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UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev
Steve Erceg
Steve Erceg
11-1 · AUS
VS
Matt Schnell
Matt Schnell
16-7 · USA
March 2, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Steve Erceg def. Matt Schnell by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Erceg32/670/100:04
Schnell20/690/000:00
R2 · 0:26
Erceg2/50/010:01
Schnell2/90/000:00
Total
Erceg34/720/110:05
Schnell22/780/000:00

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
ErcegWin probabilitySchnell
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
12%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Erceg, blue toward Schnell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Erceg77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%33%27%
Submission8%11%29%
Decision43%56%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 34
Takedowns2.7 (0.06.6)act 0
Schnell23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%33%7%
Submission4%16%6%
Decision12%51%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 22
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~104 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R219%
R36%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Erceg
61.3%-162
Schnell
+16237.8%
Most takedownstie 13.1%
Erceg
83.9%-2796
Schnell
+27963.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Erceg
Expected: 61.3
61.5
Over 61.5
39.6%
+153
Under 61.5
60.4%
-153
077154
Schnell
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
39.6%
+152
Under 42.5
60.4%
-152
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Erceg
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
50.7%
-103
Under 2.5
49.3%
+103
059
Schnell
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.4%
Exactly 0
88.6%
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 10.9 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
Erceg77.4%79.2%−1.8-474
Schnell22.6%20.8%+1.8+361
By method
Erceg by KO/TKO25.8%26.9%−1.1+209
Erceg by submission9.4%28.7%−19.3+189
Erceg by decision42.2%21.9%+20.3+280
Schnell by KO/TKO7.5%6.6%+0.9+1166
Schnell by submission2.7%6.4%−3.7+1198
Schnell by decision12.3%9.6%+2.7+769
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.0%36.8%+43.2-135
Over 2.5 rds60.8%37.3%+23.5+150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.6%34.0%+20.6+175

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
65.6Striking60.6
Erceg +5.0
59.3Grappling50.0
Erceg +9.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ErcegSchnell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1543
1556
Divisional
1538
1487
Striking offense
1503
1500
Striking defense
1470
1550
Grappling offense
1460
1547
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.27
Strikes landed / min
4.24
48%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.57
Strikes absorbed / min
4.46
49%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
33%
Takedown accuracy
44%
78%
Takedown defense
47%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
455
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Erceg
  • WAlessandro CostaU-DEC R3
    Close -2304mo before
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close +2369mo before
Matt Schnell
  • LMatheus NicolauKO/TKO R2
    Close +3041y 3mo before
  • W SumudaerjiSUB R2
    Close +2171y 8mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R1
    Close +2071y 10mo before
  • WTyson NamS-DEC R3
    Close +1003y 1mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1594y 2mo before
Erceg — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1
Schnell — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0, 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
2 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
14% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
3 (50%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
1 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Erceg
Schnell
2
UFC fights
12
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
95.5 min · 8.0 avg
10y 5m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Erceg
Schnell
33W–8L · 80.5%
Overall
165W–47L · 77.8%
33W–8L · 80.5%
Wins
88W–30L · 74.6%
0W–0L
Losses
77W–17L · 81.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Erceg
Schnell
47W–29L · 61.8%
Overall
39W–24L · 61.9%
44W–28L · 61.1%
Wins
31W–23L · 57.4%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Distance striking
Erceg
Schnell
5.30
Landed / min
4.62
40.1%
Accuracy
36.8%
54.5%
Defense
61.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
55.9%
Time at distance
77.7%
Grappling & control
Erceg
Schnell
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
77.8%
Takedown defense
46.7%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
71.4%
Control share
26.3%
Strike target map
Erceg
  • Head54%(69)div 62%
  • Body32%(41)div 22%
  • Legs14%(18)div 16%
Schnell
  • Head69%(281)div 62%
  • Body14%(58)div 22%
  • Legs16%(66)div 16%

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

Steve Erceg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Schnell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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