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Tatsuya Kawajiri
Tatsuya Kawajiri
34-8-2 · JPN
VS
Jason Knight
Jason Knight
16-1 · USA
December 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Tatsuya Kawajiri def. Jason Knight by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kawajiri11/141/104:41
Knight13/170/000:00
R2
Kawajiri10/132/204:34
Knight1/50/000:00
R3
Kawajiri7/113/504:22
Knight14/200/000:00
Total
Kawajiri28/386/8013:37
Knight28/420/000:00

Scorecards

Kawajiri vs Knight

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 12 Kawajiri · 0 Knight

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kawajiri-Knight.

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
KawajiriWin probabilityKnight
27.2%72.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
19%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kawajiri27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%33%
Submission3%11%
Decision15%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 28
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.0)act 6
Knight73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%
Submission16%21%
Decision40%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 28
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R216%
R39%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Kawajiri
43.2%+128
Knight
-12855.3%
Most takedownstie 28.3%
Kawajiri
60.0%-512
Knight
+51211.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kawajiri
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+137
Under 32.5
57.9%
-137
04181
Knight
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.4%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.8%
-137
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Kawajiri
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
48.5%
+106
Under 1.5
51.5%
-106
035
Knight
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+319
Under 0.5
76.1%
-319
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 11.0 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
Kawajiri27.2%71.1%−43.9-275
Knight72.8%28.9%+43.9+235

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
KawajiriKnight
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1545
1589
Divisional
1545
1494
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1500
1512
Grappling offense
1500
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
37 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.04
Strikes landed / min
58%
Strike accuracy
2.46
Strikes absorbed / min
43%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
26%
Takedown accuracy
70%
Takedown defense
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tatsuya Kawajiri
  • WDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    Close +1306mo before
  • LClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 8mo before
  • WSean SorianoSUB R2
    Close -1021y 11mo before
Jason Knight
No prior UFC fights.
Kawajiri — win / loss by method
Record: 34-8-2

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
38% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
32win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
9 (28%)Submission(43%) 3
10 (31%)Decision(29%) 2
1 (3%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kawajiri
Knight
3
UFC fights
0
35.8 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
26y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Kawajiri
Knight
60W–24L · 71.4%
Overall
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
30W–14L · 68.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kawajiri
Knight
444W–158L · 73.8%
Overall
73W–39L · 65.2%
353W–148L · 70.5%
Wins
73W–39L · 65.2%
91W–10L · 90.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kawajiri
Knight
3.41
Landed / min
40.2%
Accuracy
61.5%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
28.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Kawajiri
Knight
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
25.8%
Takedown accuracy
70.0%
Takedown defense
0.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
62.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Kawajiri
  • Head86%(63)div 64%
  • Body8%(6)div 19%
  • Legs5%(4)div 17%
Knight
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tatsuya Kawajiri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Knight

No UFC fights on record.

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