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Anthony Njokuani
Anthony Njokuani
16-8 · USA
October 4, 2014 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Daron Cruickshank def. Anthony Njokuani by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cruickshank11/302/301:18
Njokuani9/250/100:00
R2
Cruickshank15/363/500:48
Njokuani15/320/000:00
R3
Cruickshank16/371/400:49
Njokuani16/340/000:00
Total
Cruickshank42/1036/1202:55
Njokuani40/910/100:00

Scorecards

Cruickshank vs Njokuani

RdDon RobinsonDouglas CrosbyIan BridgemanCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (11 cards) · avg 3027 · 11 Cruickshank · 0 Njokuani

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cruickshank-Njokuani.

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
CruickshankWin probabilityNjokuani
49.3%50.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
10%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cruickshank49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission6%12%
Decision28%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 42
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 6
Njokuani51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%
Submission4%8%
Decision33%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 40
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R213%
R39%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Cruickshank
45.7%+116
Njokuani
-11652.9%
Most takedownstie 47.6%
Cruickshank
38.5%-278
Njokuani
+27813.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cruickshank
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.5%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.7%
-137
04793
Njokuani
Expected: 39.9
40
Over 40
41.6%
+137
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.8%
-137
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Cruickshank
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.7%
+129
Under 0.5
56.3%
-129
035
Njokuani
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.5%
Exactly 0
79.5%
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 11.6 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
Cruickshank49.3%51.2%−1.9-110
Njokuani50.7%48.8%+1.9+100

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
62.6Striking71.8
Njokuani +9.2
50.5Grappling38.7
Cruickshank +11.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CruickshankNjokuani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1552
Pound-for-pound
1513
1553
Divisional
1513
1512
Striking offense
1507
1518
Striking defense
1527
1481
Grappling offense
1477
1520
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
75"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.93
Strikes landed / min
3.95
36%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.85
Strikes absorbed / min
2.74
60%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
47%
Takedown accuracy
43%
69%
Takedown defense
54%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
43%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daron Cruickshank
  • LJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close +2152mo before
  • WErik KochKO/TKO R1
    Close +2655mo before
  • WMike RioKO/TKO R2
    Close -2408mo before
  • LAdriano MartinsSUB R2
    Close -14011mo before
  • WYves EdwardsS-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 2mo before
Anthony Njokuani
  • LVinc PichelU-DEC R3
    Close -2604mo before
  • WRoger BowlingKO/TKO R2
    Close -1751y 5mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1752y 3mo before
  • WJohn MakdessiU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2202y 5mo before
  • LDanny CastilloS-DEC R3
    Close +1702y 9mo before
Cruickshank — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
60% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 16-8-0, 1 NC

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
56% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
5 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cruickshank
Njokuani
8
UFC fights
7
89.0 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
97.9 min · 14.0 avg
16y 10m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cruickshank
Njokuani
141W–46L · 75.4%
Overall
75W–20L · 78.9%
81W–30L · 73.0%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
60W–16L · 78.9%
Losses
43W–11L · 79.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cruickshank
Njokuani
69W–31L · 69.0%
Overall
118W–54L · 68.6%
42W–22L · 65.6%
Wins
92W–51L · 64.3%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Losses
26W–3L · 89.7%
Distance striking
Cruickshank
Njokuani
3.40
Landed / min
5.09
30.6%
Accuracy
42.0%
62.3%
Defense
72.7%
0.84
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
61.8%
Time at distance
64.0%
Grappling & control
Cruickshank
Njokuani
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
0.46
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
69.2%
Takedown defense
54.0%
0.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
35.5%
Control share
7.3%
Strike target map
Cruickshank
  • Head56%(146)div 63%
  • Body30%(77)div 20%
  • Legs15%(38)div 17%
Njokuani
  • Head49%(190)div 63%
  • Body29%(114)div 20%
  • Legs21%(83)div 17%

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

Daron Cruickshank
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Njokuani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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