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UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya
VS
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
24-3 · NGA
August 17, 2024 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Dricus Du Plessis def. Israel Adesanya by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R4 3:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Du Plessis22/520/100:00
Adesanya16/370/000:00
R2
Du Plessis13/253/503:28
Adesanya17/300/100:02
R3
Du Plessis31/750/100:00
Adesanya40/830/000:00
R4 · 3:38
Du Plessis24/451/200:11
Adesanya24/530/000:07
Total
Du Plessis90/1974/903:39
Adesanya97/2030/100:09

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
Du PlessisWin probabilityAdesanya
67.1%32.9%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
9%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 18.4 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 Du Plessis, blue toward Adesanya. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Du Plessis67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%38%
Submission9%13%
Decision33%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (34110)act 90
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 4
Adesanya33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%35%
Submission0%1%
Decision21%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (36116)act 97
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~166 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R212%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Du Plessis
47.6%+109
Adesanya
-10951.8%
Most takedownstie 46.9%
Du Plessis
44.1%-494
Adesanya
+4948.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 80.9
81
Over 81
39.4%
+152
Exactly 81
0.6%
push
Under 81
60.0%
-152
0102203
Adesanya
Expected: 85.5
85.5
Over 85.5
39.7%
+152
Under 85.5
60.3%
-152
0107214
Takedowns — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
32.2%
+163
Exactly 1
15.3%
push
Under 1
52.5%
-163
035
Adesanya
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.7%
Exactly 0
86.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 18.4 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
Du Plessis67.1%52.2%+14.9-120
Adesanya32.9%47.8%−14.9+100

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
72.3Striking68.8
Du Plessis +3.5
58.9Grappling30.3
Du Plessis +28.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Du PlessisAdesanya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1664
Pound-for-pound
1678
1659
Divisional
1687
1533
Striking offense
1534
1500
Striking defense
1531
1511
Grappling offense
1456
1516
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
30 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
76"
Reach
80"
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Stance
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Striking (UFC career)
6.49
Strikes landed / min
3.93
50%
Strike accuracy
48%
4.77
Strikes absorbed / min
3.11
55%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.05
52%
Takedown accuracy
14%
40%
Takedown defense
78%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
81%
+7
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
71%
Finish rate
38%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dricus Du Plessis
  • WSean StricklandS-DEC R5
    Close -1127mo before
  • WRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close +2601y 1mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2331y 5mo before
  • WDarren TillSUB R3
    Close -1981y 8mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close -1762y 2mo before
Israel Adesanya
  • LSean StricklandU-DEC R5
    Close -55011mo before
  • WAlex PereiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 4mo before
  • LAlex PereiraKO/TKO R5
    Close -2471y 9mo before
  • WJared CannonierU-DEC R5
    Close -5342y 2mo before
  • WRobert WhittakerU-DEC R5
    Close -2952y 6mo before
Du Plessis — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (64%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 24-3-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (62%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Du Plessis
Adesanya
7
UFC fights
16
80.1 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
292.4 min · 18.3 avg
13y 0m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Du Plessis
Adesanya
138W–34L · 80.2%
Overall
276W–62L · 81.7%
138W–34L · 80.2%
Wins
216W–48L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
60W–14L · 81.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Du Plessis
Adesanya
135W–46L · 74.6%
Overall
139W–55L · 71.6%
111W–41L · 73.0%
Wins
139W–55L · 71.6%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Du Plessis
Adesanya
6.78
Landed / min
4.42
45.9%
Accuracy
46.6%
56.8%
Defense
58.5%
0.75
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
73.3%
Time at distance
81.3%
Grappling & control
Du Plessis
Adesanya
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.05
51.6%
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
40.0%
Takedown defense
77.9%
0.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
70.3%
Control share
22.3%
Strike target map
Du Plessis
  • Head65%(336)div 63%
  • Body16%(83)div 20%
  • Legs19%(101)div 17%
Adesanya
  • Head48%(551)div 63%
  • Body20%(234)div 20%
  • Legs32%(363)div 17%

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

Dricus Du Plessis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Israel Adesanya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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