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UFC 126: Silva vs Belfort
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February 5, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Demetrious Johnson def. Norifumi Yamamoto by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johnson16/353/401:13
Yamamoto8/220/000:21
R2
Johnson11/343/600:35
Yamamoto5/270/200:02
R3
Johnson11/334/501:57
Yamamoto3/160/000:03
Total
Johnson38/10210/1503:45
Yamamoto16/650/200:26

Scorecards

Johnson vs Yamamoto

RdAbe BelardoDouglas CrosbyJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.8-27.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Johnson · 0 Yamamoto

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Johnson-Yamamoto.

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
JohnsonWin probabilityYamamoto
79.3%20.7%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
37%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%17%
Submission32%40%
Decision34%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 38
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.8)act 10
Yamamoto21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%35%
Submission6%28%
Decision8%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes16 (821)act 16
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R29%
R35%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Johnson
77.7%-378
Yamamoto
+37820.6%
Most takedownstie 26.1%
Johnson
53.3%-259
Yamamoto
+25920.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
42.5%
+135
Under 32.5
57.5%
-135
04182
Yamamoto
Expected: 16.0
16
Over 16
40.7%
+136
Exactly 16
3.9%
push
Under 16
55.4%
-136
02141
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
41.3%
-180
Exactly 1
35.8%
push
Under 1
22.9%
+180
035
Yamamoto
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
51.9%
-108
Under 0.5
48.1%
+108
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 8.7 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
Johnson79.3%48.9%+30.4-105
Yamamoto20.7%51.1%−30.4-115

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1543
1516
Divisional
1543
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
24 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'4"
66"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Demetrious Johnson
No prior UFC fights.
Norifumi Yamamoto
No prior UFC fights.
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Yamamoto — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0, 1 NC

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
72% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
18win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
13 (72%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (17%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Yamamoto
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Yamamoto
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Yamamoto
48W–14L · 77.4%
Overall
108W–43L · 71.5%
30W–10L · 75.0%
Wins
87W–34L · 71.9%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
21W–9L · 70.0%
Distance striking
Johnson
Yamamoto
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Johnson
Yamamoto
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 26%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
  • No strike data on record.
Yamamoto
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 26%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Demetrious Johnson

No UFC fights on record.

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

Norifumi Yamamoto

No UFC fights on record.

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