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UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
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Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
16-3 · USA
February 17, 2024 · Anaheim, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Merab Dvalishvili def. Henry Cejudo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dvalishvili16/321/200:13
Cejudo11/200/001:53
R2
Dvalishvili34/782/401:46
Cejudo9/291/500:12
R3
Dvalishvili24/622/502:24
Cejudo9/290/200:00
Total
Dvalishvili74/1725/1104:23
Cejudo29/781/702:05

Scorecards

Dvalishvili vs Cejudo

RdChris LebenMichael BellRaphael DavisCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-27.9

Media (25 cards) · avg 2928 · 25 Dvalishvili · 0 Cejudo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dvalishvili-Cejudo.

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
DvalishviliWin probabilityCejudo
66.5%33.5%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
21%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Dvalishvili, blue toward Cejudo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dvalishvili67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%18%14%
Submission16%23%5%
Decision39%59%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 74
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 5
Cejudo33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%36%11%
Submission6%18%4%
Decision15%46%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1447)act 29
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R217%
R39%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Dvalishvili
56.6%-134
Cejudo
+13442.2%
Most takedownstie 26.8%
Dvalishvili
44.1%-152
Cejudo
+15229.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
39.1%
+153
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.7%
-153
054108
Cejudo
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
39.5%
+153
Under 34.5
60.5%
-153
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.7%
-107
Exactly 1
26.9%
push
Under 1
35.3%
+107
035
Cejudo
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.4%
-106
Under 0.5
48.6%
+106
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 11.0 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
Dvalishvili66.5%71.4%−4.9-297
Cejudo33.5%28.6%+4.9+233
By method
Dvalishvili by KO/TKO16.3%13.6%+2.7+511
Dvalishvili by submission14.1%4.9%+9.2+1613
Dvalishvili by decision36.1%49.9%−13.8-151
Cejudo by KO/TKO8.2%10.9%−2.7+663
Cejudo by submission7.1%4.3%+2.8+1842
Cejudo by decision18.2%16.4%+1.8+406
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.4%82.0%−1.6-726
Over 2.5 rds63.4%73.7%−10.3-376
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.3%69.4%−15.1-290

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
71.3Striking70.1
Dvalishvili +1.2
66.7Grappling51.3
Dvalishvili +15.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DvalishviliCejudo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1633
Pound-for-pound
1650
1615
Divisional
1564
1502
Striking offense
1505
1524
Striking defense
1515
1545
Grappling offense
1510
1503
Grappling defense
1563
Physical
33 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'4"
68"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
3.93
41%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.41
Strikes absorbed / min
3.15
57%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
36%
Takedown accuracy
34%
79%
Takedown defense
83%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
77%
+9
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
11%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
343
Days since last fight
287
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Merab Dvalishvili
  • WPetr YanU-DEC R5
    Close +21011mo before
  • WJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close -1491y 6mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R2
    Close -2792y 5mo before
  • WCody StamannU-DEC R3
    Close -2752y 10mo before
  • WJohn DodsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2403y 6mo before
Henry Cejudo
  • LAljamain SterlingS-DEC R5
    Close -1199mo before
  • WDominick CruzKO/TKO R2
    Close -2253y 9mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1454y 8mo before
  • WTJ DillashawKO/TKO R1
    Close +1855y 1mo before
  • WDemetrious JohnsonS-DEC R5
    Close +3755y 6mo before
Dvalishvili — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 3 losses
W
75% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
8 (89%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
Cejudo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dvalishvili
Cejudo
11
UFC fights
13
169.4 min · 15.4 avg
Octagon time
173.6 min · 13.4 avg
12y 6m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dvalishvili
Cejudo
181W–52L · 77.7%
Overall
240W–46L · 83.9%
159W–46L · 77.6%
Wins
178W–37L · 82.8%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Losses
62W–9L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dvalishvili
Cejudo
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
14W–19L · 42.4%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Wins
14W–19L · 42.4%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dvalishvili
Cejudo
5.51
Landed / min
3.91
32.9%
Accuracy
40.0%
61.7%
Defense
64.2%
0.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
48.1%
Time at distance
64.3%
Grappling & control
Dvalishvili
Cejudo
6.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
36.3%
Takedown accuracy
34.3%
78.9%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
88.3%
Control share
86.4%
Strike target map
Dvalishvili
  • Head64%(486)div 62%
  • Body17%(127)div 21%
  • Legs19%(142)div 17%
Cejudo
  • Head54%(371)div 62%
  • Body31%(213)div 21%
  • Legs14%(98)div 17%

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

Merab Dvalishvili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Henry Cejudo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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