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UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Movsar Evloev
Movsar Evloev
17-0 · RUS
VS
Arnold Allen
Arnold Allen
19-2 · GBR
January 20, 2024 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.8lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Movsar Evloev def. Arnold Allen by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evloev13/282/901:31
Allen12/400/000:00
R2
Evloev21/472/200:59
Allen18/420/000:00
R3
Evloev17/431/601:01
Allen29/580/000:03
Total
Evloev51/1185/1703:31
Allen59/1400/000:03

Scorecards

Evloev vs Allen

RdEric ColónPatricia VanderMeerSaleem HaniffCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (17 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 16 Evloev · 0 Allen · 1 draw

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

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
EvloevWin probabilityAllen
63.9%36.1%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
20%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Evloev, blue toward Allen. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Evloev64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%22%7%
Submission12%19%8%
Decision38%59%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 51
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.3)act 5
Allen36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%10%
Submission8%21%7%
Decision16%45%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 59
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R215%
R38%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Evloev
52.0%-111
Allen
+11146.7%
Most takedownstie 30.6%
Evloev
46.6%-205
Allen
+20522.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evloev
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
38.8%
+154
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.9%
-154
04692
Allen
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
40.1%
+149
Under 33.5
59.9%
-149
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Evloev
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.2%
+106
Exactly 1
23.3%
push
Under 1
39.5%
-106
035
Allen
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.7%
+159
Under 0.5
61.3%
-159
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 10.8 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
Evloev63.9%63.9%±0.0-201
Allen36.1%36.1%±0.0+165
By method
Evloev by KO/TKO16.8%7.3%+9.5+1050
Evloev by submission12.8%8.5%+4.3+886
Evloev by decision34.3%46.7%−12.4-127
Allen by KO/TKO9.5%9.8%−0.3+749
Allen by submission7.2%7.4%−0.2+1032
Allen by decision19.4%20.4%−1.0+310
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.4%81.9%−4.5-715
Over 2.5 rds61.9%74.2%−12.3-383
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.7%70.3%−16.6-300

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
75.3Striking66.6
Evloev +8.7
70.1Grappling53.4
Evloev +16.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvloevAllen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1644
Pound-for-pound
1654
1629
Divisional
1651
1503
Striking offense
1503
1508
Striking defense
1526
1524
Grappling offense
1510
1507
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.57
Strikes landed / min
3.34
49%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.86
62%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
51%
Takedown accuracy
50%
71%
Takedown defense
76%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
91%
+7
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
280
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Movsar Evloev
  • WDiego LopesU-DEC R3
    Close -9979mo before
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -4251y 8mo before
  • WHakeem DawoduU-DEC R3
    Close -2312y 7mo before
  • WNik LentzS-DEC R3
    Close -5793y before
  • WMike GrundyU-DEC R3
    Close -2003y 6mo before
Arnold Allen
  • LMax HollowayU-DEC R5
    Close +1439mo before
  • WCalvin KattarKO/TKO R2
    Close -1221y 3mo before
  • WDan HookerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 10mo before
  • WSodiq YusuffU-DEC R3
    Close -1082y 9mo before
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -2354y before
Evloev — win / loss by method
Record: 17-0-0

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
18% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
7 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
37% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Evloev
Allen
7
UFC fights
11
105.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
147.1 min · 13.4 avg
11y 8m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Evloev
Allen
113W–28L · 80.1%
Overall
206W–66L · 75.7%
113W–28L · 80.1%
Wins
183W–59L · 75.6%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–7L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evloev
Allen
77W–23L · 77.0%
Overall
58W–26L · 69.0%
77W–23L · 77.0%
Wins
51W–24L · 68.0%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Evloev
Allen
6.45
Landed / min
4.50
41.8%
Accuracy
39.6%
65.5%
Defense
64.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
50.0%
Time at distance
66.8%
Grappling & control
Evloev
Allen
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
50.8%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
76.5%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
88.2%
Control share
48.8%
Strike target map
Evloev
  • Head81%(391)div 63%
  • Body10%(48)div 20%
  • Legs9%(41)div 16%
Allen
  • Head73%(360)div 63%
  • Body18%(88)div 20%
  • Legs9%(43)div 16%

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

Movsar Evloev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Arnold Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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