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UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
Dennis Buzukja
Dennis Buzukja
11-4 · USA
VS
Connor Matthews
Connor Matthews
7-1 · USA
March 30, 2024 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.3lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Dennis Buzukja def. Connor Matthews by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 0:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Buzukja38/850/000:00
Matthews24/580/000:00
R2
Buzukja37/980/000:00
Matthews36/761/300:40
R3 · 0:22
Buzukja8/180/010:07
Matthews0/40/000:00
Total
Buzukja83/2010/010:07
Matthews60/1381/300:40

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
BuzukjaWin probabilityMatthews
54.4%45.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
20%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Buzukja, blue toward Matthews. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Buzukja54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%34%17%
Submission7%12%7%
Decision29%54%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 83
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.1)act 0
Matthews46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%28%11%
Submission14%30%14%
Decision19%42%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 60
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 1
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R218%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Buzukja
47.5%+108
Matthews
-10851.3%
Most takedownstie 31.6%
Buzukja
30.8%+122
Matthews
-12237.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Buzukja
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
39.6%
+152
Under 39.5
60.4%
-152
05099
Matthews
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
39.7%
+152
Under 41.5
60.3%
-152
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Buzukja
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.4%
+185
Exactly 1
16.3%
push
Under 1
54.4%
-185
035
Matthews
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.1%
+142
Exactly 1
17.7%
push
Under 1
48.2%
-142
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 10.4 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
Buzukja54.4%54.4%±0.0-134
Matthews45.6%45.6%±0.0+109
By method
Buzukja by KO/TKO16.9%17.0%−0.1+389
Buzukja by submission11.0%7.3%+3.7+1043
Buzukja by decision26.5%27.5%−1.0+202
Matthews by KO/TKO14.2%10.8%+3.4+669
Matthews by submission9.2%14.0%−4.8+493
Matthews by decision22.2%23.4%−1.2+255
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.5%72.8%+2.7-360
Over 2.5 rds57.4%59.5%−2.1-175
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.7%54.2%−5.5-137

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BuzukjaMatthews
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1520
1498
Divisional
1520
1499
Striking offense
1500
1490
Striking defense
1500
1496
Grappling offense
1500
1497
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
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Stance
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Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
37%
Strike accuracy
5.37
Strikes absorbed / min
42%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
20%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dennis Buzukja
  • LJamall EmmersKO/TKO R1
    Close +2005mo before
  • LSean WoodsonU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1508mo before
Connor Matthews
No prior UFC fights.
Buzukja — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
55% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 2
Matthews — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Buzukja
Matthews
2
UFC fights
0
15.8 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
7y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Buzukja
Matthews
28W–8L · 77.8%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
28W–8L · 77.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Buzukja
Matthews
57W–40L · 58.8%
Overall
42W–117L · 26.4%
51W–38L · 57.3%
Wins
37W–117L · 24.0%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Buzukja
Matthews
5.12
Landed / min
34.0%
Accuracy
44.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
43.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Buzukja
Matthews
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
29.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Buzukja
  • Head53%(24)div 63%
  • Body27%(12)div 20%
  • Legs20%(9)div 16%
Matthews
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Dennis Buzukja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Connor Matthews

No UFC fights on record.

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