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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2
Cesar Almeida
Cesar Almeida
6-1 · BRA
VS
January 11, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Cesar Almeida def. Abdul Razak Alhassan by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:16
Almeida20/290/010:03
Razak Alhassan17/330/211:31
Total
Almeida20/290/010:03
Razak Alhassan17/330/211:31

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityRazak Alhassan
60.2%39.8%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
20%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Almeida, blue toward Razak Alhassan. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Almeida60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%36%
Submission13%22%6%
Decision30%50%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1859)act 20
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Razak Alhassan40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%52%18%
Submission7%19%4%
Decision12%29%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 17
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R219%
R38%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Almeida
57.8%-141
Razak Alhassan
+14140.9%
Most takedownstie 40.4%
Almeida
24.2%+147
Razak Alhassan
-14735.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 43.4
43.5
Over 43.5
39.6%
+152
Under 43.5
60.4%
-152
055109
Razak Alhassan
Expected: 33.3
33.5
Over 33.5
39.5%
+153
Under 33.5
60.5%
-153
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+192
Under 0.5
65.7%
-192
035
Razak Alhassan
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
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 9.5 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
Almeida60.2%69.5%−9.3-268
Razak Alhassan39.8%30.5%+9.3+213
By method
Almeida by KO/TKO22.7%35.9%−13.2+135
Almeida by submission12.3%5.6%+6.7+1418
Almeida by decision25.2%27.5%−2.3+208
Razak Alhassan by KO/TKO15.0%18.5%−3.5+358
Razak Alhassan by submission8.1%3.7%+4.4+2184
Razak Alhassan by decision16.6%8.9%+7.7+847
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.0%58.5%+10.5-169
Over 2.5 rds49.9%43.0%+6.9+118
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.8%38.3%+3.5+144

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
72.1Striking64.3
Almeida +7.8
19.5Grappling38.3
Razak Alhassan +18.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaRazak Alhassan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1518
1533
Divisional
1509
1510
Striking offense
1527
1524
Striking defense
1491
1483
Grappling offense
1498
1489
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
36 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.87
Strikes landed / min
3.56
56%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.98
48%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
0%
Takedown accuracy
38%
52%
Takedown defense
51%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
46%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cesar Almeida
  • WIhor PotieriaU-DEC R3
    Close -5003mo before
  • LRoman KopylovS-DEC R3
    Close -1167mo before
  • WDylan BudkaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1289mo before
Abdul Razak Alhassan
  • LJoe PyferSUB R2
    Close +2801y 3mo before
  • WClaudio RibeiroKO/TKO R2
    Close -1132y before
  • LJoaquin BuckleyS-DEC R3
    Close +1362y 11mo before
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1993y 4mo before
  • LJacob MalkounU-DEC R3
    Close -3213y 9mo before
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Razak Alhassan — win / loss by method
Record: 12-6-0, 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 4 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Razak Alhassan
3
UFC fights
13
37.2 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
83.7 min · 6.4 avg
10y 5m
Career length
12y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Razak Alhassan
39W–11L · 78.0%
Overall
123W–35L · 77.8%
27W–8L · 77.1%
Wins
60W–22L · 73.2%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
63W–13L · 82.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Razak Alhassan
14W–30L · 31.8%
Overall
38W–28L · 57.6%
14W–30L · 31.8%
Wins
38W–28L · 57.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Almeida
Razak Alhassan
6.24
Landed / min
5.07
50.0%
Accuracy
44.4%
50.3%
Defense
60.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.43
42.6%
Time at distance
48.8%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Razak Alhassan
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
52.2%
Takedown defense
50.9%
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
11.9%
Control share
29.6%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head49%(71)div 63%
  • Body31%(45)div 20%
  • Legs19%(28)div 17%
Razak Alhassan
  • Head79%(234)div 63%
  • Body11%(32)div 20%
  • Legs11%(32)div 17%

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

Cesar Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Abdul Razak Alhassan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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