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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Rose Namajunas
Rose Namajunas
3-2 · USA
VS
Paige VanZant
Paige VanZant
6-1 · USA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Rose Namajunas def. Paige VanZant by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R5 2:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Namajunas20/402/203:09
VanZant2/140/100:00
R2
Namajunas10/181/303:37
VanZant1/50/100:04
R3
Namajunas17/302/203:19
VanZant3/210/000:04
R4
Namajunas7/72/204:24
VanZant1/30/000:18
R5 · 2:25
Namajunas3/51/102:11
VanZant3/70/000:00
Total
Namajunas57/1008/10016:40
VanZant10/500/200:26

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
NamajunasWin probabilityVanZant
65.3%34.7%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
15%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 17.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Namajunas65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%33%
Submission11%17%
Decision32%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4193)act 57
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.8)act 8
VanZant35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%
Submission4%11%
Decision19%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 10
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~135 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R28%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Namajunas
54.9%-124
VanZant
+12444.3%
Most takedownstie 36.7%
Namajunas
47.3%-296
VanZant
+29616.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Namajunas
Expected: 71.3
71.5
Over 71.5
42.3%
+136
Under 71.5
57.7%
-136
090179
VanZant
Expected: 63.7
63.5
Over 63.5
42.7%
+134
Under 63.5
57.3%
-134
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Namajunas
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
39.4%
+154
Under 1.5
60.6%
-154
035
VanZant
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.6%
+276
Under 0.5
73.4%
-276
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 17.8 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
Namajunas65.3%43.8%+21.5+120
VanZant34.7%56.2%−21.5-140

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
56.5Striking76.0
VanZant +19.5
54.4Grappling72.0
VanZant +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NamajunasVanZant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1552
1505
Divisional
1552
1501
Striking offense
1507
1529
Striking defense
1503
1500
Grappling offense
1517
1500
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
23 yrs
Age
21 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
65"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
5.16
39%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.21
52%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.11
Takedowns / 15 min
3.08
50%
Takedown accuracy
44%
29%
Takedown defense
62%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
68
Days since last fight
96
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rose Namajunas
  • WAngela HillSUB R1
    Close -2652mo before
  • LCarla EsparzaSUB R3
    Close -1101y before
Paige VanZant
  • WAlex ChambersSUB R3
    Close -15003mo before
  • WFelice HerrigU-DEC R3
    Close -1208mo before
  • WKailin CurranKO/TKO R3
    Close +1001y 1mo before
Namajunas — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
VanZant — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Namajunas
VanZant
2
UFC fights
3
14.2 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
38.9 min · 13.0 avg
13y 7m
Career length
14y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Namajunas
VanZant
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
18W–7L · 72.0%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Wins
18W–7L · 72.0%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Namajunas
VanZant
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
0W–0L
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Namajunas
VanZant
5.64
Landed / min
12.45
37.9%
Accuracy
40.5%
68.8%
Defense
49.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.2%
Time at distance
7.0%
Grappling & control
Namajunas
VanZant
2.11
Takedowns / 15 min
3.08
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
28.6%
Takedown defense
61.5%
1.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.54
23.2%
Control share
78.7%
Strike target map
Namajunas
  • Head68%(28)div 61%
  • Body22%(9)div 23%
  • Legs10%(4)div 17%
VanZant
  • Head68%(137)div 61%
  • Body25%(50)div 23%
  • Legs7%(14)div 17%

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

Rose Namajunas
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paige VanZant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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