The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 84: Ill Will
VS
May 24, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by KO/TKO (to Leg Injury), R1 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thierry Sokoudjou26/460/010:03
Nakamura6/230/000:00
Total
Thierry Sokoudjou26/460/010:03
Nakamura6/230/000:00

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
Thierry SokoudjouWin probabilityNakamura
84.0%16.0%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
16%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Thierry Sokoudjou84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO37%44%
Submission13%15%
Decision34%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 26
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Nakamura16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%28%
Submission3%20%
Decision8%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 6
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R214%
R310%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Thierry Sokoudjou
59.3%-153
Nakamura
+15338.9%
Most takedownstie 31.8%
Thierry Sokoudjou
16.1%+324
Nakamura
-32452.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thierry Sokoudjou
Expected: 33.2
33
Over 33
41.9%
+134
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.1%
-134
04283
Nakamura
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
42.4%
+136
Under 26.5
57.6%
-136
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Thierry Sokoudjou
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.2%
+242
Under 0.5
70.8%
-242
035
Nakamura
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.7%
+134
Under 1.5
57.3%
-134
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
Thierry Sokoudjou84.0%68.0%+16.0-241
Nakamura16.0%32.0%−16.0+201

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
50.1Striking37.8
Thierry Sokoudjou +12.4
63.8Grappling28.4
Thierry Sokoudjou +35.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Thierry SokoudjouNakamura
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1499
Pound-for-pound
1508
1499
Divisional
1508
1478
Striking offense
1477
1499
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
78"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.64
Strikes landed / min
1.00
25%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.25
Strikes absorbed / min
4.67
56%
Strike defense
21%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
20%
Takedown defense
33%
3.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
  • LLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -1165mo before
Kazuhiro Nakamura
  • LLyoto MachidaU-DEC R3
    Close +2038mo before
Thierry Sokoudjou — win / loss by method
Record: 4-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 11-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
2 (18%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (64%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Thierry Sokoudjou
Nakamura
1
UFC fights
1
9.3 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
20y 0m
Career length
23y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thierry Sokoudjou
Nakamura
11W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
10W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thierry Sokoudjou
Nakamura
34W–8L · 81.0%
Overall
252W–70L · 78.3%
30W–6L · 83.3%
Wins
165W–56L · 74.7%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
87W–14L · 86.1%
Distance striking
Thierry Sokoudjou
Nakamura
1.28
Landed / min
1.81
20.0%
Accuracy
23.1%
41.2%
Defense
22.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.6%
Time at distance
11.1%
Grappling & control
Thierry Sokoudjou
Nakamura
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
3.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
6.2%
Control share
16.2%
Strike target map
Thierry Sokoudjou
  • Head67%(4)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 16%
  • Legs33%(2)div 17%
Nakamura
  • Head40%(6)div 67%
  • Body33%(5)div 16%
  • Legs27%(4)div 17%

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

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kazuhiro Nakamura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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