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UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
Norman Parke
Norman Parke
19-2-1 · GBR
VS
Naoyuki Kotani
Naoyuki Kotani
33-10-7 · JPN
July 19, 2014 · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Norman Parke def. Naoyuki Kotani by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Parke17/400/000:45
Kotani6/270/601:01
R2 · 3:41
Parke17/432/202:49
Kotani2/80/100:00
Total
Parke34/832/203:34
Kotani8/350/701:01

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
ParkeWin probabilityKotani
80.3%19.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
15%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Parke80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%28%
Submission10%13%
Decision47%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 34
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 2
Kotani20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%34%
Submission5%24%
Decision8%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 8
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R218%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Parke
71.1%-259
Kotani
+25927.5%
Most takedownstie 30.4%
Parke
54.7%-368
Kotani
+36814.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Parke
Expected: 42.5
42.5
Over 42.5
42.5%
+135
Under 42.5
57.5%
-135
054107
Kotani
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
42.9%
+133
Under 25.5
57.1%
-133
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Parke
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.8%
+123
Under 1.5
55.2%
-123
035
Kotani
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.0%
+245
Under 0.5
71.0%
-245
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 11.2 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
Parke80.3%80.7%−0.4-460
Kotani19.7%19.3%+0.4+410

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
66.5Striking52.4
Parke +14.1
49.4Grappling65.0
Kotani +15.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ParkeKotani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1483
1581
Divisional
1484
1496
Striking offense
1493
1498
Striking defense
1500
1521
Grappling offense
1500
1539
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.80
Strikes landed / min
0.95
38%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.22
63%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
29%
Takedown accuracy
50%
91%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
0%
0
Win/loss streak
-2
75%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
118
Days since last fight
2506
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Norman Parke
  • DLeonardo SantosM-DEC R3
    Close -2804mo before
  • WJon TuckU-DEC R3
    Close -1759mo before
  • WKazuki TokudomeU-DEC R3
    Close -1311y before
  • WColin FletcherU-DEC R3
    Close -1261y 7mo before
Naoyuki Kotani
  • LDennis SiverKO/TKO R2
    Close -2106y 10mo before
  • LThiago TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +2457y 3mo before
Parke — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-1

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (75%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Kotani — win / loss by method
Record: 33-10-7

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
5 wins, 5 losses
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
25 wins, 1 loss
W
76% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
9% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
33win8loss7draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (15%)KO/TKO(50%) 4
25 (76%)Submission(13%) 1
3 (9%)Decision(38%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Parke
Kotani
4
UFC fights
2
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
22.1 min · 11.0 avg
20y 4m
Career length
25y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Parke
Kotani
27W–4L · 87.1%
Overall
20W–4L · 83.3%
27W–4L · 87.1%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
20W–4L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Parke
Kotani
106W–88L · 54.6%
Overall
313W–179L · 63.6%
95W–81L · 54.0%
Wins
199W–140L · 58.7%
11W–7L · 61.1%
Losses
114W–39L · 74.5%
Distance striking
Parke
Kotani
5.65
Landed / min
2.70
35.6%
Accuracy
35.4%
63.4%
Defense
60.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.5%
Time at distance
28.5%
Grappling & control
Parke
Kotani
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
29.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
90.9%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.04
85.9%
Control share
40.0%
Strike target map
Parke
  • Head73%(166)div 63%
  • Body16%(37)div 20%
  • Legs11%(25)div 17%
Kotani
  • Head33%(7)div 63%
  • Body5%(1)div 20%
  • Legs62%(13)div 17%

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

Norman Parke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Naoyuki Kotani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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