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UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot
Cody Brundage
Cody Brundage
8-5 · USA
VS
Jacob Malkoun
Jacob Malkoun
7-2 · AUS
September 23, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Cody Brundage def. Jacob Malkoun by DQ, R1 4:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:15
Brundage2/41/100:26
Malkoun28/391/303:39
Total
Brundage2/41/100:26
Malkoun28/391/303:39

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
BrundageWin probabilityMalkoun
32.5%67.5%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
23%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Brundage, blue toward Malkoun. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Brundage33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%41%10%
Submission11%35%5%
Decision8%24%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 2
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Malkoun67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%21%
Submission12%18%21%
Decision34%50%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 28
Takedowns2.6 (0.06.3)act 1
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~3.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R221%
R34%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Brundage
38.4%+156
Malkoun
-15660.0%
Most takedownstie 14.1%
Brundage
10.3%+733
Malkoun
-73375.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brundage
Expected: 22.8
23
Over 23
38.3%
+156
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
59.6%
-156
02957
Malkoun
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
38.7%
+155
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.8%
-155
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Brundage
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.1%
+212
Under 0.5
67.9%
-212
035
Malkoun
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.4%
+102
Under 2.5
50.6%
-102
048

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 9.1 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
Brundage32.5%18.1%+14.4+428
Malkoun67.5%81.9%−14.4-613
By method
Brundage by KO/TKO11.4%9.9%+1.5+752
Brundage by submission7.6%4.9%+2.7+1622
Brundage by decision13.5%6.4%+7.1+1216
Malkoun by KO/TKO23.6%21.2%+2.4+296
Malkoun by submission15.8%20.8%−5.0+304
Malkoun by decision28.0%36.9%−8.9+127
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.4%66.4%±0.0-247
Over 2.5 rds45.3%51.3%−6.0-121
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.5%47.2%−5.7-102

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
62.5Striking70.8
Malkoun +8.3
70.2Grappling51.6
Brundage +18.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrundageMalkoun
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1486
Pound-for-pound
1534
1486
Divisional
1534
Striking offense
Striking defense
1519
Grappling offense
1533
1486
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.48
Strikes landed / min
3.70
50%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.97
Strikes absorbed / min
2.64
50%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
7.46
50%
Takedown accuracy
45%
74%
Takedown defense
0%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
60%
-3
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Brundage
  • LSedriques DumasU-DEC R3
    Close -1513mo before
  • LRodolfo VieiraSUB R2
    Close +1945mo before
  • LMichal OleksiejczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +2169mo before
  • WTresean GoreKO/TKO R1
    Close +1311y 2mo before
  • WDalcha LungiambulaSUB R1
    Close +1171y 6mo before
Jacob Malkoun
  • WNick MaximovU-DEC R3
    Close +11411mo before
  • LBrendan AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 3mo before
  • WAJ DobsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 7mo before
  • WAbdul Razak AlhassanU-DEC R3
    Close +2532y 5mo before
  • LPhil HawesKO/TKO R1
    Close +1852y 11mo before
Brundage — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Malkoun — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brundage
Malkoun
6
UFC fights
5
47.3 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
60.3 min · 12.1 avg
7y 3m
Career length
9y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brundage
Malkoun
52W–12L · 81.3%
Overall
50W–11L · 82.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Wins
24W–4L · 85.7%
38W–8L · 82.6%
Losses
26W–7L · 78.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brundage
Malkoun
40W–35L · 53.3%
Overall
17W–9L · 65.4%
33W–34L · 49.3%
Wins
17W–9L · 65.4%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brundage
Malkoun
4.37
Landed / min
7.44
38.3%
Accuracy
49.8%
67.1%
Defense
55.5%
0.63
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.8%
Time at distance
31.7%
Grappling & control
Brundage
Malkoun
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
7.46
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.8%
73.9%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
23.7%
Control share
90.0%
Strike target map
Brundage
  • Head76%(53)div 63%
  • Body14%(10)div 20%
  • Legs10%(7)div 17%
Malkoun
  • Head90%(201)div 63%
  • Body8%(18)div 20%
  • Legs2%(4)div 17%

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

Cody Brundage
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jacob Malkoun
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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