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UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare
Edimilson Souza
Edimilson Souza
14-3 · BRA
VS
Katsunori Kikuno
Katsunori Kikuno
19-5 · JPN
March 21, 2015 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Edimilson Souza def. Katsunori Kikuno by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:31
Souza5/70/010:02
Kikuno1/40/000:00
Total
Souza5/70/010:02
Kikuno1/40/000:00

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
SouzaWin probabilityKikuno
74.1%25.9%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
17%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Souza74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%25%
Submission12%17%
Decision43%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 5
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Kikuno26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%14%
Submission5%18%
Decision17%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 1
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R212%
R36%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Souza
68.3%-224
Kikuno
+22430.5%
Most takedownstie 28.7%
Souza
9.0%+688
Kikuno
-68862.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Souza
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
42.2%
+137
Under 49.5
57.8%
-137
062124
Kikuno
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
41.9%
+134
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.1%
-134
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Souza
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.5%
Exactly 0
80.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Kikuno
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.1%
+112
Under 1.5
52.9%
-112
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 11.3 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
Souza74.1%68.5%+5.6-250
Kikuno25.9%31.5%−5.6+205

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
70.3Striking63.6
Souza +6.7
15.9Grappling68.9
Kikuno +53.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SouzaKikuno
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1560
1556
Divisional
1560
1507
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1515
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.27
Strikes landed / min
2.99
43%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.58
Strikes absorbed / min
3.50
57%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.33
Takedown accuracy
80%
57%
Takedown defense
91%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edimilson Souza
  • WMark EddivaKO/TKO R2
    Close -33010mo before
  • WFelipe ArantesS-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 6mo before
Katsunori Kikuno
  • WSam SiciliaSUB R2
    Close -1456mo before
  • LTony FergusonKO/TKO R1
    Close +28510mo before
  • WQuinn MulhernU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 2mo before
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (92%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Kikuno — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(25%) 1
7 (41%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Souza
Kikuno
2
UFC fights
3
24.9 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
25.7 min · 8.6 avg
16y 9m
Career length
19y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Souza
Kikuno
21W–5L · 80.8%
Overall
45W–10L · 81.8%
21W–5L · 80.8%
Wins
31W–7L · 81.6%
0W–0L
Losses
14W–3L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Souza
Kikuno
55W–26L · 67.9%
Overall
262W–135L · 66.0%
32W–15L · 68.1%
Wins
189W–115L · 62.2%
23W–11L · 67.6%
Losses
73W–20L · 78.5%
Distance striking
Souza
Kikuno
6.98
Landed / min
4.79
41.3%
Accuracy
44.5%
61.5%
Defense
61.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
67.4%
Time at distance
56.0%
Grappling & control
Souza
Kikuno
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.33
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
57.1%
Takedown defense
90.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.58
0.0%
Control share
93.8%
Strike target map
Souza
  • Head75%(98)div 64%
  • Body24%(32)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%
Kikuno
  • Head69%(53)div 64%
  • Body16%(12)div 19%
  • Legs16%(12)div 17%

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

Edimilson Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Katsunori Kikuno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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