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Kajan Johnson
Kajan Johnson
19-11-1 · CAN
VS
Zhang Lipeng
Zhang Lipeng
9-8-1 · CHN
May 16, 2015 · Manila, Philippines
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Kajan Johnson def. Zhang Lipeng by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson6/130/302:05
Lipeng4/111/101:22
R2
Johnson9/281/302:05
Lipeng7/200/000:15
R3
Johnson5/102/502:14
Lipeng9/160/100:55
Total
Johnson20/513/1106:24
Lipeng20/471/202:32

Scorecards

Johnson vs Lipeng

RdBarry FoleyKon PapaioannouMark CraigCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R29-109-1010-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.8-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 13 Johnson · 0 Lipeng

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Johnson-Lipeng.

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
JohnsonWin probabilityLipeng
65.1%34.9%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
19%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%17%
Submission14%22%
Decision40%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 20
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 3
Lipeng35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%11%
Submission5%14%
Decision26%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 20
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R26%
R34%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Johnson
53.3%-119
Lipeng
+11944.9%
Most takedownstie 34.1%
Johnson
20.9%+215
Lipeng
-21544.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 30.3
30.5
Over 30.5
42.1%
+137
Under 30.5
57.9%
-137
03876
Lipeng
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
42.9%
+133
Under 27.5
57.1%
-133
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+192
Under 0.5
65.7%
-192
035
Lipeng
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.2%
+122
Exactly 1
19.8%
push
Under 1
44.0%
-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 11.4 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
Johnson65.1%48.9%+16.2-105
Lipeng34.9%51.1%−16.2-115

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
60.8Striking62.7
Lipeng +1.9
70.2Grappling54.0
Johnson +16.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonLipeng
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1493
Pound-for-pound
1497
1493
Divisional
1482
1498
Striking offense
1490
1493
Striking defense
1502
1502
Grappling offense
1503
1501
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
31 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.41
Strikes landed / min
1.27
32%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.83
Strikes absorbed / min
2.07
68%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.99
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
29%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
118
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kajan Johnson
  • LTae Hyun BangKO/TKO R3
    Close -18511mo before
Zhang Lipeng
  • LChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close +5054mo before
  • WBrendan O'ReillyU-DEC R3
    Close +1409mo before
  • WSai WangS-DEC R3
    Close +2651y 2mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 19-11-1

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
7 wins, 6 losses
W
37% of wins
L
55% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win10loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(50%) 5
8 (42%)Submission(10%) 1
4 (21%)Decision(40%) 4
Lipeng — win / loss by method
Record: 9-8-1

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 5 losses
W
33% of wins
L
63% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win7loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(71%) 5
1 (14%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Lipeng
1
UFC fights
3
12.0 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
24y 5m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Lipeng
16W–8L · 66.7%
Overall
20W–5L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Wins
12W–4L · 75.0%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Lipeng
110W–66L · 62.5%
Overall
32W–29L · 52.5%
87W–56L · 60.8%
Wins
7W–14L · 33.3%
23W–10L · 69.7%
Losses
25W–15L · 62.5%
Distance striking
Johnson
Lipeng
3.09
Landed / min
3.13
30.2%
Accuracy
36.2%
68.8%
Defense
64.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
70.0%
Time at distance
17.7%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Lipeng
4.99
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
52.0%
Control share
44.0%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head76%(22)div 63%
  • Body17%(5)div 20%
  • Legs7%(2)div 17%
Lipeng
  • Head32%(18)div 63%
  • Body23%(13)div 20%
  • Legs46%(26)div 17%

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

Kajan Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zhang Lipeng
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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