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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale
Tom Niinimaki
Tom Niinimaki
20-5-1 · FIN
VS
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
19-7 · BRA
November 30, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Tom Niinimaki def. Rani Yahya by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Niinimaki5/101/103:16
Yahya1/92/200:57
R2
Niinimaki7/92/303:51
Yahya6/90/100:22
R3
Niinimaki5/81/201:58
Yahya8/150/002:11
Total
Niinimaki17/274/609:05
Yahya15/332/303:30

Scorecards

Niinimaki vs Yahya

RdChris LeePatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R39-109-1010-99.3-9.8
Total29-2828-2930-2728.9-28.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 13 Niinimaki · 0 Yahya

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Niinimaki-Yahya.

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
NiinimakiWin probabilityYahya
56.8%43.2%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
33%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Niinimaki57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%38%
Submission15%26%
Decision20%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 17
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 4
Yahya43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%15%
Submission18%42%
Decision18%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 15
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 2
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R239%
R37%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Niinimaki
46.9%+109
Yahya
-10951.1%
Most takedownstie 29.4%
Niinimaki
19.5%+262
Yahya
-26251.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Niinimaki
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.7%
+134
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.8%
-134
03366
Yahya
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.4%
+136
Under 27.5
57.6%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Niinimaki
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
035
Yahya
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
41.6%
-115
Exactly 1
22.3%
push
Under 1
36.2%
+115
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 10.1 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
Niinimaki56.8%50.0%+6.8-105
Yahya43.2%50.0%−6.8-105

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NiinimakiYahya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1564
1540
Divisional
1564
1500
Striking offense
1468
1500
Striking defense
1526
1500
Grappling offense
1517
1500
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.34
Strike accuracy
38%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.03
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
Takedown accuracy
30%
Takedown defense
0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
80%
Win/loss streak
+3
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Niinimaki
No prior UFC fights.
Rani Yahya
  • WJosh CloptonU-DEC R3
    Close -10004mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1409mo before
  • WJosh GrispiSUB R1
    Close +1851y 4mo before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +4602y 4mo before
  • WMike BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +2902y 10mo before
Niinimaki — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-1

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
35% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (35%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (40%)Submission(40%) 2
5 (25%)Decision(40%) 2
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

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
29% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Niinimaki
Yahya
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
63.3 min · 12.7 avg
Career length
23y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Niinimaki
Yahya
Overall
68W–16L · 81.0%
Wins
58W–16L · 78.4%
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Niinimaki
Yahya
132W–69L · 65.7%
Overall
162W–54L · 75.0%
108W–58L · 65.1%
Wins
105W–46L · 69.5%
24W–11L · 68.6%
Losses
57W–8L · 87.7%
Distance striking
Niinimaki
Yahya
Landed / min
1.99
Accuracy
24.7%
Defense
64.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
30.9%
Grappling & control
Niinimaki
Yahya
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
Takedown accuracy
29.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.19
Control share
64.9%
Strike target map
Niinimaki
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Yahya
  • Head61%(52)div 64%
  • Body19%(16)div 19%
  • Legs20%(17)div 17%

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

Tom Niinimaki

No UFC fights on record.

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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