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UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov
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Ismael Bonfim
Ismael Bonfim
19-3 · BRA
July 1, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Benoit Saint Denis def. Ismael Bonfim by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:48
Saint Denis13/332/702:57
Bonfim14/240/000:10
Total
Saint Denis13/332/702:57
Bonfim14/240/000:10

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
Saint DenisWin probabilityBonfim
43.8%56.2%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
31%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Saint Denis, blue toward Bonfim. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saint Denis44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%30%7%
Submission20%44%10%
Decision11%26%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1242)act 13
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.9)act 2
Bonfim56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%40%29%
Submission12%21%15%
Decision22%39%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R320%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Saint Denis
44.1%+123
Bonfim
-12354.5%
Most takedownstie 24.2%
Saint Denis
61.7%-440
Bonfim
+44014.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Denis
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
38.8%
+154
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.7%
-154
03978
Bonfim
Expected: 36.0
36
Over 36
39.1%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.5%
-152
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Denis
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.4%
+136
Exactly 2
16.6%
push
Under 2
48.0%
-136
036
Bonfim
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+228
Under 0.5
69.5%
-228
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 9.4 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
Saint Denis43.8%29.4%+14.4+225
Bonfim56.2%70.6%−14.4-282
By method
Saint Denis by KO/TKO15.5%6.7%+8.8+1158
Saint Denis by submission13.6%9.8%+3.8+759
Saint Denis by decision14.6%13.3%+1.3+534
Bonfim by KO/TKO19.9%29.4%−9.5+187
Bonfim by submission17.5%15.0%+2.5+460
Bonfim by decision18.8%25.8%−7.0+227
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.9%60.8%+7.1-185
Over 2.5 rds53.1%44.5%+8.6+110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision33.4%41.6%−8.2+126

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
54.6Striking84.9
Bonfim +30.4
68.2Grappling46.7
Saint Denis +21.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint DenisBonfim
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1565
1560
Divisional
1565
1501
Striking offense
1507
1489
Striking defense
1503
1545
Grappling offense
1501
1532
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.37
Strikes landed / min
4.67
52%
Strike accuracy
69%
6.72
Strikes absorbed / min
1.92
42%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
30%
Takedown accuracy
25%
86%
Takedown defense
100%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
301
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Benoit Saint Denis
  • WGabriel MirandaKO/TKO R2
    Close -30710mo before
  • WNiklas StolzeSUB R2
    Close -1651y 1mo before
  • LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +2931y 8mo before
Ismael Bonfim
  • WTerrance McKinneyKO/TKO R2
    Close -1025mo before
Saint Denis — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Bonfim — win / loss by method
Record: 19-3-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
18win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (22%)Submission(100%) 3
6 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saint Denis
Bonfim
3
UFC fights
1
26.8 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
7.3 min · 7.3 avg
7y 5m
Career length
14y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Denis
Bonfim
50W–17L · 74.6%
Overall
13W–4L · 76.5%
28W–10L · 73.7%
Wins
13W–4L · 76.5%
22W–7L · 75.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Denis
Bonfim
86W–45L · 65.6%
Overall
154W–57L · 73.0%
86W–45L · 65.6%
Wins
146W–57L · 71.9%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Saint Denis
Bonfim
7.62
Landed / min
6.63
48.7%
Accuracy
61.5%
46.0%
Defense
73.3%
1.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.06
45.0%
Time at distance
49.7%
Grappling & control
Saint Denis
Bonfim
3.36
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
85.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
82.4%
Control share
26.1%
Strike target map
Saint Denis
  • Head68%(79)div 63%
  • Body24%(28)div 21%
  • Legs9%(10)div 16%
Bonfim
  • Head47%(16)div 63%
  • Body47%(16)div 21%
  • Legs6%(2)div 16%

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

Benoit Saint Denis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ismael Bonfim
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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