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UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
Kelvin Gastelum
Kelvin Gastelum
17-8 · USA
VS
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
30-9 · USA
April 8, 2023 · Miami, Florida, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Kelvin Gastelum def. Chris Curtis by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gastelum30/640/000:00
Curtis13/480/000:00
R2
Gastelum23/560/100:55
Curtis20/650/000:00
R3
Gastelum30/680/200:26
Curtis37/880/000:01
Total
Gastelum83/1880/301:21
Curtis70/2010/000:01

Scorecards

Gastelum vs Curtis

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónMichael TateCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.7-9.4
R39-109-1010-99.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2830-2728.8-28.3

Media (21 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Gastelum · 0 Curtis

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gastelum-Curtis.

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
GastelumWin probabilityCurtis
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
14%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.5 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 Gastelum, blue toward Curtis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gastelum58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%14%
Submission11%20%6%
Decision36%62%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (2478)act 83
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Curtis42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%32%18%
Submission3%7%3%
Decision26%61%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2270)act 70
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~109 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R213%
R36%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Gastelum
52.7%-113
Curtis
+11346.5%
Most takedownstie 48.0%
Gastelum
27.7%-114
Curtis
+11424.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 57.4
57.5
Over 57.5
39.7%
+152
Under 57.5
60.3%
-152
072144
Curtis
Expected: 51.9
52
Over 52
39.2%
+153
Exactly 52
0.9%
push
Under 52
59.9%
-153
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Gastelum
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
035
Curtis
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.5%
+218
Under 0.5
68.5%
-218
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 11.5 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
Gastelum58.3%54.7%+3.6-135
Curtis41.7%45.3%−3.6+110
By method
Gastelum by KO/TKO14.2%14.3%−0.1+495
Gastelum by submission8.3%5.8%+2.5+1362
Gastelum by decision35.8%33.8%+2.0+151
Curtis by KO/TKO10.1%17.7%−7.6+379
Curtis by submission5.9%3.2%+2.7+2529
Curtis by decision25.6%25.2%+0.4+237
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.9%75.2%+5.7-415
Over 2.5 rds67.8%65.8%+2.0-237
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision61.4%62.7%−1.3-202

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
64.7Striking64.1
Gastelum +0.6
38.7Grappling25.0
Gastelum +13.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GastelumCurtis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1587
1538
Divisional
1587
1508
Striking offense
1522
1523
Striking defense
1487
1485
Grappling offense
1498
1529
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.53
Strikes landed / min
5.48
42%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.24
Strikes absorbed / min
6.64
58%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.05
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
32%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
100%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
55%
UFC win rate
80%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
20%
Last-5 win rate
80%
45%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
595
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kelvin Gastelum
  • LJared CannonierU-DEC R5
    Close +1231y 8mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R5
    Close +2112y before
  • WIan HeinischU-DEC R3
    Close -2022y 2mo before
  • LJack HermanssonSUB R1
    Close -1122y 9mo before
  • LDarren TillS-DEC R3
    Close -2003y 5mo before
Chris Curtis
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close +1444mo before
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close -1119mo before
  • WRodolfo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1219mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close +2741y 4mo before
  • WPhil HawesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2601y 5mo before
Gastelum — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0, 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
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 6 losses
W
35% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
11win8loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(25%) 2
6 (55%)Decision(75%) 6
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 30-9-0

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
11% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 7 losses
W
40% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Gastelum
Curtis
20
UFC fights
5
271.4 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
49.2 min · 9.8 avg
17y 4m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gastelum
Curtis
339W–87L · 79.6%
Overall
73W–19L · 79.3%
208W–60L · 77.6%
Wins
51W–12L · 81.0%
131W–27L · 82.9%
Losses
22W–7L · 75.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gastelum
Curtis
6W–7L · 46.2%
Overall
360W–160L · 69.2%
6W–7L · 46.2%
Wins
236W–121L · 66.1%
0W–0L
Losses
124W–39L · 76.1%
Distance striking
Gastelum
Curtis
4.44
Landed / min
5.50
38.8%
Accuracy
50.5%
60.6%
Defense
54.7%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.91
65.7%
Time at distance
88.9%
Grappling & control
Gastelum
Curtis
1.05
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
32.2%
Takedown accuracy
62.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.2%
Control share
37.8%
Strike target map
Gastelum
  • Head66%(630)div 64%
  • Body18%(176)div 20%
  • Legs16%(151)div 17%
Curtis
  • Head65%(176)div 64%
  • Body30%(82)div 20%
  • Legs4%(12)div 17%

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

Kelvin Gastelum
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.