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UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
30-10 · USA
VS
January 20, 2024 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.3lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Chris Curtis def. Marc-Andre Barriault by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Curtis23/480/000:00
Barriault18/460/000:00
R2
Curtis51/990/000:00
Barriault45/850/000:00
R3
Curtis66/1110/000:00
Barriault59/1120/000:00
Total
Curtis140/2580/000:00
Barriault122/2430/000:00

Scorecards

Curtis vs Barriault

RdDeclan WoodsDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.2
R310-99-1010-99.7-9.4
Total30-2728-2930-2729-28.1

Media (18 cards) · avg 2928 · 18 Curtis · 0 Barriault

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

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
CurtisWin probabilityBarriault
41.8%58.2%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
12%
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 Curtis, blue toward Barriault. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Curtis42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%36%24%
Submission4%8%4%
Decision23%56%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (2684)act 140
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Barriault58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%32%16%
Submission9%15%5%
Decision30%53%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (2789)act 122
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~127 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R217%
R39%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Curtis
47.7%+108
Barriault
-10851.6%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Curtis
26.7%-116
Barriault
+11623.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 62.0
62
Over 62
39.4%
+152
Exactly 62
0.8%
push
Under 62
59.9%
-152
078155
Barriault
Expected: 65.3
65.5
Over 65.5
39.6%
+152
Under 65.5
60.4%
-152
082164
Takedowns — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.6%
+207
Under 0.5
67.4%
-207
035
Barriault
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.3%
+241
Under 0.5
70.7%
-241
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
Curtis41.8%62.0%−20.2-185
Barriault58.2%38.0%+20.2+151
By method
Curtis by KO/TKO14.2%23.6%−9.4+256
Curtis by submission5.0%4.1%+0.9+1958
Curtis by decision22.5%34.2%−11.7+146
Barriault by KO/TKO19.9%16.4%+3.5+413
Barriault by submission7.0%4.9%+2.1+1614
Barriault by decision31.3%16.7%+14.6+403
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.5%69.8%+9.7-294
Over 2.5 rds63.0%57.7%+5.3-160
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.8%53.2%+0.6-132

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
59.5Striking66.5
Barriault +7.0
25.0Grappling32.8
Barriault +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CurtisBarriault
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1541
1569
Divisional
1526
1522
Striking offense
1512
1482
Striking defense
1488
1484
Grappling offense
1499
1539
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
36 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.06
Strikes landed / min
5.95
47%
Strike accuracy
47%
6.46
Strikes absorbed / min
5.22
53%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.24
Takedown accuracy
25%
92%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
45%
-2
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Curtis
  • LKelvin GastelumU-DEC R3
    Close +1109mo before
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1441y 1mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close -1111y 6mo before
  • WRodolfo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1211y 7mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close +2742y 2mo before
Marc-Andre Barriault
  • WEryk AndersU-DEC R3
    Close -1607mo before
  • WJulian MarquezKO/TKO R2
    Close -15511mo before
  • LAnthony HernandezSUB R3
    Close +1731y 4mo before
  • WJordan WrightSUB R1
    Close -1981y 9mo before
  • LChidi NjokuaniKO/TKO R1
    Close -1111y 11mo before
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 30-10-0, 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
57% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 8 losses
W
40% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6
Barriault — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0, 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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(20%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Curtis
Barriault
7
UFC fights
11
72.3 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
123.7 min · 11.2 avg
17y 1m
Career length
12y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Curtis
Barriault
90W–27L · 76.9%
Overall
130W–37L · 77.8%
51W–12L · 81.0%
Wins
61W–16L · 79.2%
39W–15L · 72.2%
Losses
69W–21L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Curtis
Barriault
360W–160L · 69.2%
Overall
58W–29L · 66.7%
236W–121L · 66.1%
Wins
56W–28L · 66.7%
124W–39L · 76.1%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Curtis
Barriault
5.28
Landed / min
7.03
45.2%
Accuracy
39.7%
53.1%
Defense
60.2%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
86.4%
Time at distance
53.0%
Grappling & control
Curtis
Barriault
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.24
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
92.3%
Takedown defense
67.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.12
19.4%
Control share
30.1%
Strike target map
Curtis
  • Head61%(224)div 63%
  • Body30%(111)div 20%
  • Legs8%(31)div 17%
Barriault
  • Head74%(543)div 63%
  • Body18%(130)div 20%
  • Legs9%(63)div 17%

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

Chris Curtis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marc-Andre Barriault
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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