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UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson
Issei Tamura
Issei Tamura
6-2 · JPN
VS
Zhang Tiequan
Zhang Tiequan
15-2 · CHN
February 25, 2012 · Saitama, Japan
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Issei Tamura def. Zhang Tiequan by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tamura13/191/214:08
Tiequan2/120/000:01
R2 · 0:32
Tamura2/50/010:02
Tiequan4/70/000:00
Total
Tamura15/241/224:10
Tiequan6/190/000:01

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
TamuraWin probabilityTiequan
39.3%60.7%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
18%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tamura39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%20%
Submission2%6%
Decision29%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 15
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Tiequan61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%
Submission16%26%
Decision27%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 6
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R214%
R39%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Tamura
44.2%+123
Tiequan
-12354.4%
Most takedownstie 38.2%
Tamura
40.4%-189
Tiequan
+18921.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tamura
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Tiequan
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
41.3%
+138
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
57.0%
-138
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Tamura
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.0%
+157
Exactly 1
17.6%
push
Under 1
50.3%
-157
035
Tiequan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
33.2%
+201
Under 0.5
66.8%
-201
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 11.1 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
Tamura39.3%35.0%+4.3+181
Tiequan60.7%65.0%−4.3-196

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
TamuraTiequan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1540
1513
Divisional
1541
1500
Striking offense
1496
1500
Striking defense
1534
1500
Grappling offense
1490
1500
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'8"
63"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
0.38
Strike accuracy
21%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.84
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
83%
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.8
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Issei Tamura
No prior UFC fights.
Zhang Tiequan
  • LDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -1355mo before
  • WJason ReinhardtSUB R1
    Close -3001y before
Tamura — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
83% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(100%) 2
Tiequan — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tamura
Tiequan
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
15.8 min · 7.9 avg
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tamura
Tiequan
Overall
32W–3L · 91.4%
Wins
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tamura
Tiequan
54W–29L · 65.1%
Overall
35W–14L · 71.4%
38W–21L · 64.4%
Wins
29W–13L · 69.0%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Tamura
Tiequan
Landed / min
3.48
Accuracy
22.2%
Defense
77.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
10.9%
Grappling & control
Tamura
Tiequan
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
83.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.80
Control share
5.4%
Strike target map
Tamura
  • Head0%(0)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Tiequan
  • Head100%(6)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Issei Tamura

No UFC fights on record.

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

Zhang Tiequan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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