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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
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Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal
7-0 · USA
May 3, 2025 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Reinier de Ridder def. Bo Nickal by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 1:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
de Ridder5/100/201:52
Nickal2/61/102:00
R2 · 1:53
de Ridder17/220/110:17
Nickal6/150/000:24
Total
de Ridder22/320/312:09
Nickal8/211/102:24

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
de RidderWin probabilityNickal
49.1%50.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
21%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
de Ridder49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%6%
Submission13%26%10%
Decision22%45%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1033)act 22
Takedowns2.0 (0.05.4)act 0
Nickal51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%32%
Submission8%16%14%
Decision27%53%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1036)act 8
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R216%
R38%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
de Ridder
47.0%+109
Nickal
-10951.2%
Most takedownstie 19.6%
de Ridder
58.4%-266
Nickal
+26621.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
de Ridder
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
40.2%
+149
Under 24.5
59.8%
-149
03162
Nickal
Expected: 26.3
26.5
Over 26.5
39.4%
+154
Under 26.5
60.6%
-154
03366
Takedowns — over/under
de Ridder
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.8%
+109
Exactly 2
16.8%
push
Under 2
43.4%
-109
047
Nickal
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.7%
+184
Exactly 1
15.9%
push
Under 1
54.5%
-184
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 10.2 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
de Ridder49.1%24.1%+25.0+297
Nickal50.9%75.9%−25.0-385
By method
de Ridder by KO/TKO14.8%5.9%+8.9+1320
de Ridder by submission10.2%10.1%+0.1+726
de Ridder by decision24.0%10.7%+13.3+681
Nickal by KO/TKO15.4%32.5%−17.1+158
Nickal by submission10.6%13.8%−3.2+508
Nickal by decision24.9%27.0%−2.1+210
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.0%61.7%+11.3-194
Over 2.5 rds56.6%46.5%+10.1+102
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.9%40.4%+8.5+133

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
65.3Striking76.4
Nickal +11.1
95.8Grappling52.6
de Ridder +43.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
de RidderNickal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1586
Pound-for-pound
1572
1586
Divisional
1571
1490
Striking offense
1495
1500
Striking defense
1508
1560
Grappling offense
1536
1550
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.28
Strikes landed / min
2.58
57%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.69
Strikes absorbed / min
1.99
39%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.21
47%
Takedown accuracy
36%
100%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Reinier de Ridder
  • WKevin HollandSUB R1
    Close -1363mo before
  • WGerald MeerschaertSUB R3
    Close -3296mo before
Bo Nickal
  • WPaul CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -12196mo before
  • WCody BrundageSUB R2
    Close -15421y 1mo before
  • WVal WoodburnKO/TKO R1
    Close -16001y 10mo before
  • WJamie PickettSUB R1
    Close -19022y 2mo before
de Ridder — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
11 (65%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (12%)Decision(0%) 0
Nickal — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
de Ridder
Nickal
2
UFC fights
4
15.3 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
27.2 min · 6.8 avg
13y 2m
Career length
4y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

de Ridder
Nickal
63W–29L · 68.5%
Overall
47W–21L · 69.1%
63W–29L · 68.5%
Wins
47W–21L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
de Ridder
Nickal
201W–58L · 77.6%
Overall
10W–1L · 90.9%
177W–58L · 75.3%
Wins
10W–1L · 90.9%
24W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
de Ridder
Nickal
6.67
Landed / min
3.76
55.7%
Accuracy
63.0%
50.0%
Defense
65.8%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
33.4%
Time at distance
61.7%
Grappling & control
de Ridder
Nickal
6.89
Takedowns / 15 min
2.21
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
100.0%
Takedown defense
1.97
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.21
70.5%
Control share
99.5%
Strike target map
de Ridder
  • Head60%(30)div 63%
  • Body22%(11)div 20%
  • Legs18%(9)div 17%
Nickal
  • Head53%(37)div 63%
  • Body23%(16)div 20%
  • Legs24%(17)div 17%

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

Reinier de Ridder
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bo Nickal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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