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UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
4-2 · USA
VS
March 26, 2011 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Amir Sadollah def. DaMarques Johnson by KO/TKO (Elbows), R2 3:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sadollah21/371/101:08
Johnson14/322/302:23
R2 · 3:27
Sadollah41/801/102:01
Johnson13/250/100:13
Total
Sadollah62/1172/203:09
Johnson27/572/402:36

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
SadollahWin probabilityJohnson
48.3%51.7%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
30%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sadollah48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%
Submission12%26%
Decision28%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 62
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Johnson52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%35%
Submission18%34%
Decision16%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 27
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 2
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R212%
R311%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sadollah
62.9%-176
Johnson
+17635.6%
Most takedownstie 49.0%
Sadollah
21.6%+136
Johnson
-13629.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
41.9%
+135
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.4%
-135
052103
Johnson
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
42.3%
+136
Under 30.5
57.7%
-136
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.3%
+254
Under 0.5
71.7%
-254
035
Johnson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.5%
+182
Under 0.5
64.5%
-182
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 9.7 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
Sadollah48.3%69.3%−21.0-240
Johnson51.7%30.7%+21.0+220

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
79.9Striking51.1
Sadollah +28.8
49.3Grappling36.3
Sadollah +13.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SadollahJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1521
1521
Divisional
1521
1505
Striking offense
1496
1512
Striking defense
1494
1497
Grappling offense
1501
1507
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.12
Strikes landed / min
2.00
50%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.60
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
66%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
67%
Takedown accuracy
33%
58%
Takedown defense
29%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amir Sadollah
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2654mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close +10010mo before
  • WBrad BlackburnU-DEC R3
    Close -1561y 2mo before
  • WPhil BaroniU-DEC R3
    Close -2381y 4mo before
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close -1091y 8mo before
DaMarques Johnson
  • WMike GuymonSUB R1
    Close -1252mo before
  • LMatthew RiddleKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1808mo before
  • WBrad BlackburnKO/TKO R3
    Close +14011mo before
  • WEdgar GarciaSUB R1
    Close +2001y 3mo before
  • LJames WilksSUB R1
    Close -3351y 9mo before
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 4-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 14-8-0

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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (18%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sadollah
Johnson
6
UFC fights
5
63.5 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
33.9 min · 6.8 avg
18y 1m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sadollah
Johnson
62W–23L · 72.9%
Overall
46W–18L · 71.9%
45W–23L · 66.2%
Wins
37W–15L · 71.2%
17W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sadollah
Johnson
Overall
132W–73L · 64.4%
Wins
75W–60L · 55.6%
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Sadollah
Johnson
8.77
Landed / min
3.40
45.9%
Accuracy
26.9%
73.7%
Defense
58.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.44
38.4%
Time at distance
37.3%
Grappling & control
Sadollah
Johnson
0.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
57.9%
Takedown defense
28.6%
0.47
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.88
33.3%
Control share
29.4%
Strike target map
Sadollah
  • Head39%(128)div 63%
  • Body30%(99)div 21%
  • Legs30%(98)div 16%
Johnson
  • Head81%(55)div 63%
  • Body13%(9)div 21%
  • Legs6%(4)div 16%

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

Amir Sadollah
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

DaMarques Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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