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UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier
Igor Pokrajac
Igor Pokrajac
24-8 · HRV
VS
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado
18-4 · BRA
May 15, 2012 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Igor Pokrajac def. Fabio Maldonado by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pokrajac6/121/103:05
Maldonado36/470/000:41
R2
Pokrajac13/300/301:39
Maldonado26/330/001:10
R3
Pokrajac17/380/001:22
Maldonado36/570/100:55
Total
Pokrajac36/801/406:06
Maldonado98/1370/102:46

Scorecards

Pokrajac vs Maldonado

RdEric ColónJeff BlatnickSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.2-9.8
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2829-2830-2727.9-29.1

Media (5 cards) · avg 2928 · 5 Pokrajac · 0 Maldonado

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pokrajac-Maldonado.

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
PokrajacWin probabilityMaldonado
28.7%71.3%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
10%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pokrajac29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%54%
Submission6%20%
Decision7%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Maldonado71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO45%64%
Submission4%6%
Decision22%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 98
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R221%
R39%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Pokrajac
35.5%+177
Maldonado
-17762.9%
Most takedownstie 64.4%
Pokrajac
15.5%+131
Maldonado
-13120.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pokrajac
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
41.7%
+135
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.1%
-135
03773
Maldonado
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Pokrajac
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.3%
Exactly 0
81.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Maldonado
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.8%
+339
Under 0.5
77.2%
-339
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 8.1 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
Pokrajac28.7%42.7%−14.0+130
Maldonado71.3%57.3%+14.0-140

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
61.3Striking71.0
Maldonado +9.7
47.5Grappling74.3
Maldonado +26.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PokrajacMaldonado
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1534
1541
Divisional
1534
1518
Striking offense
1509
1489
Striking defense
1520
1501
Grappling offense
1489
1485
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.35
Strikes landed / min
6.47
45%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.72
Strikes absorbed / min
5.58
52%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
50%
Takedown accuracy
67%
50%
Takedown defense
67%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
157
Days since last fight
346
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Igor Pokrajac
  • WKrzysztof SoszynskiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2355mo before
  • WTodd BrownKO/TKO R1
    Close -2351y 2mo before
  • LStephan BonnarU-DEC R3
    Close +2201y 5mo before
  • WJames IrvinSUB R1
    Close +1401y 9mo before
  • LJames Te HunaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1462y 3mo before
Fabio Maldonado
  • LKyle KingsburyU-DEC R3
    Close +16511mo before
  • WJames McSweeneyKO/TKO R3
    Close -2401y 7mo before
Pokrajac — win / loss by method
Record: 24-8-0

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
13 wins, 4 losses
W
54% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (52%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
7 (33%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(20%) 1
Maldonado — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pokrajac
Maldonado
6
UFC fights
2
51.5 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
25.8 min · 12.9 avg
23y 6m
Career length
25y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pokrajac
Maldonado
101W–34L · 74.8%
Overall
14W–7L · 66.7%
55W–19L · 74.3%
Wins
4W–5L · 44.4%
46W–15L · 75.4%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pokrajac
Maldonado
129W–57L · 69.4%
Overall
71W–40L · 64.0%
69W–43L · 61.6%
Wins
58W–35L · 62.4%
60W–14L · 81.1%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Pokrajac
Maldonado
5.28
Landed / min
8.99
33.5%
Accuracy
59.5%
60.4%
Defense
54.8%
1.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
23.5%
Time at distance
55.2%
Grappling & control
Pokrajac
Maldonado
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
50.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.33
15.7%
Control share
57.0%
Strike target map
Pokrajac
  • Head88%(106)div 64%
  • Body7%(8)div 18%
  • Legs6%(7)div 18%
Maldonado
  • Head57%(95)div 64%
  • Body43%(71)div 18%
  • Legs1%(1)div 18%

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

Igor Pokrajac
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabio Maldonado
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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