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Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
17-7 · BRA
VS
Mizuto Hirota
Mizuto Hirota
14-5-1 · JPN
March 2, 2013 · Saitama, Japan
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Rani Yahya def. Mizuto Hirota by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yahya3/83/403:21
Hirota0/10/000:49
R2
Yahya8/131/104:20
Hirota0/30/000:15
R3
Yahya2/81/701:18
Hirota4/101/102:06
Total
Yahya13/295/1208:59
Hirota4/141/103:10

Scorecards

Yahya vs Hirota

RdBen CartlidgeChris WattsJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (12 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 12 Yahya · 0 Hirota

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

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 probabilityHirota
51.9%48.1%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
21%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Hirota. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yahya52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission18%35%
Decision25%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 13
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 5
Hirota48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%42%
Submission3%5%
Decision25%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 4
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R213%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Yahya
56.9%-137
Hirota
+13741.4%
Most takedownstie 28.9%
Yahya
60.4%-566
Hirota
+56610.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Hirota
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.0%
+138
Under 29.5
58.0%
-138
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Yahya
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
43.8%
-140
Exactly 1
25.0%
push
Under 1
31.2%
+140
035
Hirota
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.6%
Exactly 0
76.4%
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 9.9 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
Yahya51.9%41.0%+10.9+140
Hirota48.1%59.0%−10.9-150

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
YahyaHirota
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1520
1535
Divisional
1520
1476
Striking offense
1500
1512
Striking defense
1533
1532
Grappling offense
1494
1532
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.74
Strikes landed / min
38%
Strike accuracy
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
50%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
22%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rani Yahya
  • WJosh GrispiSUB R1
    Close +1857mo before
  • LChad MendesU-DEC R3
    Close +4601y 7mo before
  • WMike BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +2902y 1mo before
Mizuto Hirota
No prior UFC fights.
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0

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
88% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3
Hirota — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-1

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (43%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Yahya
Hirota
3
UFC fights
0
33.3 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
23y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Yahya
Hirota
48W–10L · 82.8%
Overall
38W–10L · 79.2%
Wins
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yahya
Hirota
162W–54L · 75.0%
Overall
200W–81L · 71.2%
105W–46L · 69.5%
Wins
130W–56L · 69.9%
57W–8L · 87.7%
Losses
70W–25L · 73.7%
Distance striking
Yahya
Hirota
2.36
Landed / min
26.9%
Accuracy
64.3%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
40.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Yahya
Hirota
1.80
Takedowns / 15 min
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
1.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
54.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Yahya
  • Head48%(28)div 63%
  • Body22%(13)div 19%
  • Legs29%(17)div 17%
Hirota
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Mizuto Hirota

No UFC fights on record.

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