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UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill
Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal
5-0 · USA
VS
Cody Brundage
Cody Brundage
10-5 · USA
April 13, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Bo Nickal def. Cody Brundage by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nickal5/72/404:25
Brundage2/60/000:03
R2 · 3:38
Nickal3/61/203:00
Brundage2/60/000:00
Total
Nickal8/133/607:25
Brundage4/120/000:03

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
NickalWin probabilityBrundage
73.5%26.5%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
35%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 8.6 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 Nickal, blue toward Brundage. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nickal73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%37%33%
Submission27%37%48%
Decision19%26%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (828)act 8
Takedowns2.7 (0.06.5)act 3
Brundage27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%43%5%
Submission8%30%3%
Decision7%27%3%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (827)act 4
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~41 sig strikes~3.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R219%
R319%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.3%
Nickal
49.3%-102
Brundage
+10248.4%
Most takedownstie 11.7%
Nickal
80.1%-970
Brundage
+9708.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nickal
Expected: 20.6
20.5
Over 20.5
40.1%
+150
Under 20.5
59.9%
-150
02652
Brundage
Expected: 20.3
20.5
Over 20.5
39.2%
+155
Under 20.5
60.8%
-155
02651
Takedowns — over/under
Nickal
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
51.6%
-106
Under 2.5
48.4%
+106
059
Brundage
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.8%
+247
Under 0.5
71.2%
-247
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 8.6 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
Nickal73.5%89.9%−16.4-1542
Brundage26.5%10.1%+16.4+852
By method
Nickal by KO/TKO28.4%33.4%−5.0+151
Nickal by submission25.7%48.0%−22.3-133
Nickal by decision19.4%7.4%+12.0+1043
Brundage by KO/TKO10.2%5.1%+5.1+1548
Brundage by submission9.3%3.0%+6.3+2741
Brundage by decision7.0%3.2%+3.8+2553
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds64.4%28.6%+35.8+227
Over 2.5 rds44.9%15.5%+29.4+498
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.4%12.5%+13.9+646

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
79.0Striking60.2
Nickal +18.8
55.3Grappling72.0
Brundage +16.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NickalBrundage
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1521
1542
Divisional
1521
1488
Striking offense
1503
1501
Striking defense
1517
1553
Grappling offense
1527
1541
Grappling defense
1481
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.26
Strikes landed / min
1.52
57%
Strike accuracy
52%
0.85
Strikes absorbed / min
2.34
73%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.53
20%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
73%
8.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bo Nickal
  • WVal WoodburnKO/TKO R1
    Close -16009mo before
  • WJamie PickettSUB R1
    Close -19021y 1mo before
Cody Brundage
  • WZach ReeseKO/TKO R1
    Close +1854mo before
  • WJacob MalkounDQ R1
    Close +4297mo before
  • LSedriques DumasU-DEC R3
    Close -15110mo before
  • LRodolfo VieiraSUB R2
    Close +19411mo before
  • LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +2161y 4mo before
Nickal — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Brundage — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (25%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nickal
Brundage
2
UFC fights
8
3.5 min · 1.8 avg
Octagon time
53.3 min · 6.7 avg
4y 2m
Career length
7y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nickal
Brundage
20W–8L · 71.4%
Overall
65W–14L · 82.3%
20W–8L · 71.4%
Wins
27W–6L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
38W–8L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nickal
Brundage
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
40W–35L · 53.3%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Wins
33W–34L · 49.3%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Distance striking
Nickal
Brundage
8.18
Landed / min
4.65
60.0%
Accuracy
40.4%
80.0%
Defense
66.7%
4.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
20.8%
Time at distance
18.5%
Grappling & control
Nickal
Brundage
4.25
Takedowns / 15 min
2.53
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
Takedown defense
73.1%
8.49
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.13
100.0%
Control share
25.0%
Strike target map
Nickal
  • Head88%(7)div 63%
  • Body13%(1)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Brundage
  • Head75%(61)div 63%
  • Body14%(11)div 20%
  • Legs11%(9)div 17%

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

Bo Nickal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody Brundage
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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