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Bantamweight

3 Rounds

Rani Yahya won · U-DEC R3

Elo1495

Elo1497

Rani YahyavsKyung Ho KangUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate · Saturday, November 20, 2021Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Rani Yahya won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupRani Yahya: WrestlervsKyung Ho Kang: Well-rounded

Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.

Model Prediction: Kyung Ho Kang wins(67.4%)

Actual result: Rani Yahya wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

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Kyung Ho Kang at -125 American odds

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

Kyung Ho Kang has 39pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
Kyung Ho Kang has a 15cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Rani Yahya

Red Corner

Kyung Ho Kang

Blue Corner

+105

(49%)

Vegas Odds

-125

(56%)

1495

Elo

1497

Age

Orthodox

Stance

Orthodox

5'6"

Height

5'9"

170.18 cm

Reach

185.42 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Rani YahyaL2 streak

oldest →

SUBvs Luke Sanders · Aug 18

vs Ricky Simon · Feb 19

SUBvs Ray Rodriguez · Mar 21

KOvs Montel Jackson · Apr 23

KOvs Victor Henry · Apr 24

latest

Kyung Ho KangL2 streak

oldest →

vs Liu Pingyuan · Dec 19

vs Batgerel Danaa · Jun 22

SUBvs Cristian Quinonez · Jun 23

vs John Castaneda · Nov 23

vs Muin Gafurov · Jun 24

latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Rani YahyaMetricKyung Ho Kang

1.71

Strikes / min

3.13

2.08

Strikes absorbed / min

3.32

50%

Strike defense

54%

2.73

TDs / 15 min

1.97

29%

Takedown defense

68%

1.80

Sub atts / 15 min

0.80

Net striking (SLpM − SApM)

-0.37evenly matched on net striking-0.19

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Rani YahyaKyung Ho Kang

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

Rani Yahya(10 fights)Kyung Ho Kang(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating

Red -1.8|Blue +1.8

Recent Form

Red 0.0|Blue 0.0

EVEN

Striker Score

Red -0.1|Blue +0.1

Grappler Score

Red -0.1|Blue +0.1

Layoff

Red -448.0|Blue +448.0

Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Rani YahyaTargetKyung Ho Kang

By target zone

28% acc · 26%

Head

49% acc · 84%

100% acc · 4%

Body

33% acc · 2%

86% acc · 70%

Leg

100% acc · 14%

By position

55% acc · 96%

Distance

51% acc · 93%

Clinch

100% acc · 4%

Ground

75% acc · 7%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

Rani Yahya rounds

even

Kyung Ho Kang rounds

Round 1Kyung Ho Kang edged it

Sig. strikes21

Takedowns1

Control1:24

Knockdowns0

33Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:57Control

1Knockdowns

Round 2Rani Yahya edged it

Sig. strikes1

Takedowns1

Control4:48

4Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:00Control

Round 3Rani Yahya edged it

Sig. strikes5

Takedowns1

Control4:24

6Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:08Control

Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

27 / 48

Sig Strikes

43 / 82

51.7%

Sig Str %

63%

152 / 218

Total Strikes

103 / 154

3 / 8

TDs

0 / 0

41.7%

TD %

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Sub Att

Rev

10:36

Ctrl Time

1:05

Round-by-Round

Round	Fighter	Sig Str	Total Str	TD	Sub
1	Kyung Ho Kang	33 / 61	45 / 74	0 / 0	0
1	Rani Yahya	21 / 35	23 / 37	1 / 4	0
2	Kyung Ho Kang	4 / 4	10 / 12	0 / 0	0
2	Rani Yahya	1 / 2	59 / 85	1 / 2	1
3	Kyung Ho Kang	6 / 17	48 / 68	0 / 0	0
3	Rani Yahya	5 / 11	70 / 96	1 / 2	0

Rani Yahya

StanceOrthodox

Height66.0"

Reach67.0"

Fights19

Kyung Ho Kang

StanceOrthodox

Height69.0"

Reach73.0"

Fights13