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Makwan Amirkhani
Makwan Amirkhani
12-2 · FIN
VS
Mike Wilkinson
Mike Wilkinson
9-1 · GBR
February 27, 2016 · London, England, United Kingdom
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Makwan Amirkhani def. Mike Wilkinson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Amirkhani12/211/104:19
Wilkinson0/00/000:00
R2
Amirkhani7/112/303:39
Wilkinson3/50/000:14
R3
Amirkhani13/181/302:05
Wilkinson10/180/002:22
Total
Amirkhani32/504/7010:03
Wilkinson13/230/002:36

Scorecards

Amirkhani vs Wilkinson

RdJeff MullenMark CollettPeter LaveryCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2830-2729.7-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.727.5 · 13 Amirkhani · 0 Wilkinson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Amirkhani-Wilkinson.

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
AmirkhaniWin probabilityWilkinson
60.9%39.1%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
47%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Amirkhani61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%14%
Submission33%53%
Decision20%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 32
Takedowns1.6 (0.03.9)act 4
Wilkinson39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%21%
Submission15%38%
Decision16%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~42 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R28%
R35%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Amirkhani
43.0%+127
Wilkinson
-12754.5%
Most takedownstie 22.6%
Amirkhani
67.7%-695
Wilkinson
+6959.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Amirkhani
Expected: 19.8
20
Over 20
40.1%
+141
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.7%
-141
02550
Wilkinson
Expected: 22.5
22.5
Over 22.5
42.3%
+136
Under 22.5
57.7%
-136
02957
Takedowns — over/under
Amirkhani
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
52.8%
-112
Under 1.5
47.2%
+112
035
Wilkinson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.8%
+303
Under 0.5
75.2%
-303
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 7.9 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
Amirkhani60.9%62.8%−1.9-185
Wilkinson39.1%37.2%+1.9+160

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
60.4Striking46.8
Amirkhani +13.6
75.0Grappling40.0
Amirkhani +35.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AmirkhaniWilkinson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1540
1549
Divisional
1526
1487
Striking offense
1501
1500
Striking defense
1501
1554
Grappling offense
1498
1551
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.30
Strikes landed / min
3.61
86%
Strike accuracy
36%
0.55
Strikes absorbed / min
5.02
0%
Strike defense
36%
Grappling (UFC career)
8.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
100%
Takedown accuracy
14%
Takedown defense
100%
16.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
511
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Makwan Amirkhani
  • WMasio FullenSUB R1
    Close -2608mo before
  • WAndy OgleKO/TKO R1
    Close +1551y 1mo before
Mike Wilkinson
  • WNiklas BackstromKO/TKO R1
    Close +6501y 5mo before
  • LRony JasonSUB R1
    Close +3002y 9mo before
  • WBrendan LoughnaneU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y 2mo before
Amirkhani — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (80%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Wilkinson — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (57%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Amirkhani
Wilkinson
2
UFC fights
3
1.8 min · 0.9 avg
Octagon time
17.7 min · 5.9 avg
15y 9m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Amirkhani
Wilkinson
20W–10L · 66.7%
Overall
25W–3L · 89.3%
20W–10L · 66.7%
Wins
13W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Amirkhani
Wilkinson
56W–33L · 62.9%
Overall
13W–19L · 40.6%
43W–25L · 63.2%
Wins
13W–19L · 40.6%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Amirkhani
Wilkinson
4.29
Landed / min
4.72
100.0%
Accuracy
31.4%
0.0%
Defense
39.3%
8.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
25.7%
Time at distance
58.6%
Grappling & control
Amirkhani
Wilkinson
8.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
16.51
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
70.8%
Strike target map
Amirkhani
  • Head83%(5)div 64%
  • Body17%(1)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Wilkinson
  • Head56%(36)div 64%
  • Body16%(10)div 20%
  • Legs28%(18)div 17%

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

Makwan Amirkhani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Wilkinson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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