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UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes
Sergei Pavlovich
Sergei Pavlovich
17-1 · RUS
VS
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
17-3 · USA
April 22, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
260.5lb
Weigh-in
262.5lb
Sergei Pavlovich def. Curtis Blaydes by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:08
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:08
Pavlovich36/850/010:02
Blaydes14/560/100:00
Total
Pavlovich36/850/010:02
Blaydes14/560/100:00

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
PavlovichWin probabilityBlaydes
51.0%49.0%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
20%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Pavlovich, blue toward Blaydes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pavlovich51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%63%34%
Submission11%22%3%
Decision8%15%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 36
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Blaydes49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%54%41%
Submission9%18%7%
Decision14%28%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 14
Takedowns1.2 (0.04.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R218%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Pavlovich
48.5%+104
Blaydes
-10450.4%
Most takedownstie 44.0%
Pavlovich
5.4%+932
Blaydes
-93250.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pavlovich
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
39.0%
+154
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.9%
-154
054107
Blaydes
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
39.0%
+154
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.9%
-154
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Pavlovich
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.0%
Exactly 0
91.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Blaydes
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
37.5%
+126
Exactly 1
15.4%
push
Under 1
47.2%
-126
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 11.7 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
Pavlovich51.0%45.6%+5.4+109
Blaydes49.0%54.4%−5.4-133
By method
Pavlovich by KO/TKO29.9%34.2%−4.3+145
Pavlovich by submission10.2%3.3%+6.9+2416
Pavlovich by decision10.9%5.6%+5.3+1408
Blaydes by KO/TKO28.7%40.5%−11.8+107
Blaydes by submission9.8%6.9%+2.9+1119
Blaydes by decision10.4%9.5%+0.9+777
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds62.6%43.2%+19.4+116
Over 2.5 rds44.6%27.8%+16.8+235
Over 3.5 rds32.9%20.7%+12.2+350
Over 4.5 rds26.1%18.0%+8.1+416
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision21.3%15.8%+5.5+494

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
72.4Striking75.9
Blaydes +3.5
18.5Grappling58.8
Blaydes +40.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PavlovichBlaydes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1611
Pound-for-pound
1664
1611
Divisional
1664
1539
Striking offense
1525
1498
Striking defense
1515
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
84"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.07
Strikes landed / min
3.54
52%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.30
Strikes absorbed / min
1.70
49%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
6.05
0%
Takedown accuracy
54%
67%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
75%
+5
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sergei Pavlovich
  • WTai TuivasaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1965mo before
  • WDerrick LewisKO/TKO R1
    Close -1589mo before
  • WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R1
    Close -3541y 1mo before
  • WMaurice GreeneKO/TKO R1
    Close -2403y 6mo before
  • WMarcelo GolmKO/TKO R1
    Close -3004y before
Curtis Blaydes
  • WTom AspinallKO/TKO R1
    Close +1349mo before
  • WChris DaukausKO/TKO R2
    Close -4981y 1mo before
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikU-DEC R3
    Close -3281y 7mo before
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4072y 2mo before
  • WAlexander VolkovU-DEC R5
    Close -4002y 10mo before
Pavlovich — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0, 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
12 wins, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pavlovich
Blaydes
6
UFC fights
16
13.5 min · 2.3 avg
Octagon time
153.8 min · 9.6 avg
11y 7m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pavlovich
Blaydes
118W–40L · 74.7%
Overall
299W–82L · 78.5%
75W–23L · 76.5%
Wins
258W–71L · 78.4%
43W–17L · 71.7%
Losses
41W–11L · 78.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pavlovich
Blaydes
113W–53L · 68.1%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
113W–53L · 68.1%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pavlovich
Blaydes
7.35
Landed / min
3.80
47.4%
Accuracy
35.5%
58.2%
Defense
64.2%
6.67
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
65.5%
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Pavlovich
Blaydes
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
6.05
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.9%
66.7%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
30.4%
Control share
96.3%
Strike target map
Pavlovich
  • Head96%(105)div 65%
  • Body3%(3)div 20%
  • Legs1%(1)div 16%
Blaydes
  • Head68%(368)div 65%
  • Body13%(68)div 20%
  • Legs20%(108)div 16%

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

Sergei Pavlovich
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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