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UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano
Muin Gafurov
Muin Gafurov
20-6 · TJK
VS
Rinya Nakamura
Rinya Nakamura
7-0 · JPN
January 18, 2025 · Inglewood, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Muin Gafurov def. Rinya Nakamura by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gafurov12/290/001:35
Nakamura10/240/000:00
R2
Gafurov14/320/011:02
Nakamura9/240/100:00
R3
Gafurov11/290/100:00
Nakamura12/250/001:41
Total
Gafurov37/900/112:37
Nakamura31/730/101:41

Scorecards

Gafurov vs Nakamura

RdChris LebenDerek ClearyFelicia OhCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.527.4 · 12 Gafurov · 0 Nakamura

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gafurov-Nakamura.

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
GafurovWin probabilityNakamura
43.6%56.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
24%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gafurov44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%32%
Submission15%34%
Decision15%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 37
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Nakamura56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%
Submission9%17%
Decision32%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 31
Takedowns2.6 (0.06.0)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~3.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R312%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Gafurov
47.8%+106
Nakamura
-10650.7%
Most takedownstie 13.3%
Gafurov
14.4%+503
Nakamura
-50372.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gafurov
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
38.8%
+153
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.6%
-153
03978
Nakamura
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
39.3%
+151
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.2%
-151
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Gafurov
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.7%
+119
Under 0.5
54.3%
-119
035
Nakamura
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.3%
+103
Under 2.5
50.7%
-103
048

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 10.4 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
Gafurov43.6%15.2%+28.4+530
Nakamura56.4%84.8%−28.4-750

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
72.6Striking79.8
Nakamura +7.2
24.9Grappling60.6
Nakamura +35.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GafurovNakamura
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1559
1533
Divisional
1559
1481
Striking offense
1493
1503
Striking defense
1504
1527
Grappling offense
1542
1521
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.49
Strikes landed / min
2.78
47%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.83
Strikes absorbed / min
1.01
57%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
10%
Takedown accuracy
100%
65%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
33%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Muin Gafurov
  • WKyung Ho KangU-DEC R3
    Close -1687mo before
  • LSaid NurmagomedovSUB R1
    Close +2581y 3mo before
  • LJohn CastanedaU-DEC R3
    Close +1031y 8mo before
Rinya Nakamura
  • WCarlos VeraU-DEC R3
    Close -138211mo before
  • WFernie GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -10061y 5mo before
  • WToshiomi KazamaKO/TKO R1
    Close -5331y 11mo before
Gafurov — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
10% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (58%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (37%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (5%)Decision(100%) 4
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Gafurov
Nakamura
3
UFC fights
3
31.2 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
30.6 min · 10.2 avg
12y 8m
Career length
5y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gafurov
Nakamura
55W–19L · 74.3%
Overall
30W–8L · 78.9%
19W–10L · 65.5%
Wins
30W–8L · 78.9%
36W–9L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gafurov
Nakamura
174W–70L · 71.3%
Overall
35W–15L · 70.0%
112W–48L · 70.0%
Wins
35W–15L · 70.0%
62W–22L · 73.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gafurov
Nakamura
6.04
Landed / min
5.40
40.1%
Accuracy
54.5%
58.3%
Defense
73.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.98
38.7%
Time at distance
25.5%
Grappling & control
Gafurov
Nakamura
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
3.44
10.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
64.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.47
48.4%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Gafurov
  • Head66%(72)div 62%
  • Body19%(21)div 21%
  • Legs15%(16)div 17%
Nakamura
  • Head67%(57)div 62%
  • Body19%(16)div 21%
  • Legs14%(12)div 17%

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

Muin Gafurov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rinya Nakamura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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