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Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
22-7 · BRA
VS
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
17-9 · USA
December 13, 2014 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
160.6lbMissed +4.6
Rafael Dos Anjos def. Nate Diaz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Anjos25/490/001:41
Diaz9/610/000:00
R2
Dos Anjos30/421/101:44
Diaz4/390/000:00
R3
Dos Anjos22/281/104:22
Diaz0/40/000:00
Total
Dos Anjos77/1192/207:47
Diaz13/1040/000:00

Scorecards

Dos Anjos vs Diaz

RdGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-8.7
R210-910-810-89.9-8.4
R310-910-910-99.9-8.7
Total30-2730-2630-2629.7-25.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.1 · 14 Dos Anjos · 0 Diaz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dos Anjos-Diaz.

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
Dos AnjosWin probabilityDiaz
42.0%58.0%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
12%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Anjos42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%52%
Submission3%7%
Decision17%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2251)act 77
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 2
Diaz58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%62%
Submission9%16%
Decision13%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 13
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R238%
R313%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Dos Anjos
41.5%+138
Diaz
-13857.2%
Most takedownstie 57.2%
Dos Anjos
30.8%-257
Diaz
+25712.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 39.6
39.5
Over 39.5
42.6%
+135
Under 39.5
57.4%
-135
05099
Diaz
Expected: 46.9
47
Over 47
41.7%
+137
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.9%
-137
059118
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.1%
+193
Under 0.5
65.9%
-193
035
Diaz
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.4 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
Dos Anjos42.0%72.0%−30.0-275
Diaz58.0%28.0%+30.0+250

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
65.3Striking67.3
Diaz +2.1
59.0Grappling51.7
Dos Anjos +7.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos AnjosDiaz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1630
Pound-for-pound
1589
1630
Divisional
1592
1497
Striking offense
1504
1523
Striking defense
1536
1516
Grappling offense
1529
1513
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.69
Strikes landed / min
4.00
37%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.51
Strikes absorbed / min
3.02
69%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
37%
Takedown accuracy
26%
65%
Takedown defense
45%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
63%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
45%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
378
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • WBenson HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close +4404mo before
  • WJason HighKO/TKO R2
    Close -2806mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close +2758mo before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 4mo before
  • WEvan DunhamU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 7mo before
Nate Diaz
  • WGray MaynardKO/TKO R1
    Close +1101y before
  • LJosh ThomsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1451y 8mo before
  • LBenson HendersonU-DEC R5
    Close +1852y before
  • WJim MillerSUB R2
    Close +1502y 7mo before
  • WDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +2552y 11mo before
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0

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, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 5 losses
W
45% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (55%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2
Diaz — win / loss by method
Record: 17-9-0

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, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 7 losses
W
12% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
12win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(86%) 6
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dos Anjos
Diaz
16
UFC fights
19
180.8 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
200.3 min · 10.5 avg
21y 10m
Career length
21y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Anjos
Diaz
256W–67L · 79.3%
Overall
312W–74L · 80.8%
157W–44L · 78.1%
Wins
192W–47L · 80.3%
99W–23L · 81.1%
Losses
120W–27L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Anjos
Diaz
49W–32L · 60.5%
Overall
53W–19L · 73.6%
47W–29L · 61.8%
Wins
26W–10L · 72.2%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
27W–9L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Dos Anjos
Diaz
3.38
Landed / min
7.29
30.6%
Accuracy
36.8%
72.4%
Defense
66.4%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
52.5%
Time at distance
39.2%
Grappling & control
Dos Anjos
Diaz
2.32
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
37.3%
Takedown accuracy
26.3%
64.7%
Takedown defense
45.2%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.72
56.8%
Control share
30.1%
Strike target map
Dos Anjos
  • Head57%(279)div 63%
  • Body18%(86)div 20%
  • Legs25%(122)div 17%
Diaz
  • Head73%(587)div 63%
  • Body16%(131)div 20%
  • Legs10%(83)div 17%

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

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nate Diaz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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