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Nicholas Musoke
Nicholas Musoke
12-3 · SWE
VS
Alexander Yakovlev
Alexander Yakovlev
22-6-1 · RUS
October 4, 2014 · Stockholm, Sweden
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Nicholas Musoke def. Alexander Yakovlev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Musoke17/380/003:14
Yakovlev10/190/400:00
R2
Musoke31/600/202:01
Yakovlev13/380/200:03
R3
Musoke22/580/201:32
Yakovlev21/500/300:02
Total
Musoke70/1560/406:47
Yakovlev44/1070/900:05

Scorecards

Musoke vs Yakovlev

RdBen CartlidgeKevin SatakiMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.727.4 · 10 Musoke · 0 Yakovlev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Musoke-Yakovlev.

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
MusokeWin probabilityYakovlev
42.7%57.3%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
22%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Musoke43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission9%22%
Decision23%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 70
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Yakovlev57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission12%21%
Decision28%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 44
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R222%
R310%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Musoke
52.1%-113
Yakovlev
+11346.2%
Most takedownstie 40.1%
Musoke
35.6%-147
Yakovlev
+14724.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Musoke
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.3%
+137
Under 33.5
57.7%
-137
04284
Yakovlev
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
42.1%
+138
Under 31.5
57.9%
-138
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Musoke
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.2%
+189
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
55.3%
-189
035
Yakovlev
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
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 10.9 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
Musoke42.7%65.9%−23.2-205
Yakovlev57.3%34.1%+23.2+188

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
59.7Striking67.1
Yakovlev +7.4
45.2Grappling37.0
Musoke +8.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MusokeYakovlev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1533
1522
Divisional
1531
1505
Striking offense
1485
1494
Striking defense
1504
1507
Grappling offense
1548
1502
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.81
Strikes landed / min
1.47
36%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.35
Strikes absorbed / min
1.93
59%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
42%
Takedown accuracy
50%
33%
Takedown defense
33%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicholas Musoke
  • LKelvin GastelumU-DEC R3
    Close +2503mo before
  • WViscardi AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close +1258mo before
  • WAlessio SakaraSUB R1
    Close +16511mo before
Alexander Yakovlev
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R3
    Close +4054mo before
Musoke — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0, 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Yakovlev — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-1

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
22win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (36%)Submission(60%) 3
6 (27%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Musoke
Yakovlev
3
UFC fights
1
33.1 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
18y 8m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Musoke
Yakovlev
41W–15L · 73.2%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
32W–15L · 68.1%
Wins
0W–0L
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
18W–6L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Musoke
Yakovlev
58W–18L · 76.3%
Overall
103W–39L · 72.5%
42W–14L · 75.0%
Wins
81W–38L · 68.1%
16W–4L · 80.0%
Losses
22W–1L · 95.7%
Distance striking
Musoke
Yakovlev
5.09
Landed / min
3.79
30.8%
Accuracy
51.3%
64.3%
Defense
88.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.1%
Time at distance
35.1%
Grappling & control
Musoke
Yakovlev
2.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
41.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.45
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Control share
15.3%
Strike target map
Musoke
  • Head77%(72)div 62%
  • Body14%(13)div 21%
  • Legs9%(8)div 16%
Yakovlev
  • Head36%(8)div 62%
  • Body5%(1)div 21%
  • Legs59%(13)div 16%

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

Nicholas Musoke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alexander Yakovlev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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