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Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
21-8 · BRA
VS
Matthew Lopez
Matthew Lopez
8-0 · USA
July 13, 2016 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Matthew Lopez by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 4:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya20/441/301:21
Lopez10/250/000:54
R2
Yahya14/211/103:14
Lopez2/41/100:42
R3 · 4:19
Yahya6/101/203:05
Lopez2/50/000:31
Total
Yahya40/753/607:40
Lopez14/341/102:07

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 probabilityLopez
24.8%75.2%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
42%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 7.3 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 Lopez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yahya25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%11%
Submission13%51%
Decision9%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 40
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 3
Lopez75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%32%
Submission29%39%
Decision22%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1128)act 14
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~45 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R29%
R34%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Yahya
52.8%-118
Lopez
+11844.8%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Yahya
38.3%-138
Lopez
+13827.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.6%
+135
Under 23.5
57.4%
-135
03059
Lopez
Expected: 21.5
21.5
Over 21.5
42.6%
+135
Under 21.5
57.4%
-135
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
54.0%
-118
Under 0.5
46.0%
+118
035
Lopez
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
44.7%
+124
Under 0.5
55.3%
-124
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 7.3 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
Yahya24.8%38.8%−14.0+150
Lopez75.2%61.2%+14.0-170

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaLopez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1528
1551
Divisional
1528
1476
Striking offense
1482
1536
Striking defense
1500
1517
Grappling offense
1561
1496
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.39
Strikes landed / min
39%
Strike accuracy
1.18
Strikes absorbed / min
50%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
34%
Takedown accuracy
15%
Takedown defense
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
364
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WMasanori KaneharaS-DEC R3
    Close +1151y before
  • WJohnny BedfordSUB R2
    Close +1151y 10mo before
  • LTom NiinimakiS-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 7mo before
  • WJosh CloptonU-DEC R3
    Close -10002y 11mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1403y 4mo before
Matthew Lopez
No prior UFC fights.
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 21-8-0, 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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
76% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
24% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Lopez — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
38% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Lopez
9
UFC fights
0
101.0 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
23y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Lopez
130W–41L · 76.0%
Overall
100W–36L · 73.5%
Wins
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Lopez
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
26W–17L · 60.5%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
26W–17L · 60.5%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yahya
Lopez
2.88
Landed / min
29.1%
Accuracy
60.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
27.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Yahya
Lopez
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
34.5%
Takedown accuracy
15.4%
Takedown defense
1.93
Sub attempts / 15 min
53.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head61%(86)div 63%
  • Body16%(22)div 21%
  • Legs23%(32)div 16%
Lopez
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Matthew Lopez

No UFC fights on record.

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