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UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
9-0 · USA
VS
Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawa
12-8-1 · JPN
February 5, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Chad Mendes def. Michihiro Omigawa by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mendes17/461/301:16
Omigawa3/250/000:00
R2
Mendes24/442/401:54
Omigawa6/340/100:14
R3
Mendes15/331/303:06
Omigawa9/330/000:19
Total
Mendes56/1234/1006:16
Omigawa18/920/100:33

Scorecards

Mendes vs Omigawa

RdPatricia Morse JarmanSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Mendes · 0 Omigawa

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

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 probabilityOmigawa
90.3%9.7%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
18%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Omigawa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Mendes90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%39%
Submission16%18%
Decision39%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 56
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.3)act 4
Omigawa10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%43%
Submission2%16%
Decision4%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 18
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R219%
R314%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Mendes
71.8%-266
Omigawa
+26627.0%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
Mendes
72.7%-1169
Omigawa
+11696.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 48.7
48.5
Over 48.5
42.7%
+134
Under 48.5
57.3%
-134
061122
Omigawa
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
41.4%
+136
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.3%
-136
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.0%
+121
Exactly 2
20.4%
push
Under 2
43.6%
-121
036
Omigawa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.8%
Exactly 0
81.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.2 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
Mendes90.3%76.1%+14.2-365
Omigawa9.7%23.9%−14.2+305

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
MendesOmigawa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1466
1536
Divisional
1494
1482
Striking offense
1475
1500
Striking defense
1501
1561
Grappling offense
1547
1558
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
25 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.47
Strike accuracy
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.60
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
42%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-2
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
1109
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chad Mendes
No prior UFC fights.
Michihiro Omigawa
  • LThiago TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +4753y before
  • LMatt WimanU-DEC R3
    Close +2333y 4mo before
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
22% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Omigawa — win / loss by method
Record: 12-8-1

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, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
50% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
12win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (50%)Decision(67%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
Omigawa
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
Omigawa
Overall
19W–4L · 82.6%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
19W–4L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
Omigawa
87W–35L · 71.3%
Overall
193W–53L · 78.5%
87W–35L · 71.3%
Wins
136W–39L · 77.7%
0W–0L
Losses
57W–14L · 80.3%
Distance striking
Mendes
Omigawa
Landed / min
2.06
Accuracy
24.2%
Defense
53.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
12.9%
Grappling & control
Mendes
Omigawa
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
42.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
Control share
24.0%
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head0%(0)div 60%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
  • No strike data on record.
Omigawa
  • Head86%(38)div 60%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs14%(6)div 20%

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

Chad Mendes

No UFC fights on record.

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

Michihiro Omigawa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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