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UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida
Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Ulberg
7-1 · NZL
VS
Ihor Potieria
Ihor Potieria
19-3 · UKR
May 13, 2023 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.5lb
Weigh-in
204.5lb
Carlos Ulberg def. Ihor Potieria by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:09
Ulberg13/210/010:08
Potieria5/90/100:00
Total
Ulberg13/210/010:08
Potieria5/90/100:00

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
UlbergWin probabilityPotieria
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
17%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 8.3 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 Ulberg, blue toward Potieria. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ulberg52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%52%55%
Submission5%10%4%
Decision20%38%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Potieria48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%45%11%
Submission11%24%6%
Decision15%31%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 5
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R218%
R36%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ulberg
59.8%-154
Potieria
+15438.8%
Most takedownstie 55.7%
Ulberg
18.9%+135
Potieria
-13525.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
39.1%
+153
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.8%
-153
052103
Potieria
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.7%
+152
Under 29.5
60.3%
-152
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+319
Under 0.5
76.1%
-319
035
Potieria
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+236
Under 0.5
70.2%
-236
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 8.3 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
Ulberg52.1%78.2%−26.1-456
Potieria47.9%21.8%+26.1+339
By method
Ulberg by KO/TKO25.2%55.1%−29.9-188
Ulberg by submission8.8%4.4%+4.4+1831
Ulberg by decision18.1%16.1%+2.0+423
Potieria by KO/TKO23.2%11.0%+12.2+665
Potieria by submission8.1%6.0%+2.1+1316
Potieria by decision16.6%7.4%+9.2+1044
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds58.6%44.9%+13.7+109
Over 2.5 rds40.5%29.4%+11.1+216
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.7%24.1%+10.6+287

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
80.2Striking60.4
Ulberg +19.8
55.3Grappling9.3
Ulberg +46.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UlbergPotieria
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1549
1547
Divisional
1548
1522
Striking offense
1510
1522
Striking defense
1493
1484
Grappling offense
1489
1520
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
8.52
Strikes landed / min
4.67
63%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
5.38
52%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.06
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carlos Ulberg
  • WNicolae NegumereanuKO/TKO R1
    Close -1336mo before
  • WTafon NchukwiKO/TKO R1
    Close +12011mo before
  • WFabio CherantU-DEC R3
    Close -2571y 3mo before
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close -2392y 2mo before
Ihor Potieria
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2054mo before
  • LNicolae NegumereanuKO/TKO R2
    Close +1129mo before
Ulberg — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Potieria — 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, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ulberg
Potieria
4
UFC fights
2
28.3 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
12.6 min · 6.3 avg
14y 11m
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ulberg
Potieria
33W–7L · 82.5%
Overall
39W–14L · 73.6%
26W–6L · 81.3%
Wins
27W–13L · 67.5%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
12W–1L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ulberg
Potieria
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
79W–82L · 49.1%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
74W–78L · 48.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–4L · 55.6%
Distance striking
Ulberg
Potieria
8.62
Landed / min
6.56
62.4%
Accuracy
47.3%
52.9%
Defense
54.5%
1.06
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.19
91.0%
Time at distance
53.1%
Grappling & control
Ulberg
Potieria
1.06
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
76.7%
Control share
13.6%
Strike target map
Ulberg
  • Head59%(143)div 64%
  • Body21%(51)div 19%
  • Legs20%(47)div 16%
Potieria
  • Head71%(42)div 64%
  • Body10%(6)div 19%
  • Legs19%(11)div 16%

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

Carlos Ulberg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ihor Potieria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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