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UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
VS
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
30-10 · USA
June 10, 2023 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.3lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Imavov29/363/402:07
Curtis15/320/000:00
R2 · 3:04
Imavov28/480/000:15
Curtis11/290/000:00
Total
Imavov57/843/402:22
Curtis26/610/000:00

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
ImavovWin probabilityCurtis
88.1%11.9%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
5%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Imavov, blue toward Curtis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Imavov88%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%45%16%
Submission5%6%11%
Decision43%49%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (46104)act 57
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 3
Curtis12%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%51%17%
Submission0%1%4%
Decision6%48%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 26
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~131 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R224%
R312%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Imavov
69.7%-236
Curtis
+23629.5%
Most takedownstie 52.7%
Imavov
36.9%-354
Curtis
+35410.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Imavov
Expected: 79.8
80
Over 80
42.0%
+136
Exactly 80
0.8%
push
Under 80
57.2%
-136
0100200
Curtis
Expected: 50.9
51
Over 51
41.7%
+137
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
57.0%
-137
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Imavov
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.3%
+148
Under 0.5
59.7%
-148
035
Curtis
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.0%
Exactly 0
85.0%
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 11.0 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
Imavov88.1%61.3%+26.8-181
Curtis11.9%38.7%−26.8+146
By method
Imavov by KO/TKO40.6%15.6%+25.0+443
Imavov by submission4.5%10.8%−6.3+684
Imavov by decision43.0%33.9%+9.1+150
Curtis by KO/TKO5.5%17.1%−11.6+395
Curtis by submission0.6%3.9%−3.3+2068
Curtis by decision5.8%18.6%−12.8+355
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds84.6%72.2%+12.4-345
Over 2.5 rds61.0%59.3%+1.7-172
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.8%55.4%−6.6-146

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
69.9Striking61.3
Imavov +8.5
55.0Grappling25.0
Imavov +30.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ImavovCurtis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1518
Striking offense
1523
1497
Striking defense
1486
1497
Grappling offense
1493
1515
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.32
Strikes landed / min
5.29
51%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.81
Strikes absorbed / min
6.38
59%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22%
Takedown accuracy
73%
Takedown defense
100%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nassourdine Imavov
  • LSean StricklandU-DEC R5
    Close -1375mo before
  • WJoaquin BuckleyU-DEC R3
    Close -2559mo before
  • WEdmen ShahbazyanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1201y 7mo before
  • WIan HeinischKO/TKO R2
    Close +1321y 11mo before
  • LPhil HawesM-DEC R3
    Close +1012y 4mo before
Chris Curtis
  • LKelvin GastelumU-DEC R3
    Close +1102mo before
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1446mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close -11111mo before
  • WRodolfo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -12111mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close +2741y 6mo before
Imavov — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 30-10-0

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 8 losses
W
40% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Imavov
Curtis
6
UFC fights
6
88.0 min · 14.7 avg
Octagon time
64.2 min · 10.7 avg
10y 6m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Imavov
Curtis
83W–20L · 80.6%
Overall
90W–27L · 76.9%
49W–13L · 79.0%
Wins
51W–12L · 81.0%
34W–7L · 82.9%
Losses
39W–15L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Imavov
Curtis
48W–19L · 71.6%
Overall
360W–160L · 69.2%
36W–15L · 70.6%
Wins
236W–121L · 66.1%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
124W–39L · 76.1%
Distance striking
Imavov
Curtis
5.48
Landed / min
5.34
44.7%
Accuracy
45.4%
60.7%
Defense
55.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
54.3%
Time at distance
88.7%
Grappling & control
Imavov
Curtis
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
72.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
39.5%
Control share
28.2%
Strike target map
Imavov
  • Head69%(262)div 64%
  • Body23%(88)div 20%
  • Legs8%(30)div 17%
Curtis
  • Head65%(220)div 64%
  • Body30%(103)div 20%
  • Legs5%(17)div 17%

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

Nassourdine Imavov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Curtis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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