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UFC Fight Night: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
20-3 · RUS
VS
Beneil Dariush
Beneil Dariush
22-5-1 · USA
December 2, 2023 · Austin, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Arman Tsarukyan def. Beneil Dariush by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:04
Tsarukyan8/150/010:03
Dariush2/80/000:00
Total
Tsarukyan8/150/010:03
Dariush2/80/000:00

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
TsarukyanWin probabilityDariush
72.2%27.8%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
24%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 15.1 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 Tsarukyan, blue toward Dariush. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tsarukyan72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%38%36%
Submission15%21%9%
Decision30%41%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2374)act 8
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Dariush28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%25%10%
Submission9%31%6%
Decision12%44%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1961)act 2
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R221%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Tsarukyan
55.6%-128
Dariush
+12843.5%
Most takedownstie 40.6%
Tsarukyan
30.1%-103
Dariush
+10329.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 54.8
55
Over 55
39.1%
+153
Exactly 55
0.9%
push
Under 55
60.0%
-153
069137
Dariush
Expected: 45.3
45.5
Over 45.5
39.6%
+153
Under 45.5
60.4%
-153
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.7%
+152
Under 0.5
60.3%
-152
035
Dariush
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.0%
+156
Under 0.5
61.0%
-156
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 15.1 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
Tsarukyan72.2%70.6%+1.6-285
Dariush27.8%29.4%−1.6+225
By method
Tsarukyan by KO/TKO24.6%35.5%−10.9+133
Tsarukyan by submission17.1%8.6%+8.5+867
Tsarukyan by decision30.5%26.4%+4.1+214
Dariush by KO/TKO9.5%10.5%−1.0+689
Dariush by submission6.6%6.3%+0.3+1203
Dariush by decision11.7%12.7%−1.0+549
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.8%73.2%+3.6-357
Over 2.5 rds56.0%62.2%−6.2-200
Over 3.5 rds49.1%62.5%−13.4-130
Over 4.5 rds45.1%45.6%−0.5+106
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.3%41.6%+0.7+124

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
72.5Striking71.4
Tsarukyan +1.1
54.5Grappling58.6
Dariush +4.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TsarukyanDariush
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1619
Pound-for-pound
1681
1620
Divisional
1681
1519
Striking offense
1526
1529
Striking defense
1507
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.82
Strikes landed / min
3.79
48%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.91
Strikes absorbed / min
2.63
54%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
36%
Takedown accuracy
34%
75%
Takedown defense
81%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
76%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arman Tsarukyan
  • WJoaquim SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close -11836mo before
  • WDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -19811mo before
  • LMateusz GamrotU-DEC R5
    Close -2581y 5mo before
  • WJoel AlvarezKO/TKO R2
    Close -2741y 9mo before
  • WChristos GiagosKO/TKO R1
    Close -8652y 2mo before
Beneil Dariush
  • LCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1456mo before
  • WMateusz GamrotU-DEC R3
    Close +1961y 1mo before
  • WTony FergusonU-DEC R3
    Close -1562y 7mo before
  • WDiego FerreiraS-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 10mo before
  • WScott HoltzmanKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -2003y 4mo before
Tsarukyan — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0
Dariush — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-1

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
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
16win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
5 (31%)Submission(20%) 1
8 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tsarukyan
Dariush
9
UFC fights
22
122.5 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
203.8 min · 9.3 avg
10y 10m
Career length
16y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tsarukyan
Dariush
139W–24L · 85.3%
Overall
342W–74L · 82.2%
103W–22L · 82.4%
Wins
264W–54L · 83.0%
36W–2L · 94.7%
Losses
78W–20L · 79.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tsarukyan
Dariush
140W–62L · 69.3%
Overall
19W–24L · 44.2%
137W–61L · 69.2%
Wins
19W–24L · 44.2%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tsarukyan
Dariush
5.43
Landed / min
5.59
39.8%
Accuracy
43.1%
59.5%
Defense
63.5%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
45.7%
Time at distance
44.5%
Grappling & control
Tsarukyan
Dariush
3.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
34.2%
75.0%
Takedown defense
80.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.88
78.1%
Control share
82.0%
Strike target map
Tsarukyan
  • Head64%(298)div 63%
  • Body24%(111)div 21%
  • Legs13%(59)div 16%
Dariush
  • Head61%(473)div 63%
  • Body23%(180)div 21%
  • Legs15%(119)div 16%

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

Arman Tsarukyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Beneil Dariush
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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