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UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev
Manel Kape
Manel Kape
20-7 · AGO
VS
Asu Almabayev
Asu Almabayev
21-2 · KAZ
March 1, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Manel Kape def. Asu Almabayev by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kape19/400/000:00
Almabayev14/280/100:00
R2
Kape14/270/100:00
Almabayev18/400/100:00
R3 · 2:16
Kape28/480/000:29
Almabayev8/120/400:00
Total
Kape61/1150/100:29
Almabayev40/800/600:00

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
KapeWin probabilityAlmabayev
33.6%66.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
16%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 18.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kape34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%45%28%
Submission4%11%7%
Decision15%44%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (2581)act 61
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Almabayev66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%17%5%
Submission12%18%8%
Decision43%65%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 40
Takedowns3.4 (0.17.8)act 0
Combined totals~122 sig strikes~3.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R213%
R38%
R45%
R53%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Kape
47.8%+108
Almabayev
-10851.4%
Most takedownstie 9.3%
Kape
4.1%+2136
Almabayev
-213686.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kape
Expected: 59.4
59.5
Over 59.5
39.6%
+152
Under 59.5
60.4%
-152
075149
Almabayev
Expected: 62.2
62
Over 62
39.5%
+151
Exactly 62
0.8%
push
Under 62
59.7%
-151
078156
Takedowns — over/under
Kape
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Almabayev
Expected: 3.4
3.5
Over 3.5
45.3%
+121
Under 3.5
54.7%
-121
0611

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 18.6 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
Kape33.6%65.2%−31.6-216
Almabayev66.4%34.8%+31.6+174
By method
Kape by KO/TKO8.8%28.2%−19.4+195
Kape by submission5.3%6.6%−1.3+1153
Kape by decision19.6%28.6%−9.0+191
Almabayev by KO/TKO17.3%5.1%+12.2+1540
Almabayev by submission10.5%8.2%+2.3+913
Almabayev by decision38.6%23.2%+15.4+259
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds86.8%83.1%+3.7-817
Over 2.5 rds74.4%75.1%−0.7-410
Over 3.5 rds66.2%66.8%−0.6-257
Over 4.5 rds61.5%59.0%+2.5-171
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.2%54.6%+3.6-140

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
73.1Striking75.2
Almabayev +2.1
42.9Grappling82.8
Almabayev +39.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KapeAlmabayev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1608
1572
Divisional
1607
1516
Striking offense
1482
1504
Striking defense
1520
1482
Grappling offense
1539
1532
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'4"
68"
Reach
65"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.05
Strikes landed / min
2.11
56%
Strike accuracy
56%
4.15
Strikes absorbed / min
1.02
59%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.47
Takedowns / 15 min
5.08
33%
Takedown accuracy
50%
77%
Takedown defense
50%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
60%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Manel Kape
  • WBruno SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4263mo before
  • LMuhammad MokaevU-DEC R3
    Close +1707mo before
  • WFelipe dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -4401y 6mo before
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close -2272y 2mo before
  • WZhalgas ZhumagulovKO/TKO R1
    Close -2923y 3mo before
Asu Almabayev
  • WMatheus NicolauU-DEC R3
    Close -2324mo before
  • WJose JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -4539mo before
  • WCJ VergaraU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -6001y before
  • WOde OsbourneSUB R2
    Close -2021y 7mo before
Kape — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
15% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Almabayev — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (47%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (35%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kape
Almabayev
8
UFC fights
4
95.7 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
53.2 min · 13.3 avg
14y 2m
Career length
13y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kape
Almabayev
113W–24L · 82.5%
Overall
59W–21L · 73.8%
64W–17L · 79.0%
Wins
59W–21L · 73.8%
49W–7L · 87.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kape
Almabayev
154W–62L · 71.3%
Overall
99W–33L · 75.0%
99W–48L · 67.3%
Wins
93W–31L · 75.0%
55W–14L · 79.7%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Kape
Almabayev
5.29
Landed / min
2.87
55.5%
Accuracy
43.8%
59.3%
Defense
65.3%
0.94
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
87.1%
Time at distance
34.7%
Grappling & control
Kape
Almabayev
0.47
Takedowns / 15 min
5.08
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
77.4%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.69
26.9%
Control share
95.1%
Strike target map
Kape
  • Head67%(323)div 62%
  • Body19%(90)div 22%
  • Legs14%(70)div 16%
Almabayev
  • Head52%(58)div 62%
  • Body22%(25)div 22%
  • Legs26%(29)div 16%

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

Manel Kape
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Asu Almabayev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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