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UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
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Brandon Wolff
Brandon Wolff
7-3 · USA
May 23, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Brandon Wolff by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 2:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:24
Yoshida4/60/001:06
Wolff2/50/100:31
Total
Yoshida4/60/001:06
Wolff2/50/100:31

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
YoshidaWin probabilityWolff
79.9%20.1%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
20%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Yoshida80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%26%
Submission17%22%
Decision42%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3172)act 4
Takedowns1.6 (0.13.6)act 0
Wolff20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%19%
Submission2%11%
Decision14%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R217%
R37%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Yoshida
59.8%-153
Wolff
+15339.1%
Most takedownstie 8.0%
Yoshida
89.8%-4009
Wolff
+40092.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yoshida
Expected: 55.7
55.5
Over 55.5
42.7%
+134
Under 55.5
57.3%
-134
070140
Wolff
Expected: 44.4
44.5
Over 44.5
42.4%
+136
Under 44.5
57.6%
-136
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Yoshida
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
58.0%
-138
Under 1.5
42.0%
+138
035
Wolff
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
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 11.1 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
Yoshida79.9%78.8%+1.1-421
Wolff20.1%21.2%−1.1+361

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
62.4Striking6.8
Yoshida +55.6
73.6Grappling0.0
Yoshida +73.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YoshidaWolff
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1498
1523
Divisional
1498
1483
Striking offense
1493
1493
Striking defense
1493
1554
Grappling offense
1489
1551
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
35 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.20
Strikes landed / min
0.00
35%
Strike accuracy
0%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
23.12
61%
Strike defense
18%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
4.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
164
Days since last fight
164
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
  • LJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +2205mo before
  • WWar MachineSUB R1
    Close -1661y before
Brandon Wolff
  • LBen SaundersKO/TKO R1
    Close +3215mo before
Yoshida — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 2
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Wolff — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yoshida
Wolff
2
UFC fights
1
3.2 min · 1.6 avg
Octagon time
1.8 min · 1.8 avg
21y 6m
Career length
24y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yoshida
Wolff
16W–4L · 80.0%
Overall
6W–0L · 100.0%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Wins
0W–0L
11W–3L · 78.6%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yoshida
Wolff
106W–22L · 82.8%
Overall
25W–6L · 80.6%
95W–22L · 81.2%
Wins
23W–5L · 82.1%
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Yoshida
Wolff
2.63
Landed / min
0.00
33.3%
Accuracy
62.5%
Defense
30.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
71.5%
Time at distance
9.7%
Grappling & control
Yoshida
Wolff
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
4.71
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
11.1%
Strike target map
Yoshida
  • Head29%(2)div 64%
  • Body29%(2)div 21%
  • Legs43%(3)div 15%
Wolff
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Yoshiyuki Yoshida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Wolff
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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