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UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Michinori Tanaka
Michinori Tanaka
10-1 · JPN
VS
Joe Soto
Joe Soto
15-4 · USA
January 2, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Michinori Tanaka def. Joe Soto by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tanaka7/331/101:09
Soto11/160/100:00
R2
Tanaka21/461/202:51
Soto7/150/100:00
R3
Tanaka29/1111/301:06
Soto53/801/100:14
Total
Tanaka57/1903/605:06
Soto71/1111/300:14

Scorecards

Tanaka vs Soto

RdAdalaide ByrdChris LeeTony WeeksCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.5-9.6
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.3-28.8

Media (18 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 17 Tanaka · 0 Soto · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Tanaka-Soto.

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
TanakaWin probabilitySoto
69.9%30.1%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
18%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tanaka70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%20%
Submission12%17%
Decision44%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 57
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 3
Soto30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%39%
Submission6%21%
Decision12%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 71
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R217%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Tanaka
70.8%-254
Soto
+25427.9%
Most takedownstie 32.9%
Tanaka
46.1%-219
Soto
+21921.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tanaka
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Soto
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.2%
+137
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.5%
-137
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Tanaka
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.5%
+112
Exactly 1
20.3%
push
Under 1
42.2%
-112
035
Soto
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.6%
+189
Under 0.5
65.4%
-189
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 11.2 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
Tanaka69.9%56.2%+13.7-140
Soto30.1%43.8%−13.7+120

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
70.6Striking47.9
Tanaka +22.7
42.2Grappling9.3
Tanaka +33.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TanakaSoto
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1511
1532
Divisional
1511
1488
Striking offense
1477
1511
Striking defense
1486
1507
Grappling offense
1535
1504
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.43
Strikes landed / min
2.63
44%
Strike accuracy
31%
0.77
Strikes absorbed / min
6.97
73%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
46%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
33%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
469
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michinori Tanaka
  • LKyung Ho KangS-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 3mo before
  • WRoland DelormeU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 7mo before
Joe Soto
  • LAnthony BirchakKO/TKO R1
    Close -2007mo before
  • LTJ DillashawKO/TKO R5
    Close +9001y 4mo before
Tanaka — 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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0
Soto — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (53%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tanaka
Soto
2
UFC fights
2
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
23.9 min · 12.0 avg
15y 9m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tanaka
Soto
21W–9L · 70.0%
Overall
21W–4L · 84.0%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Wins
0W–0L
12W–7L · 63.2%
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tanaka
Soto
29W–9L · 76.3%
Overall
132W–59L · 69.1%
29W–9L · 76.3%
Wins
113W–54L · 67.7%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Distance striking
Tanaka
Soto
1.68
Landed / min
3.01
24.1%
Accuracy
31.2%
78.8%
Defense
67.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
25.8%
Time at distance
87.4%
Grappling & control
Tanaka
Soto
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
46.2%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
73.5%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Tanaka
  • Head91%(39)div 63%
  • Body7%(3)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%
Soto
  • Head86%(54)div 63%
  • Body10%(6)div 21%
  • Legs5%(3)div 16%

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

Michinori Tanaka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Soto
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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