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Arnold Allen
Arnold Allen
10-1 · GBR
VS
Yaotzin Meza
Yaotzin Meza
22-10 · USA
February 27, 2016 · London, England, United Kingdom
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
144.0lb
Arnold Allen def. Yaotzin Meza by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Allen9/301/101:40
Meza10/180/200:44
R2
Allen11/472/200:53
Meza13/340/100:00
R3
Allen11/241/111:39
Meza2/90/501:18
Total
Allen31/1014/414:12
Meza25/610/802:02

Scorecards

Allen vs Meza

RdAndy RobertsBen CartlidgeHoward HughesCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-8.7
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 14 Allen · 0 Meza

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Allen-Meza.

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
AllenWin probabilityMeza
93.1%6.9%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
40%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Allen93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%22%
Submission38%41%
Decision35%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 31
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 4
Meza7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%16%
Submission3%36%
Decision3%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1024)act 25
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R29%
R39%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Allen
74.8%-318
Meza
+31823.5%
Most takedownstie 35.4%
Allen
52.2%-420
Meza
+42012.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Allen
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+137
Under 34.5
57.7%
-137
04386
Meza
Expected: 18.6
18.5
Over 18.5
42.7%
+134
Under 18.5
57.3%
-134
02447
Takedowns — over/under
Allen
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.9%
+114
Exactly 1
25.3%
push
Under 1
39.8%
-114
035
Meza
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.4%
Exactly 0
75.6%
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 8.6 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
Allen93.1%74.6%+18.5-340
Meza6.9%25.4%−18.5+280

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
50.9Striking65.3
Meza +14.4
47.7Grappling48.3
Meza +0.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AllenMeza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1508
1543
Divisional
1508
1497
Striking offense
1485
1502
Striking defense
1511
1507
Grappling offense
1499
1498
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
22 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.97
Strikes landed / min
1.38
31%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.00
Strikes absorbed / min
1.52
47%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
25%
Takedown accuracy
27%
50%
Takedown defense
29%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
227
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arnold Allen
  • WAlan OmerSUB R3
    Close +1458mo before
Yaotzin Meza
  • LSam SiciliaU-DEC R3
    Close +2257mo before
  • WDamian StasiakU-DEC R3
    Close +11511mo before
  • LSergio PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +5401y 9mo before
  • WJohn AlbertSUB R2
    opp missedClose +2002y 7mo before
  • LChad MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close +13003y 2mo before
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1
Meza — win / loss by method
Record: 22-10-0, 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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
41% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (30%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
6 (30%)Submission(43%) 3
8 (40%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Allen
Meza
1
UFC fights
6
11.7 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
69.7 min · 11.6 avg
14y 4m
Career length
20y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Allen
Meza
18W–4L · 81.8%
Overall
50W–13L · 79.4%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
36W–7L · 83.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Allen
Meza
58W–26L · 69.0%
Overall
158W–103L · 60.5%
51W–24L · 68.0%
Wins
120W–81L · 59.7%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
38W–22L · 63.3%
Distance striking
Allen
Meza
3.57
Landed / min
3.20
27.7%
Accuracy
37.6%
55.6%
Defense
67.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
43.1%
Time at distance
35.5%
Grappling & control
Allen
Meza
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
28.6%
1.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.72
39.1%
Control share
50.5%
Strike target map
Allen
  • Head87%(20)div 64%
  • Body13%(3)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Meza
  • Head47%(45)div 64%
  • Body19%(18)div 20%
  • Legs34%(33)div 17%

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

Arnold Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yaotzin Meza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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