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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
Kaue Fernandes
Kaue Fernandes
8-2 · BRA
VS
Mohammad Yahya
Mohammad Yahya
12-4 · ARE
August 3, 2024 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Kaue Fernandes def. Mohammad Yahya by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:45
Fernandes37/630/010:09
Yahya4/180/000:00
Total
Fernandes37/630/010:09
Yahya4/180/000:00

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
FernandesWin probabilityYahya
60.1%39.9%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
19%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Fernandes, blue toward Yahya. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Fernandes60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%25%29%
Submission12%20%23%
Decision33%55%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 37
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 0
Yahya40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%30%8%
Submission7%18%4%
Decision21%52%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 4
Takedowns2.0 (0.05.2)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~3.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R215%
R36%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Fernandes
51.2%-108
Yahya
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 17.7%
Fernandes
31.7%+160
Yahya
-16050.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fernandes
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.2%
+152
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.5%
-152
04998
Yahya
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
38.8%
+154
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.9%
-154
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Fernandes
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.9%
+133
Under 1.5
57.1%
-133
035
Yahya
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.0%
+112
Exactly 2
17.5%
push
Under 2
43.6%
-112
036

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 10.6 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
Fernandes60.1%75.4%−15.3-378
Yahya39.9%24.6%+15.3+287
By method
Fernandes by KO/TKO16.1%29.3%−13.2+187
Fernandes by submission11.6%23.2%−11.6+262
Fernandes by decision32.4%23.1%+9.3+264
Yahya by KO/TKO10.7%8.5%+2.2+890
Yahya by submission7.7%4.0%+3.7+2011
Yahya by decision21.5%12.0%+9.5+600
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.9%58.5%+16.4-166
Over 2.5 rds60.3%41.7%+18.6+122
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.9%37.4%+16.5+148

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
72.9Striking52.8
Fernandes +20.1
47.4Grappling54.4
Yahya +7.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FernandesYahya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1507
1510
Divisional
1507
1485
Striking offense
1485
1506
Striking defense
1499
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
1.53
Strikes landed / min
2.87
55%
Strike accuracy
47%
0.87
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
59%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
63%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
287
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kaue Fernandes
  • LMarc DiakieseS-DEC R3
    Close +1609mo before
Mohammad Yahya
  • LTrevor PeekU-DEC R3
    Close +1589mo before
Fernandes — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Yahya — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Fernandes
Yahya
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
12y 4m
Career length
12y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Fernandes
Yahya
16W–7L · 69.6%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fernandes
Yahya
65W–16L · 80.2%
Overall
63W–33L · 65.6%
58W–16L · 78.4%
Wins
50W–32L · 61.0%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
13W–1L · 92.9%
Distance striking
Fernandes
Yahya
4.88
Landed / min
4.63
55.3%
Accuracy
45.6%
61.1%
Defense
39.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.7%
Time at distance
59.1%
Grappling & control
Fernandes
Yahya
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
14.4%
Control share
7.2%
Strike target map
Fernandes
  • Head26%(6)div 63%
  • Body35%(8)div 21%
  • Legs39%(9)div 16%
Yahya
  • Head65%(28)div 63%
  • Body33%(14)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%

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

Kaue Fernandes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mohammad Yahya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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