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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
Themba Gorimbo
Themba Gorimbo
13-4 · ZWE
VS
Niko Price
Niko Price
16-7 · USA
October 12, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Themba Gorimbo def. Niko Price by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gorimbo32/671/102:46
Price6/170/100:00
R2
Gorimbo32/534/501:52
Price9/310/201:00
R3
Gorimbo4/72/304:36
Price1/50/000:00
Total
Gorimbo68/1277/909:14
Price16/530/301:00

Scorecards

Gorimbo vs Price

RdEric ColónMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.8

Media (8 cards) · avg 3027 · 8 Gorimbo · 0 Price

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gorimbo-Price.

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
GorimboWin probabilityPrice
61.3%38.7%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
24%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Gorimbo, blue toward Price. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gorimbo61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%25%28%
Submission16%26%14%
Decision30%49%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1860)act 68
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.7)act 7
Price39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%47%10%
Submission8%19%7%
Decision13%34%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1343)act 16
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R224%
R37%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Gorimbo
60.6%-159
Price
+15938.2%
Most takedownstie 28.6%
Gorimbo
58.9%-473
Price
+47312.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gorimbo
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
39.8%
+151
Under 44.5
60.2%
-151
056112
Price
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
39.6%
+152
Under 31.5
60.4%
-152
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Gorimbo
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
47.8%
+109
Under 1.5
52.2%
-109
035
Price
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.2%
+313
Under 0.5
75.8%
-313
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 9.8 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
Gorimbo61.3%72.5%−11.2-318
Price38.7%27.5%+11.2+247
By method
Gorimbo by KO/TKO20.3%28.1%−7.8+196
Gorimbo by submission14.6%13.6%+1.0+510
Gorimbo by decision26.4%31.0%−4.6+167
Price by KO/TKO12.8%10.2%+2.6+715
Price by submission9.2%7.2%+2.0+1047
Price by decision16.7%9.9%+6.8+740
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.1%65.6%+8.5-237
Over 2.5 rds49.9%49.8%+0.1-113
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision43.0%42.7%+0.3+119

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
73.2Striking60.0
Gorimbo +13.2
67.0Grappling45.5
Gorimbo +21.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GorimboPrice
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1547
1551
Divisional
1544
1506
Striking offense
1531
1522
Striking defense
1461
1518
Grappling offense
1489
1490
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
33 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.53
Strikes landed / min
5.65
69%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.08
Strikes absorbed / min
5.69
47%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.04
Takedowns / 15 min
1.15
59%
Takedown accuracy
32%
79%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
47%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
40%
33%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Themba Gorimbo
  • WRamiz BrahimajU-DEC R3
    Close -1225mo before
  • WPete RodriguezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2508mo before
  • WTakashi SatoU-DEC R3
    Close -1331y 5mo before
  • LAJ FletcherSUB R2
    Close +2591y 8mo before
Niko Price
  • WAlex MoronoU-DEC R3
    Close +2274mo before
  • LRobbie LawlerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2351y 3mo before
  • LPhil RoweKO/TKO R3
    opp missedClose -1201y 10mo before
  • WAlex OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2043y before
  • LMichel PereiraU-DEC R3
    Close +1543y 3mo before
Gorimbo — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(33%) 1
Price — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0, 2 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
10 wins, 5 losses
W
63% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
8win7loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(71%) 5
2 (25%)Submission(14%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Gorimbo
Price
4
UFC fights
17
37.1 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
143.5 min · 8.4 avg
13y 1m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gorimbo
Price
40W–13L · 75.5%
Overall
251W–95L · 72.5%
31W–11L · 73.8%
Wins
140W–49L · 74.1%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
111W–46L · 70.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gorimbo
Price
92W–41L · 69.2%
Overall
26W–17L · 60.5%
48W–25L · 65.8%
Wins
26W–17L · 60.5%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gorimbo
Price
10.01
Landed / min
6.91
52.0%
Accuracy
39.4%
80.0%
Defense
51.5%
0.81
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
7.0%
Time at distance
63.6%
Grappling & control
Gorimbo
Price
4.04
Takedowns / 15 min
1.15
58.8%
Takedown accuracy
32.4%
78.6%
Takedown defense
62.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
71.4%
Control share
53.9%
Strike target map
Gorimbo
  • Head45%(42)div 63%
  • Body50%(47)div 21%
  • Legs5%(5)div 16%
Price
  • Head61%(494)div 63%
  • Body17%(135)div 21%
  • Legs22%(181)div 16%

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

Themba Gorimbo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Niko Price
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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