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Chidi Njokuani
Chidi Njokuani
23-10 · USA
VS
Jared Gooden
Jared Gooden
23-9 · USA
October 12, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
172.5lbMissed +1.5
Chidi Njokuani def. Jared Gooden by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Njokuani21/280/003:38
Gooden3/51/401:06
R2
Njokuani52/650/003:15
Gooden11/270/000:14
R3
Njokuani32/550/002:23
Gooden6/181/401:09
Total
Njokuani105/1480/009:16
Gooden20/502/802:29

Scorecards

Njokuani vs Gooden

RdChris LeeMichael BellTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.8

Media (7 cards) · avg 3027 · 7 Njokuani · 0 Gooden

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Njokuani-Gooden.

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
NjokuaniWin probabilityGooden
63.0%37.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
14%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Njokuani63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%38%
Submission5%8%
Decision34%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2375)act 105
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Gooden37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%
Submission9%25%
Decision16%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 20
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 2
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R222%
R311%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Njokuani
52.6%-113
Gooden
+11346.5%
Most takedownstie 46.9%
Njokuani
17.4%+204
Gooden
-20435.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Njokuani
Expected: 55.3
55.5
Over 55.5
39.5%
+153
Under 55.5
60.5%
-153
070139
Gooden
Expected: 50.0
50
Over 50
39.2%
+152
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.8%
-152
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Njokuani
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+314
Under 0.5
75.8%
-314
035
Gooden
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
28.1%
+209
Exactly 1
12.9%
push
Under 1
58.9%
-209
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 11.0 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
Njokuani63.0%59.9%+3.1-165
Gooden37.0%40.1%−3.1+140

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
71.6Striking58.6
Njokuani +12.9
23.9Grappling49.2
Gooden +25.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NjokuaniGooden
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1506
1547
Divisional
1507
1511
Striking offense
1517
1496
Striking defense
1484
1489
Grappling offense
1494
1491
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
35 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.41
Strikes landed / min
5.08
58%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
6.68
55%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
71%
Takedown defense
65%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chidi Njokuani
  • WRhys McKeeS-DEC R3
    Close -1546mo before
  • LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +1041y 2mo before
  • LAlbert DuraevS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 7mo before
  • LGregory RodriguesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1332y 1mo before
  • WDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -2502y 5mo before
Jared Gooden
  • WWellington TurmanSUB R2
    Close +16510mo before
  • LCarlston HarrisU-DEC R3
    missedClose +2461y 7mo before
  • LRandy BrownU-DEC R3
    missedClose +2183y before
  • WNiklas StolzeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1533y 2mo before
  • LAbubakar NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close +1833y 7mo before
Njokuani — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-0, 1 NC

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
14 wins, 5 losses
W
61% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
20win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (60%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
1 (5%)Submission(43%) 3
7 (35%)Decision(14%) 1
Gooden — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-0

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
48% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 7 losses
W
22% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (48%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
6 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (24%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Njokuani
Gooden
6
UFC fights
6
45.8 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
67.3 min · 11.2 avg
18y 9m
Career length
11y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Njokuani
Gooden
82W–25L · 76.6%
Overall
91W–30L · 75.2%
37W–11L · 77.1%
Wins
30W–11L · 73.2%
45W–14L · 76.3%
Losses
61W–19L · 76.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Njokuani
Gooden
259W–94L · 73.4%
Overall
189W–105L · 64.3%
187W–80L · 70.0%
Wins
141W–87L · 61.8%
72W–14L · 83.7%
Losses
48W–18L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Njokuani
Gooden
6.04
Landed / min
6.50
51.6%
Accuracy
46.9%
62.4%
Defense
50.3%
0.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
47.7%
Time at distance
68.5%
Grappling & control
Njokuani
Gooden
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
65.0%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.22
17.7%
Control share
14.7%
Strike target map
Njokuani
  • Head33%(67)div 63%
  • Body44%(88)div 21%
  • Legs23%(47)div 16%
Gooden
  • Head57%(194)div 63%
  • Body28%(95)div 21%
  • Legs15%(53)div 16%

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

Chidi Njokuani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jared Gooden
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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