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UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
Yushin Okami
Yushin Okami
21-4 · JPN
VS
Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
32-6 · USA
March 1, 2008 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 3:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Okami14/340/010:28
Tanner12/251/201:20
R2 · 3:00
Okami12/240/010:08
Tanner7/190/100:36
Total
Okami26/580/020:36
Tanner19/441/301:56

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
OkamiWin probabilityTanner
69.1%30.9%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
30%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Okami69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%
Submission13%19%
Decision39%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 26
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Tanner31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%21%
Submission17%55%
Decision7%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 19
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R24%
R315%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Okami
57.7%-143
Tanner
+14340.3%
Most takedownstie 39.3%
Okami
30.7%-102
Tanner
+10230.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Okami
Expected: 29.7
29.5
Over 29.5
42.9%
+133
Under 29.5
57.1%
-133
03875
Tanner
Expected: 24.5
24.5
Over 24.5
42.4%
+136
Under 24.5
57.6%
-136
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Okami
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.0%
+138
Under 0.5
58.0%
-138
035
Tanner
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
42.2%
+137
Under 0.5
57.8%
-137
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 10.0 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
Okami69.1%65.2%+3.9-208
Tanner30.9%34.8%−3.9+178

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
68.5Striking77.7
Tanner +9.1
80.2Grappling66.0
Okami +14.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OkamiTanner
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1613
1596
Divisional
1597
1495
Striking offense
1493
1533
Striking defense
1521
1517
Grappling offense
1538
1524
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
26 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.01
Strikes landed / min
3.43
43%
Strike accuracy
62%
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.17
67%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
2.56
59%
Takedown accuracy
49%
94%
Takedown defense
22%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
73%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
82%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
686
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yushin Okami
  • WJason MacDonaldU-DEC R3
    Close -2644mo before
  • LRich FranklinU-DEC R3
    Close +1739mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +10511mo before
  • WRory SingerKO/TKO R3
    Close -4211y 2mo before
  • WKalib StarnesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1151y 5mo before
Evan Tanner
  • WJustin LevensSUB R1
    Close -3251y 11mo before
  • LDavid LoiseauKO/TKO R2
    2y 5mo before
  • LRich FranklinKO/TKO R4
    2y 9mo before
  • WDavid TerrellKO/TKO R1
    both missedClose +1203y 1mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerSUB R1
    Close -1603y 4mo before
Okami — win / loss by method
Record: 21-4-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
75% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Tanner — win / loss by method
Record: 32-6-0

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
12 wins, 5 losses
W
38% of wins
L
83% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
13 (62%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (5%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Okami
Tanner
6
UFC fights
15
85.7 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
99.7 min · 6.6 avg
23y 11m
Career length
29y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Okami
Tanner
78W–18L · 81.3%
Overall
117W–36L · 76.5%
55W–16L · 77.5%
Wins
68W–29L · 70.1%
23W–2L · 92.0%
Losses
49W–7L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Okami
Tanner
174W–94L · 64.9%
Overall
158W–123L · 56.2%
129W–83L · 60.8%
Wins
153W–113L · 57.5%
45W–11L · 80.4%
Losses
5W–10L · 33.3%
Distance striking
Okami
Tanner
2.03
Landed / min
2.76
27.5%
Accuracy
44.8%
79.5%
Defense
68.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
40.2%
Time at distance
39.2%
Grappling & control
Okami
Tanner
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
2.56
58.6%
Takedown accuracy
48.6%
94.4%
Takedown defense
22.2%
1.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.26
77.4%
Control share
82.8%
Strike target map
Okami
  • Head75%(129)div 63%
  • Body13%(23)div 20%
  • Legs12%(20)div 17%
Tanner
  • Head63%(216)div 63%
  • Body26%(90)div 20%
  • Legs11%(36)div 17%

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

Yushin Okami
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Evan Tanner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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