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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Kailin Curran
Kailin Curran
3-2 · USA
VS
Emily Kagan
Emily Kagan
3-2 · USA
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
Kailin Curran def. Emily Kagan by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Curran8/161/100:04
Kagan8/201/604:10
R2 · 4:13
Curran13/330/001:10
Kagan14/600/300:26
Total
Curran21/491/101:14
Kagan22/801/904:36

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
CurranWin probabilityKagan
77.0%23.0%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
30%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Curran77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%34%
Submission23%30%
Decision28%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 21
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.2)act 1
Kagan23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%34%
Submission7%30%
Decision8%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 22
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R221%
R39%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Curran
55.8%-130
Kagan
+13043.0%
Most takedownstie 19.2%
Curran
66.5%-466
Kagan
+46614.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Curran
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
42.3%
+137
Under 51.5
57.7%
-137
065129
Kagan
Expected: 44.7
44.5
Over 44.5
42.8%
+134
Under 44.5
57.2%
-134
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Curran
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
51.5%
-106
Under 1.5
48.5%
+106
035
Kagan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
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 9.0 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
Curran77.0%75.8%+1.2-360
Kagan23.0%24.2%−1.2+300

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
63.2Striking41.9
Curran +21.3
60.2Grappling42.6
Curran +17.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CurranKagan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1476
Pound-for-pound
1490
1476
Divisional
1490
1500
Striking offense
1500
1494
Striking defense
1498
1507
Grappling offense
1501
1487
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
24 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'3"
65"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Striking (UFC career)
4.17
Strikes landed / min
2.73
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
4.02
Strikes absorbed / min
7.13
52%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.02
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
78%
Takedown accuracy
17%
55%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
215
Days since last fight
363
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kailin Curran
  • LAlex ChambersSUB R3
    Close -2507mo before
  • LPaige VanZantKO/TKO R3
    Close -1101y 1mo before
Emily Kagan
  • LAngela HillU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y before
Curran — 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, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Kagan — 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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (100%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Curran
Kagan
2
UFC fights
1
26.1 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 5m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Curran
Kagan
7W–3L · 70.0%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
7W–3L · 70.0%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Curran
Kagan
5W–7L · 41.7%
Overall
5W–2L · 71.4%
5W–7L · 41.7%
Wins
5W–2L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Curran
Kagan
9.08
Landed / min
9.09
39.2%
Accuracy
37.1%
61.0%
Defense
49.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
25.3%
Time at distance
19.1%
Grappling & control
Curran
Kagan
4.02
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
77.8%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
54.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.4%
Control share
56.2%
Strike target map
Curran
  • Head59%(64)div 61%
  • Body25%(27)div 23%
  • Legs17%(18)div 17%
Kagan
  • Head37%(15)div 61%
  • Body27%(11)div 23%
  • Legs37%(15)div 17%

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

Kailin Curran
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Emily Kagan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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