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Featherweight
3 Rounds
Rani Yahya won · U-DEC R3
Elo1495
Elo1490
Mike Brown

Rani YahyavsMike BrownUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2 · Saturday, January 22, 2011Killeen, Texas, USA

Official fight result

Rani Yahya won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupRani Yahya: WrestlervsMike Brown: Wrestler

Wrestler-vs-wrestler scrambles. Whoever lands the first takedown often controls the round.

Model Prediction: Mike Brown wins(65.2%)

Actual result: Rani Yahya wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Mike Brown at -350 American odds

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Scouting Report

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

  • Mike Brown has 10pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Mike Brown has 37pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Rani Yahya
Red Corner
VS
Mike Brown
Blue Corner
+290
(26%)
Vegas Odds
-350
(78%)
1495
Elo
1490
41
Age
50
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'6"
Height
5'6"
170.18 cm
Reach
177.8 cm

Recent Form

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

Rani YahyaL2 streak
oldest →
L
vs Ricky Simon · Feb 19
W
SUBvs Ray Rodriguez · Mar 21
W
vs Kyung Ho Kang · Nov 21
L
KOvs Montel Jackson · Apr 23
L
KOvs Victor Henry · Apr 24
latest
Mike Brown
oldest →
L
vs Diego Nunes · Jan 11
W
vs Nam Phan · Aug 11
W
vs Daniel Pineda · May 12
L
KOvs Steven Siler · Aug 13
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Rani YahyaMetricMike Brown
1.71
Strikes / min
2.98
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
50%
Strike defense
60%
2.73
TDs / 15 min
3.23
29%
Takedown defense
66%
1.80
Sub atts / 15 min
0.60
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-0.37evenly matched on net striking+0.53

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1500 vs 1484Strikes vs 40.5Takedowns vs 2.5Sub Atts vs 0.00Form0.0 vs -1.0
Rani YahyaMike Brown

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Rani Yahya(10 fights)Mike Brown(5 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 +4.8|Blue -4.8
Recent Form
Red +1.0|Blue -1.0
Striker Score
Red +48.9|Blue -48.9
Grappler Score
Red +49.8|Blue -49.8
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Rani YahyaTargetMike Brown

By target zone

18
64% acc · 45%
Head
7
32% acc · 47%
10
59% acc · 25%
Body
2
67% acc · 13%
12
92% acc · 30%
Leg
6
100% acc · 40%

By position

16
57% acc · 40%
Distance
1
6% acc · 7%
5
83% acc · 13%
Clinch
7
88% acc · 47%
19
79% acc · 48%
Ground
7
100% acc · 47%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

2
Rani Yahya rounds
0
even
1
Mike Brown rounds
Round 1Rani Yahya edged it
Sig. strikes9
Takedowns2
Control3:30
3Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:04Control
Round 2Mike Brown edged it
Sig. strikes12
Takedowns0
Control0:15
9Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
3:00Control
Round 3Rani Yahya edged it
Sig. strikes19
Takedowns1
Control4:00
3Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:31Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
40 / 58
Sig Strikes
15 / 31
67%
Sig Str %
63.3%
97 / 129
Total Strikes
50 / 74
3 / 11
TDs
1 / 1
23.3%
TD %
100%
2
Sub Att
0
1
Rev
0
7:45
Ctrl Time
3:35

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Mike Brown3 / 612 / 180 / 00
1Rani Yahya9 / 1627 / 422 / 41
2Mike Brown9 / 2223 / 381 / 10
2Rani Yahya12 / 1919 / 270 / 21
3Mike Brown3 / 315 / 180 / 00
3Rani Yahya19 / 2351 / 601 / 50

Rani Yahya

StanceOrthodox
Height66.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights19

Mike Brown

StanceOrthodox
Height66.0"
Reach70.0"
Fights5