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UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
18-7 · BRA
VS
Josh Clopton
Josh Clopton
6-1-1 · USA
August 3, 2013 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Josh Clopton by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya9/190/103:10
Clopton0/20/000:39
R2
Yahya4/151/204:13
Clopton0/20/000:00
R3
Yahya1/61/400:59
Clopton5/90/002:40
Total
Yahya14/402/708:22
Clopton5/130/003:19

Scorecards

Yahya vs Clopton

RdChris WattsGuilherme BravoMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-27.9

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.127.8 · 11 Yahya · 0 Clopton

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

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 probabilityClopton
62.2%37.8%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
57%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 6.5 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 Clopton. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yahya62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%13%
Submission40%64%
Decision14%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 14
Takedowns0.9 (0.12.5)act 2
Clopton38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%22%
Submission17%45%
Decision13%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R26%
R34%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Yahya
61.6%-169
Clopton
+16936.4%
Most takedownstie 17.6%
Yahya
76.7%-1332
Clopton
+13325.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-138
03773
Clopton
Expected: 21.8
22
Over 22
40.3%
+141
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.8%
-141
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
41.5%
-730
Exactly 1
52.8%
push
Under 1
5.7%
+730
035
Clopton
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
29.7%
Exactly 0
70.3%
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 6.5 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
Yahya62.2%89.1%−26.9-1000
Clopton37.8%10.9%+26.9+800

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
61.9Striking58.7
Yahya +3.3
43.2Grappling70.0
Clopton +26.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YahyaClopton
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1502
1550
Divisional
1502
1472
Striking offense
1496
1518
Striking defense
1503
1524
Grappling offense
1504
1520
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
28 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.47
Strikes landed / min
2.87
39%
Strike accuracy
69%
1.24
Strikes absorbed / min
4.80
53%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.80
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
30%
Takedown accuracy
67%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
0%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
609
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close +1405mo before
  • WJosh GrispiSUB R1
    Close +1851y before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +4602y before
  • WMike BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +2902y 6mo before
Josh Clopton
  • LSteven SilerU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 8mo before
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
83% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Clopton — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-1

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Clopton
4
UFC fights
1
48.3 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
23y 10m
Career length
19y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Clopton
62W–15L · 80.5%
Overall
18W–9L · 66.7%
52W–15L · 77.6%
Wins
0W–0L
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
18W–9L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Clopton
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
6W–3L · 66.7%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Yahya
Clopton
2.15
Landed / min
4.32
26.5%
Accuracy
51.5%
64.6%
Defense
69.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.7%
Time at distance
26.2%
Grappling & control
Yahya
Clopton
2.80
Takedowns / 15 min
4.00
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.4%
Control share
95.3%
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head55%(39)div 64%
  • Body21%(15)div 19%
  • Legs24%(17)div 17%
Clopton
  • Head42%(18)div 64%
  • Body30%(13)div 19%
  • Legs28%(12)div 17%

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.

Josh Clopton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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