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UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
19-8 · BRA
VS
Johnny Bedford
Johnny Bedford
19-10-1 · USA
April 11, 2014 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:39
Yahya3/80/100:00
Bedford4/60/000:01
Total
Yahya3/80/100:00
Bedford4/60/000:01

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
YahyaWin probabilityBedford
40.9%59.1%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
56%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yahya41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%5%
Submission27%65%
Decision12%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 3
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Bedford59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%26%
Submission29%50%
Decision15%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 4
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~39 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R25%
R35%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.7%
Yahya
48.3%+102
Bedford
-10249.0%
Most takedownstie 30.3%
Yahya
44.8%-180
Bedford
+18024.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 19.5
19.5
Over 19.5
42.4%
+136
Under 19.5
57.6%
-136
02549
Bedford
Expected: 19.6
19.5
Over 19.5
42.9%
+133
Under 19.5
57.1%
-133
02550
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.2%
+110
Exactly 1
30.2%
push
Under 1
36.6%
-110
035
Bedford
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
46.9%
+113
Under 0.5
53.1%
-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 6.6 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
Yahya40.9%60.7%−19.8-170
Bedford59.1%39.3%+19.8+145

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
61.4Striking83.7
Bedford +22.3
53.1Grappling55.0
Bedford +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaBedford
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1469
Striking offense
1505
1533
Striking defense
1513
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
67"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.28
Strikes landed / min
5.08
39%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.05
Strikes absorbed / min
1.62
51%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
33%
Takedown accuracy
63%
15%
Takedown defense
67%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
349
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • LTom NiinimakiS-DEC R3
    Close -1054mo before
  • WJosh CloptonU-DEC R3
    Close -10008mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 1mo before
  • WJosh GrispiSUB R1
    Close +1851y 8mo before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +4602y 8mo before
Johnny Bedford
  • LBryan CarawaySUB R3
    Close -11011mo before
  • WMarcos ViniciusKO/TKO R2
    Close -2651y 4mo before
  • WLouis GaudinotKO/TKO R3
    Close -2252y 4mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 19-8-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
21% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Bedford — win / loss by method
Record: 19-10-1

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 9 losses
W
42% of wins
L
90% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
8 (47%)Submission(89%) 8
4 (24%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Bedford
6
UFC fights
3
78.3 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
32.7 min · 10.9 avg
23y 10m
Career length
19y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Bedford
88W–21L · 80.7%
Overall
42W–10L · 80.8%
58W–16L · 78.4%
Wins
25W–4L · 86.2%
30W–5L · 85.7%
Losses
17W–6L · 73.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Bedford
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
154W–100L · 60.6%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
107W–78L · 57.8%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
47W–22L · 68.1%
Distance striking
Yahya
Bedford
2.09
Landed / min
5.93
25.0%
Accuracy
36.2%
64.6%
Defense
67.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.38
27.5%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Bedford
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
32.5%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
15.4%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.4%
Control share
67.2%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head64%(64)div 62%
  • Body16%(16)div 22%
  • Legs20%(20)div 16%
Bedford
  • Head64%(107)div 62%
  • Body30%(49)div 22%
  • Legs6%(10)div 16%

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Johnny Bedford
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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