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UFC 76: Knockout
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
10-0 · BRA
VS
September 22, 2007 · Anaheim, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Lyoto Machida def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machida24/311/203:06
Nakamura8/120/300:09
R2
Machida21/300/003:18
Nakamura3/81/400:54
R3
Machida25/281/102:46
Nakamura4/111/300:43
Total
Machida70/892/309:10
Nakamura15/312/1001:46

Scorecards

Machida vs Nakamura

RdCecil PeoplesMarcos RosalesRichard BertrandCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (3 cards) · avg 3027 · 3 Machida · 0 Nakamura

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machida-Nakamura.

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
MachidaWin probabilityNakamura
82.8%17.2%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
17%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machida83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%37%
Submission13%16%
Decision39%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 70
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.8)act 2
Nakamura17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%34%
Submission3%21%
Decision8%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 15
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 2
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R28%
R317%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Machida
77.5%-368
Nakamura
+36821.1%
Most takedownstie 39.4%
Machida
10.8%+461
Nakamura
-46149.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machida
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
41.7%
+136
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.6%
-136
052103
Nakamura
Expected: 20.6
20.5
Over 20.5
42.9%
+133
Under 20.5
57.1%
-133
02652
Takedowns — over/under
Machida
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
19.5%
Exactly 0
80.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nakamura
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
56.4%
-129
Under 0.5
43.6%
+129
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 10.4 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
Machida82.8%68.4%+14.4-250
Nakamura17.2%31.6%−14.4+203

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MachidaNakamura
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1522
1560
Divisional
1522
1502
Striking offense
1482
1539
Striking defense
1500
1488
Grappling offense
1561
1518
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.30
Strikes landed / min
66%
Strike accuracy
0.63
Strikes absorbed / min
80%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
88%
Takedown defense
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lyoto Machida
  • WDavid HeathU-DEC R3
    Close -3555mo before
  • WSam HogerU-DEC R3
    Close -6008mo before
Kazuhiro Nakamura
No prior UFC fights.
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
2 (18%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (64%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Machida
Nakamura
2
UFC fights
0
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
23y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Machida
Nakamura
15W–2L · 88.2%
Overall
15W–2L · 88.2%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machida
Nakamura
62W–35L · 63.9%
Overall
252W–70L · 78.3%
62W–35L · 63.9%
Wins
165W–56L · 74.7%
0W–0L
Losses
87W–14L · 86.1%
Distance striking
Machida
Nakamura
4.31
Landed / min
64.6%
Accuracy
78.6%
Defense
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
56.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Machida
Nakamura
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
87.5%
Takedown defense
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
96.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Machida
  • Head59%(76)div 67%
  • Body17%(22)div 15%
  • Legs24%(31)div 18%
Nakamura
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 15%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kazuhiro Nakamura

No UFC fights on record.

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