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Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
20-8 · BRA
VS
Masanori Kanehara
Masanori Kanehara
23-9-5 · JPN
July 15, 2015 · San Diego, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Masanori Kanehara by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya8/134/604:12
Kanehara4/80/000:10
R2
Yahya11/310/100:41
Kanehara6/140/002:25
R3
Yahya5/240/400:26
Kanehara14/220/002:07
Total
Yahya24/684/1105:19
Kanehara24/440/004:42

Scorecards

Yahya vs Kanehara

RdMark SmithMichael BellMike BeltranCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (14 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 13 Yahya · 0 Kanehara · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yahya-Kanehara.

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
YahyaWin probabilityKanehara
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
53%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 7.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yahya52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%6%
Submission33%63%
Decision16%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 24
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 4
Kanehara48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%
Submission20%42%
Decision15%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 24
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~39 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R160%
R25%
R33%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.7%
Yahya
50.6%-109
Kanehara
+10946.6%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Yahya
46.0%-199
Kanehara
+19923.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 19.8
20
Over 20
40.2%
+141
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.6%
-141
02550
Kanehara
Expected: 18.9
19
Over 19
40.5%
+138
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
56.1%
-138
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.0%
+111
Exactly 1
30.6%
push
Under 1
36.4%
-111
035
Kanehara
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
44.4%
+125
Under 0.5
55.6%
-125
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 7.0 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
Yahya52.1%44.7%+7.4+115
Kanehara47.9%55.3%−7.4-135

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
61.7Striking70.9
Kanehara +9.2
57.7Grappling57.7
Kanehara +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaKanehara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1532
1535
Divisional
1533
1476
Striking offense
1498
1538
Striking defense
1503
1515
Grappling offense
1502
1496
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.35
Strikes landed / min
2.13
40%
Strike accuracy
46%
1.11
Strikes absorbed / min
1.60
51%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
34%
Takedown accuracy
50%
15%
Takedown defense
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
305
Days since last fight
298
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WJohnny BedfordSUB R2
    Close +11510mo before
  • LTom NiinimakiS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 7mo before
  • WJosh CloptonU-DEC R3
    Close -10001y 11mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 4mo before
  • WJosh GrispiSUB R1
    Close +1852y 11mo before
Masanori Kanehara
  • WAlex CaceresU-DEC R3
    Close +26510mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 20-8-0, 1 NC

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, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Kanehara — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-5

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
8 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
44% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
22win9loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
9 (41%)Submission(11%) 1
5 (23%)Decision(33%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Kanehara
8
UFC fights
1
86.0 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
23y 10m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Kanehara
107W–32L · 77.0%
Overall
10W–6L · 62.5%
77W–27L · 74.0%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Kanehara
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
300W–149L · 66.8%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
190W–106L · 64.2%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
110W–43L · 71.9%
Distance striking
Yahya
Kanehara
2.57
Landed / min
3.33
28.0%
Accuracy
37.0%
65.6%
Defense
72.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.1%
Time at distance
40.1%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Kanehara
2.79
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
34.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
15.4%
Takedown defense
1.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.00
53.1%
Control share
92.4%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head62%(72)div 63%
  • Body17%(20)div 21%
  • Legs21%(24)div 16%
Kanehara
  • Head91%(29)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs9%(3)div 16%

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Masanori Kanehara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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