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UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov
Alexandr Romanov
Alexandr Romanov
16-2 · MDA
VS
Blagoy Ivanov
Blagoy Ivanov
19-5 · BGR
July 1, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.0lb
Weigh-in
259.0lb
Alexandr Romanov def. Blagoy Ivanov by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romanov17/310/100:07
Ivanov13/290/000:00
R2
Romanov22/411/101:43
Ivanov9/280/000:00
R3
Romanov46/821/101:03
Ivanov22/510/000:00
Total
Romanov85/1542/302:53
Ivanov44/1080/000:00

Scorecards

Romanov vs Ivanov

RdAdalaide ByrdMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.1

Media (12 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 12 Romanov · 0 Ivanov

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Romanov-Ivanov.

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
RomanovWin probabilityIvanov
62.2%37.8%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
14%
Decision
37%
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 Romanov, blue toward Ivanov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Romanov62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%54%13%
Submission11%17%25%
Decision18%29%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 85
Takedowns1.9 (0.05.3)act 2
Ivanov38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%42%13%
Submission3%9%8%
Decision19%49%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1136)act 44
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R224%
R38%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Romanov
50.7%-106
Ivanov
+10647.6%
Most takedownstie 25.3%
Romanov
69.0%-1223
Ivanov
+12235.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romanov
Expected: 27.8
28
Over 28
38.6%
+155
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.7%
-155
03570
Ivanov
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
39.6%
+152
Under 26.5
60.4%
-152
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Romanov
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
38.0%
+121
Exactly 2
16.2%
push
Under 2
45.8%
-121
036
Ivanov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.1 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
Romanov62.2%55.4%+6.8-139
Ivanov37.8%44.6%−6.8+114
By method
Romanov by KO/TKO30.7%13.5%+17.2+525
Romanov by submission8.8%25.1%−16.3+235
Romanov by decision22.7%17.7%+5.0+375
Ivanov by KO/TKO18.7%13.2%+5.5+539
Ivanov by submission5.4%8.3%−2.9+916
Ivanov by decision13.8%22.3%−8.5+277
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.0%62.9%+6.1-205
Over 2.5 rds44.7%46.0%−1.3+103
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision36.5%40.6%−4.1+130

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
69.4Striking58.9
Romanov +10.6
68.2Grappling43.2
Romanov +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomanovIvanov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1550
1575
Divisional
1550
1484
Striking offense
1497
1489
Striking defense
1505
1530
Grappling offense
1485
1511
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
32 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.62
Strikes landed / min
3.29
51%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.00
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
46%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.78
53%
Takedown accuracy
40%
20%
Takedown defense
70%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
43%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
80%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandr Romanov
  • LAlexander VolkovKO/TKO R1
    Close -1554mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaM-DEC R3
    Close -35410mo before
  • WChase ShermanSUB R1
    Close -21301y 2mo before
  • WJared VanderaaKO/TKO R2
    Close -5621y 9mo before
  • WJuan EspinoS-DEC R3
    Close -1612y 2mo before
Blagoy Ivanov
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close +1195mo before
  • WMarcos Rogerio de LimaU-DEC R3
    Close -1541y 2mo before
  • LAugusto SakaiS-DEC R3
    Close -1053y 1mo before
  • LDerrick LewisS-DEC R3
    Close -1053y 8mo before
  • WTai TuivasaU-DEC R3
    Close +1404y 1mo before
Romanov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Ivanov — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0, 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Romanov
Ivanov
7
UFC fights
7
54.4 min · 7.8 avg
Octagon time
115.0 min · 16.4 avg
9y 8m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romanov
Ivanov
126W–43L · 74.6%
Overall
141W–39L · 78.3%
69W–26L · 72.6%
Wins
65W–19L · 77.4%
57W–17L · 77.0%
Losses
76W–20L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romanov
Ivanov
73W–57L · 56.2%
Overall
222W–74L · 75.0%
73W–57L · 56.2%
Wins
201W–70L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Romanov
Ivanov
3.06
Landed / min
4.05
38.9%
Accuracy
38.1%
51.5%
Defense
57.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.13
26.4%
Time at distance
71.5%
Grappling & control
Romanov
Ivanov
4.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.78
52.9%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
20.0%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.13
84.7%
Control share
45.0%
Strike target map
Romanov
  • Head78%(153)div 65%
  • Body13%(26)div 20%
  • Legs9%(18)div 16%
Ivanov
  • Head77%(291)div 65%
  • Body21%(80)div 20%
  • Legs2%(7)div 16%

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

Alexandr Romanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Blagoy Ivanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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