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UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
9-2 · USA
VS
Josh Neer
Josh Neer
24-6-1 · USA
September 17, 2008 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Nate Diaz def. Josh Neer by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Diaz21/321/401:55
Neer8/142/302:10
R2
Diaz8/161/201:30
Neer11/232/302:59
R3
Diaz11/243/504:01
Neer7/130/200:26
Total
Diaz40/725/1107:26
Neer26/504/805:35

Scorecards

Diaz vs Neer

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.3-9.6
R3---9.8-9.2
Total29-2828-2929-2828.9-28

Media (5 cards) · avg 2928 · 5 Diaz · 0 Neer

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Diaz-Neer.

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
DiazWin probabilityNeer
78.8%21.2%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
52%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Diaz79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%16%
Submission46%58%
Decision20%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 40
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 5
Neer21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%36%
Submission6%27%
Decision8%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 26
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 4
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R27%
R37%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Diaz
66.8%-212
Neer
+21231.4%
Most takedownstie 53.6%
Diaz
30.9%-200
Neer
+20015.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Diaz
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
41.2%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.8%
-138
04283
Neer
Expected: 21.9
22
Over 22
40.9%
+137
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.2%
-137
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Diaz
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.6%
+181
Under 0.5
64.4%
-181
035
Neer
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.0%
Exactly 0
79.0%
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 7.1 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
Diaz78.8%67.2%+11.6-240
Neer21.2%32.8%−11.6+190

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
59.9Striking66.8
Neer +6.9
76.5Grappling46.0
Diaz +30.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DiazNeer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1537
1574
Divisional
1552
1497
Striking offense
1484
1508
Striking defense
1506
1550
Grappling offense
1504
1504
Grappling defense
1481
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.99
Strikes landed / min
2.76
51%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.12
Strikes absorbed / min
2.76
48%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
57%
Takedown accuracy
45%
44%
Takedown defense
38%
4.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nate Diaz
  • WKurt PellegrinoSUB R2
    Close -1466mo before
  • WAlvin RobinsonSUB R1
    Close -1668mo before
  • WJunior AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -1981y before
  • WManvel GamburyanSUB R2
    Close +1001y 3mo before
Josh Neer
  • WDin ThomasU-DEC R3
    Close +1836mo before
  • LNick DiazSUB R3
    Close +1602y 1mo before
  • LJoshua BurkmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 2mo before
  • WJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +4002y 5mo before
  • WMelvin GuillardSUB R1
    Close -2302y 8mo before
Diaz — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Neer — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-1

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
21win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (71%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (19%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (10%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Diaz
Neer
4
UFC fights
6
21.3 min · 5.3 avg
Octagon time
62.6 min · 10.4 avg
21y 9m
Career length
23y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Diaz
Neer
32W–8L · 80.0%
Overall
119W–30L · 79.9%
32W–8L · 80.0%
Wins
66W–17L · 79.5%
0W–0L
Losses
53W–13L · 80.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Diaz
Neer
53W–19L · 73.6%
Overall
190W–107L · 64.0%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Wins
157W–97L · 61.8%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Losses
33W–10L · 76.7%
Distance striking
Diaz
Neer
2.68
Landed / min
3.07
22.2%
Accuracy
29.9%
76.9%
Defense
73.1%
0.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
7.0%
Time at distance
30.7%
Grappling & control
Diaz
Neer
2.82
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
44.4%
Takedown defense
37.5%
4.94
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.72
31.2%
Control share
57.3%
Strike target map
Diaz
  • Head52%(11)div 68%
  • Body10%(2)div 18%
  • Legs38%(8)div 14%
Neer
  • Head81%(140)div 68%
  • Body8%(13)div 18%
  • Legs12%(20)div 14%

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

Nate Diaz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Neer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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