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Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz
8-2 · USA
VS
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
12-3 · USA
April 2, 2008 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino by SUB (Triangle Choke), R2 3:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Diaz5/100/001:16
Pellegrino18/301/103:26
R2 · 3:06
Diaz1/71/100:06
Pellegrino2/42/202:17
Total
Diaz6/171/101:22
Pellegrino20/343/305:43

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 probabilityPellegrino
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
58%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 6.6 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 Pellegrino. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Diaz73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%17%
Submission44%60%
Decision17%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 6
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Pellegrino27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission14%53%
Decision8%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1024)act 20
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 3
Combined totals~42 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R24%
R38%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Diaz
59.2%-154
Pellegrino
+15438.3%
Most takedownstie 32.6%
Diaz
10.2%+558
Pellegrino
-55857.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Diaz
Expected: 23.7
23.5
Over 23.5
43.0%
+133
Under 23.5
57.0%
-133
03060
Pellegrino
Expected: 18.7
18.5
Over 18.5
43.2%
+132
Under 18.5
56.8%
-132
02447
Takedowns — over/under
Diaz
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.9%
Exactly 0
79.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Pellegrino
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.3%
+103
Exactly 1
32.4%
push
Under 1
34.3%
-103
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 6.6 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
Diaz72.5%57.3%+15.2-146
Pellegrino27.5%42.7%−15.2+126

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
66.8Striking64.4
Diaz +2.4
83.4Grappling75.1
Diaz +8.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DiazPellegrino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1541
1558
Divisional
1553
Striking offense
Striking defense
1555
Grappling offense
1523
1520
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
22 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
76"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.14
Strikes landed / min
2.19
63%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
1.85
53%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.42
Takedowns / 15 min
4.31
50%
Takedown accuracy
58%
67%
Takedown defense
50%
6.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nate Diaz
  • WAlvin RobinsonSUB R1
    Close -1662mo before
  • WJunior AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -1986mo before
  • WManvel GamburyanSUB R2
    Close +1009mo before
Kurt Pellegrino
  • WAlberto CraneKO/TKO R2
    Close -3202mo before
  • LJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +2407mo before
  • WNate MohrSUB R1
    1y before
  • WJunior AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -2801y 6mo before
  • LDrew FickettSUB R3
    Close +1401y 9mo before
Diaz — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (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
Pellegrino — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Diaz
Pellegrino
3
UFC fights
5
13.2 min · 4.4 avg
Octagon time
38.3 min · 7.7 avg
21y 9m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Diaz
Pellegrino
20W–5L · 80.0%
Overall
74W–16L · 82.2%
20W–5L · 80.0%
Wins
19W–5L · 79.2%
0W–0L
Losses
55W–11L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Diaz
Pellegrino
53W–19L · 73.6%
Overall
60W–44L · 57.7%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Wins
51W–39L · 56.7%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Losses
9W–5L · 64.3%
Distance striking
Diaz
Pellegrino
6.47
Landed / min
3.23
50.0%
Accuracy
28.1%
66.7%
Defense
70.8%
1.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
4.7%
Time at distance
30.7%
Grappling & control
Diaz
Pellegrino
3.42
Takedowns / 15 min
4.31
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.9%
66.7%
Takedown defense
50.0%
6.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.18
38.4%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Diaz
  • Head73%(11)div 68%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs27%(4)div 14%
Pellegrino
  • Head77%(65)div 68%
  • Body17%(14)div 19%
  • Legs6%(5)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.

Kurt Pellegrino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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