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UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
Omari Akhmedov
Omari Akhmedov
13-2 · RUS
VS
Mats Nilsson
Mats Nilsson
11-3-1 · SWE
January 3, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Omari Akhmedov def. Mats Nilsson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Akhmedov32/852/400:51
Nilsson8/322/201:07
R2
Akhmedov20/623/302:46
Nilsson16/380/000:09
R3
Akhmedov12/370/201:02
Nilsson9/223/401:40
Total
Akhmedov64/1845/904:39
Nilsson33/925/602:56

Scorecards

Akhmedov vs Nilsson

RdAdalaide ByrdChris LeeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.2

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 16 Akhmedov · 0 Nilsson · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Akhmedov-Nilsson.

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
AkhmedovWin probabilityNilsson
70.8%29.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
34%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Akhmedov71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%
Submission24%33%
Decision28%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 64
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 5
Nilsson29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%15%
Submission10%34%
Decision15%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 33
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 5
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R26%
R311%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Akhmedov
67.3%-213
Nilsson
+21331.6%
Most takedownstie 21.2%
Akhmedov
64.3%-444
Nilsson
+44414.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Akhmedov
Expected: 56.8
57
Over 57
41.7%
+137
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
57.1%
-137
072143
Nilsson
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
41.9%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.4%
-135
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Akhmedov
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
47.0%
-496
Exactly 1
43.5%
push
Under 1
9.5%
+496
035
Nilsson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
47.0%
+113
Under 0.5
53.0%
-113
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 9.3 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
Akhmedov70.8%65.5%+5.3-200
Nilsson29.2%34.5%−5.3+185

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
51.4Striking64.1
Nilsson +12.7
41.4Grappling0.0
Akhmedov +41.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AkhmedovNilsson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1510
1517
Divisional
1525
1494
Striking offense
1480
1500
Striking defense
1493
1544
Grappling offense
1552
1530
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.46
Strikes landed / min
5.68
56%
Strike accuracy
45%
4.19
Strikes absorbed / min
10.23
29%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
20%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Omari Akhmedov
  • LGunnar NelsonSUB R1
    Close +25510mo before
  • WThiago PerpetuoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 2mo before
Mats Nilsson
  • LLuke BarnattKO/TKO R1
    Close +34510mo before
Akhmedov — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (42%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Nilsson — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-1

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Akhmedov
Nilsson
2
UFC fights
1
8.1 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
4.4 min · 4.4 avg
16y 6m
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Akhmedov
Nilsson
20W–1L · 95.2%
Overall
7W–0L · 100.0%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Wins
0W–0L
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Akhmedov
Nilsson
56W–35L · 61.5%
Overall
125W–49L · 71.8%
41W–33L · 55.4%
Wins
101W–44L · 69.7%
15W–2L · 88.2%
Losses
24W–5L · 82.8%
Distance striking
Akhmedov
Nilsson
6.80
Landed / min
5.92
52.2%
Accuracy
45.5%
54.5%
Defense
63.7%
1.85
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.7%
Time at distance
96.0%
Grappling & control
Akhmedov
Nilsson
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
1.85
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
35.7%
Control share
66.7%
Strike target map
Akhmedov
  • Head45%(9)div 62%
  • Body20%(4)div 21%
  • Legs35%(7)div 16%
Nilsson
  • Head60%(15)div 62%
  • Body16%(4)div 21%
  • Legs24%(6)div 16%

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

Omari Akhmedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mats Nilsson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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