The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs Manuwa
Ilir Latifi
Ilir Latifi
7-3 · SWE
VS
Cyrille Diabate
Cyrille Diabate
19-9-1 · FRA
March 8, 2014 · London, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Ilir Latifi def. Cyrille Diabate by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 3:02
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:02
Latifi0/01/101:50
Diabate0/00/000:00
Total
Latifi0/01/101:50
Diabate0/00/000:00

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
LatifiWin probabilityDiabate
61.9%38.1%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
26%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Latifi62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%36%
Submission16%26%
Decision24%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 0
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.6)act 1
Diabate38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%
Submission10%27%
Decision14%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R26%
R316%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Latifi
37.3%+163
Diabate
-16360.7%
Most takedownstie 27.9%
Latifi
69.2%-2381
Diabate
+23812.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Latifi
Expected: 22.6
22.5
Over 22.5
42.9%
+133
Under 22.5
57.1%
-133
02957
Diabate
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
42.3%
+136
Under 29.5
57.7%
-136
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Latifi
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
36.7%
+126
Exactly 2
17.1%
push
Under 2
46.1%
-126
036
Diabate
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.6%
Exactly 0
92.4%
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 9.1 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
Latifi61.9%56.4%+5.5-135
Diabate38.1%43.6%−5.5+125

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
32.0Striking84.2
Diabate +52.2
20.2Grappling51.6
Diabate +31.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LatifiDiabate
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1498
Pound-for-pound
1530
1498
Divisional
1532
Striking offense
Striking defense
1546
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
31 yrs
Age
40 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'6"
73"
Reach
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.20
Strikes landed / min
4.58
16%
Strike accuracy
73%
5.33
Strikes absorbed / min
1.77
47%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
33%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
59%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
57%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
385
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ilir Latifi
  • LGegard MousasiU-DEC R3
    Close +57511mo before
Cyrille Diabate
  • LJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 1mo before
  • WChad GriggsSUB R1
    Close -1251y 4mo before
  • WTom DeBlassM-DEC R3
    Close +1771y 11mo before
  • LAnthony PeroshSUB R2
    Close -3552y 4mo before
  • WSteve CantwellU-DEC R3
    Close +1253y before
Latifi — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 1
Diabate — win / loss by method
Record: 19-9-1

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, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 4 losses
W
32% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
5 (33%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (20%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Latifi
Diabate
1
UFC fights
7
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
55.5 min · 7.9 avg
18y 2m
Career length
27y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Latifi
Diabate
33W–3L · 91.7%
Overall
68W–14L · 82.9%
0W–0L
Wins
36W–7L · 83.7%
33W–3L · 91.7%
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Latifi
Diabate
73W–41L · 64.0%
Overall
211W–120L · 63.7%
53W–30L · 63.9%
Wins
147W–99L · 59.8%
20W–11L · 64.5%
Losses
64W–21L · 75.3%
Distance striking
Latifi
Diabate
1.12
Landed / min
8.20
15.2%
Accuracy
68.1%
46.6%
Defense
73.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
95.5%
Time at distance
38.9%
Grappling & control
Latifi
Diabate
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
59.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.27
83.8%
Control share
31.5%
Strike target map
Latifi
  • Head61%(11)div 64%
  • Body17%(3)div 19%
  • Legs22%(4)div 18%
Diabate
  • Head61%(156)div 64%
  • Body26%(65)div 19%
  • Legs13%(33)div 18%

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

Ilir Latifi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cyrille Diabate
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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