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UFC 133: Evans vs Ortiz 2
Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
10-0 · USA
VS
Rani Yahya
Rani Yahya
16-6 · BRA
August 6, 2011 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.8lb
Weigh-in
145.2lb
Chad Mendes def. Rani Yahya by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mendes17/360/000:01
Yahya3/360/300:00
R2
Mendes10/232/200:48
Yahya10/390/200:00
R3
Mendes8/133/303:55
Yahya2/120/000:00
Total
Mendes35/725/504:44
Yahya15/870/500:00

Scorecards

Mendes vs Yahya

RdDouglas CrosbyRay MartinWilfredo CintronCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027.2 · 6 Mendes · 0 Yahya

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

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
MendesWin probabilityYahya
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
17%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mendes82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%30%
Submission10%12%
Decision47%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 35
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 5
Yahya18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%19%
Submission7%40%
Decision7%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 15
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R230%
R35%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Mendes
53.8%-120
Yahya
+12044.7%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Mendes
44.5%-190
Yahya
+19023.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
41.3%
+138
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
57.0%
-138
050100
Yahya
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.7%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.5%
-135
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.7%
+119
Exactly 1
24.0%
push
Under 1
41.3%
-119
035
Yahya
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.5%
+147
Under 0.5
59.5%
-147
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 11.4 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
Mendes82.4%82.5%−0.1-540
Yahya17.6%17.5%+0.1+460

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
78.3Striking75.9
Mendes +2.4
63.2Grappling52.4
Mendes +10.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MendesYahya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1534
1550
Divisional
1535
1484
Striking offense
1484
1505
Striking defense
1511
1555
Grappling offense
1555
1551
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
26 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.73
Strikes landed / min
2.67
46%
Strike accuracy
69%
1.20
Strikes absorbed / min
1.00
80%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
27%
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chad Mendes
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -3656mo before
Rani Yahya
  • WMike BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +2906mo before
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
33% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
88% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
14 (93%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
Yahya
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 10m
Career length
23y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
Yahya
12W–8L · 60.0%
Overall
24W–7L · 77.4%
12W–8L · 60.0%
Wins
24W–7L · 77.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
Yahya
87W–35L · 71.3%
Overall
162W–54L · 75.0%
87W–35L · 71.3%
Wins
105W–46L · 69.5%
0W–0L
Losses
57W–8L · 87.7%
Distance striking
Mendes
Yahya
4.76
Landed / min
5.70
39.6%
Accuracy
57.1%
83.0%
Defense
93.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
53.2%
Time at distance
18.7%
Grappling & control
Mendes
Yahya
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.00
91.9%
Control share
68.4%
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head70%(39)div 64%
  • Body7%(4)div 18%
  • Legs23%(13)div 18%
Yahya
  • Head45%(18)div 64%
  • Body25%(10)div 18%
  • Legs30%(12)div 18%

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

Chad Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rani Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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