26/560/210:31
Noke18/291/100:29
Total
Nakamura41/1130/210:31
Noke44/772/200:33

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
NakamuraWin probabilityNoke
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
13%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 12.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nakamura58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%14%
Submission9%15%
Decision41%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 41
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 0
Noke42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%22%
Submission4%10%
Decision29%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 44
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R29%
R39%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Nakamura
38.6%+155
Noke
-15559.8%
Most takedownstie 39.5%
Nakamura
45.7%-307
Noke
+30714.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nakamura
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.0%
+138
Under 29.5
58.0%
-138
03774
Noke
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.5%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.7%
-137
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Nakamura
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.0%
+136
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-136
035
Noke
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+311
Under 0.5
75.6%
-311
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 12.6 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
Nakamura58.3%41.2%+17.1+135
Noke41.7%58.8%−17.1-155

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
51.8Striking75.3
Noke +23.5
61.4Grappling59.5
Nakamura +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NakamuraNoke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1503
Pound-for-pound
1547
1519
Divisional
1537
1490
Striking offense
1510
1502
Striking defense
1534
1510
Grappling offense
1504
1506
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
32 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.09
Strikes landed / min
3.56
35%
Strike accuracy
52%
4.05
Strikes absorbed / min
2.02
54%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
60%
Takedown accuracy
50%
69%
Takedown defense
71%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
20%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
137
Days since last fight
193
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Keita Nakamura
  • LTom BreeseU-DEC R3
    Close +7505mo before
  • WLi JingliangSUB R3
    Close +25510mo before
  • LRob EmersonS-DEC R3
    Close -2838y 5mo before
  • LDrew FickettU-DEC R3
    Close +1259y 3mo before
  • LBrock LarsonU-DEC R3
    9y 7mo before
Kyle Noke
  • LAlex MoronoS-DEC R3
    Close -3706mo before
  • WPeter SobottaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2058mo before
  • WJonavin WebbS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 2mo before
  • LPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 3mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1953y 10mo before
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 31-7-2, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
29% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
30win3loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
14 (47%)Submission(33%) 1
9 (30%)Decision(33%) 1
Noke — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-1

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
41% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
27% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
16win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (31%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Nakamura
Noke
5
UFC fights
10
72.3 min · 14.5 avg
Octagon time
83.3 min · 8.3 avg
22y 9m
Career length
23y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nakamura
Noke
76W–15L · 83.5%
Overall
139W–35L · 79.9%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
85W–16L · 84.2%
66W–12L · 84.6%
Losses
54W–19L · 74.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nakamura
Noke
265W–158L · 62.6%
Overall
100W–46L · 68.5%
239W–148L · 61.8%
Wins
76W–38L · 66.7%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
24W–8L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Nakamura
Noke
3.72
Landed / min
4.31
30.9%
Accuracy
47.2%
59.9%
Defense
68.0%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
42.0%
Time at distance
53.7%
Grappling & control
Nakamura
Noke
1.87
Takedowns / 15 min
1.62
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
69.2%
Takedown defense
70.8%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.72
34.2%
Control share
48.5%
Strike target map
Nakamura
  • Head90%(136)div 63%
  • Body8%(12)div 21%
  • Legs2%(3)div 16%
Noke
  • Head49%(147)div 63%
  • Body21%(62)div 21%
  • Legs30%(88)div 16%

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

Keita Nakamura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyle Noke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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