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UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2
Brendan Allen
Brendan Allen
23-5 · USA
VS
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
31-10 · USA
April 6, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Brendan Allen def. Chris Curtis by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Allen22/401/101:17
Curtis13/410/000:05
R2
Allen29/660/100:07
Curtis46/800/000:00
R3
Allen23/421/102:03
Curtis23/450/000:00
R4
Allen25/392/301:24
Curtis21/440/000:05
R5
Allen13/352/701:14
Curtis21/310/001:08
Total
Allen112/2226/1306:05
Curtis124/2410/001:18

Scorecards

Allen vs Curtis

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R39-1010-99-109.3-9.7
R410-910-99-109.7-9.3
R510-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total48-4749-4647-4847.7-47.3

Media (14 cards) · avg 48.146.9 · 14 Allen · 0 Curtis

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Allen-Curtis.

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
AllenWin probabilityCurtis
80.3%19.7%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
10%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 16.2 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 Allen, blue toward Curtis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Allen80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%42%11%
Submission10%13%31%
Decision36%45%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes105 (45143)act 112
Takedowns1.8 (0.05.3)act 6
Curtis20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%55%20%
Submission0%1%3%
Decision9%44%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (35111)act 124
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~187 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R220%
R39%
R45%
R53%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Allen
57.7%-138
Curtis
+13841.8%
Most takedownstie 33.1%
Allen
59.5%-797
Curtis
+7977.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Allen
Expected: 104.9
105
Over 105
39.5%
+152
Exactly 105
0.5%
push
Under 105
60.1%
-152
0132263
Curtis
Expected: 81.7
81.5
Over 81.5
39.9%
+151
Under 81.5
60.1%
-151
0103205
Takedowns — over/under
Allen
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
34.7%
+149
Exactly 2
13.4%
push
Under 2
51.8%
-149
036
Curtis
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
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 16.2 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
Allen80.3%66.1%+14.2-225
Curtis19.7%33.9%−14.2+181
By method
Allen by KO/TKO35.7%10.7%+25.0+688
Allen by submission8.4%31.2%−22.8+171
Allen by decision36.3%23.8%+12.5+256
Curtis by KO/TKO8.7%20.5%−11.8+313
Curtis by submission2.1%3.4%−1.3+2400
Curtis by decision8.9%10.5%−1.6+707
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.9%72.0%+9.9-340
Over 2.5 rds62.0%58.5%+3.5-167
Over 3.5 rds53.5%46.5%+7.0-100
Over 4.5 rds48.6%38.9%+9.7+140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.1%35.3%+9.8+166

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
66.2Striking62.8
Allen +3.3
66.4Grappling25.0
Allen +41.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AllenCurtis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1659
Pound-for-pound
1585
1656
Divisional
1583
1524
Striking offense
1525
1479
Striking defense
1481
1530
Grappling offense
1476
1538
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
28 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.86
Strikes landed / min
5.80
54%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
6.75
48%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
92%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
85%
UFC win rate
63%
+6
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
73%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brendan Allen
  • WPaul CraigSUB R3
    Close -4475mo before
  • WBruno SilvaSUB R1
    Close -2169mo before
  • WAndre MunizSUB R3
    Close +1851y 1mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoSUB R1
    Close +1011y 6mo before
  • WJacob MalkounU-DEC R3
    Close -2901y 10mo before
Chris Curtis
  • WMarc-Andre BarriaultS-DEC R3
    Close -1853mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y before
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1441y 4mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close -1111y 8mo before
  • WRodolfo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1211y 9mo before
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 23-5-0

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
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
7 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 31-10-0, 1 NC

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 8 losses
W
42% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Allen
Curtis
13
UFC fights
8
118.0 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
87.3 min · 10.9 avg
10y 11m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Allen
Curtis
227W–59L · 79.4%
Overall
106W–33L · 76.3%
179W–48L · 78.9%
Wins
67W–18L · 78.8%
48W–11L · 81.4%
Losses
39W–15L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Allen
Curtis
108W–44L · 71.1%
Overall
360W–160L · 69.2%
92W–44L · 67.6%
Wins
236W–121L · 66.1%
16W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
124W–39L · 76.1%
Distance striking
Allen
Curtis
6.29
Landed / min
5.85
50.2%
Accuracy
46.5%
49.9%
Defense
52.8%
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
44.7%
Time at distance
87.4%
Grappling & control
Allen
Curtis
1.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52.6%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
Takedown defense
92.3%
1.65
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
60.0%
Control share
19.4%
Strike target map
Allen
  • Head62%(283)div 63%
  • Body24%(109)div 20%
  • Legs14%(64)div 17%
Curtis
  • Head64%(325)div 63%
  • Body29%(146)div 20%
  • Legs7%(35)div 17%

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

Brendan Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Curtis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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