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Kai Kamaka III
Kai Kamaka III
17-7-1 · USA
VS
Dakota Hope
Dakota Hope
11-1 · USA
April 4, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Kai Kamaka III def. Dakota Hope by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kamaka III21/360/000:05
Hope42/890/010:35
R2
Kamaka III41/540/100:10
Hope32/830/000:19
R3
Kamaka III43/690/000:08
Hope32/861/300:24
Total
Kamaka III105/1590/100:23
Hope106/2581/311:18

Scorecards

Kamaka III vs Hope

RdBryan MinerMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-99-1010-99.7-9.3
Total29-2828-2929-2828.4-28.6

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Kamaka III · 0 Hope

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kamaka III-Hope.

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
Kamaka IIIWin probabilityHope
45.2%54.8%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
18%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Kamaka III, blue toward Hope. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kamaka III45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%10%
Submission7%16%5%
Decision27%59%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 105
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.2)act 0
Hope55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%38%16%
Submission10%19%4%
Decision24%43%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 106
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 1
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R36%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Kamaka III
47.8%+107
Hope
-10751.0%
Most takedownstie 24.0%
Kamaka III
52.1%-217
Hope
+21724.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kamaka III
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
39.5%
+153
Under 41.5
60.5%
-153
052104
Hope
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
39.3%
+152
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.6%
-152
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Kamaka III
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.2%
+112
Under 1.5
52.8%
-112
035
Hope
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.2%
+117
Under 0.5
53.8%
-117
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 10.2 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
Kamaka III45.2%58.7%−13.5-160
Hope54.8%41.3%+13.5+131
By method
Kamaka III by KO/TKO14.6%9.8%+4.8+783
Kamaka III by submission7.9%4.7%+3.2+1744
Kamaka III by decision22.7%43.6%−20.9-102
Hope by KO/TKO17.7%16.0%+1.7+441
Hope by submission9.6%4.2%+5.4+1953
Hope by decision27.5%21.7%+5.8+298
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.8%81.7%−8.9-715
Over 2.5 rds56.1%72.6%−16.5-353
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.2%68.3%−18.1-270

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
Kamaka IIIHope
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1499
Pound-for-pound
1530
1518
Divisional
1530
1499
Striking offense
1500
1491
Striking defense
1500
1522
Grappling offense
1500
1525
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Striking (UFC career)
4.96
Strikes landed / min
57%
Strike accuracy
5.29
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.93
Takedowns / 15 min
58%
Takedown accuracy
53%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
0
Win/loss streak
25%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
1708
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kai Kamaka III
  • DDanny ChavezM-DEC R3
    !Close -1214y 8mo before
  • LTJ BrownS-DEC R3
    Close -1514y 11mo before
  • LJonathan PearceKO/TKO R2
    Close -3355y 4mo before
  • WTony KelleyU-DEC R3
    Close -2255y 8mo before
Dakota Hope
No prior UFC fights.
Kamaka III — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-1

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, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 5 losses
W
76% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
1win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(0%) 0
12 (75%)Decision(80%) 4
Hope — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kamaka III
Hope
4
UFC fights
0
54.5 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
13y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Kamaka III
Hope
29W–13L · 69.0%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
23W–12L · 65.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kamaka III
Hope
238W–116L · 67.2%
Overall
64W–46L · 58.2%
158W–83L · 65.6%
Wins
56W–39L · 58.9%
80W–33L · 70.8%
Losses
8W–7L · 53.3%
Distance striking
Kamaka III
Hope
7.05
Landed / min
53.8%
Accuracy
62.0%
Defense
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
59.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Kamaka III
Hope
1.93
Takedowns / 15 min
58.3%
Takedown accuracy
52.9%
Takedown defense
0.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
76.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Kamaka III
  • Head43%(116)div 63%
  • Body42%(113)div 21%
  • Legs15%(41)div 16%
Hope
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Kai Kamaka III
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dakota Hope

No UFC fights on record.

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