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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Sage Northcutt
Sage Northcutt
6-0 · USA
VS
Cody Pfister
Cody Pfister
12-4-1 · USA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Sage Northcutt def. Cody Pfister by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 0:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Northcutt8/81/101:37
Pfister4/61/103:06
R2 · 0:41
Northcutt0/11/100:20
Pfister1/21/100:11
Total
Northcutt8/92/201:57
Pfister5/82/203:17

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
NorthcuttWin probabilityPfister
77.0%23.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Northcutt77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%38%
Submission13%16%
Decision35%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 8
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 2
Pfister23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission3%15%
Decision14%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 5
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 2
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R218%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Northcutt
64.7%-192
Pfister
+19233.7%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Northcutt
30.8%+121
Pfister
-12137.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 37.5
37.5
Over 37.5
42.4%
+136
Under 37.5
57.6%
-136
04794
Pfister
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.3%
+136
Under 26.5
57.7%
-136
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+187
Exactly 1
16.5%
push
Under 1
54.4%
-187
035
Pfister
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.9%
+145
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
47.6%
-145
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 10.1 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
Northcutt77.0%87.2%−10.2-1000
Pfister23.0%12.8%+10.2+650

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
95.6Striking49.7
Northcutt +45.9
50.0Grappling32.3
Northcutt +17.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NorthcuttPfister
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1516
1534
Divisional
1516
Striking offense
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
1500
1508
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
19 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
22.11
Strikes landed / min
1.24
68%
Strike accuracy
21%
1.05
Strikes absorbed / min
2.66
67%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
15.79
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
100%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
68
Days since last fight
152
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sage Northcutt
  • WFrancisco TrevinoKO/TKO R1
    Close -4702mo before
Cody Pfister
  • WYosdenis CedenoU-DEC R3
    Close +2105mo before
  • LJames MoontasriSUB R2
    Close +22010mo before
Northcutt — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Pfister — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(67%) 2
4 (36%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Northcutt
Pfister
1
UFC fights
2
0.9 min · 0.9 avg
Octagon time
21.8 min · 10.9 avg
11y 8m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Northcutt
Pfister
12W–1L · 92.3%
Overall
17W–6L · 73.9%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Wins
10W–4L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Northcutt
Pfister
29W–41L · 41.4%
Overall
62W–26L · 70.5%
29W–41L · 41.4%
Wins
39W–20L · 66.1%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Distance striking
Northcutt
Pfister
9.64
Landed / min
2.13
75.0%
Accuracy
14.8%
66.7%
Defense
63.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
32.7%
Time at distance
36.5%
Grappling & control
Northcutt
Pfister
15.79
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
72.1%
Strike target map
Northcutt
  • Head90%(19)div 63%
  • Body5%(1)div 20%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%
Pfister
  • Head85%(23)div 63%
  • Body15%(4)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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

Sage Northcutt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody Pfister
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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