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UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield
Zac Pauga
Zac Pauga
5-1 · USA
VS
Jordan Wright
Jordan Wright
12-4 · USA
February 18, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Zac Pauga def. Jordan Wright by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pauga22/260/104:32
Wright5/70/000:00
R2
Pauga15/220/303:27
Wright7/190/100:10
R3
Pauga22/370/200:41
Wright17/520/000:03
Total
Pauga59/850/608:40
Wright29/780/100:13

Scorecards

Pauga vs Wright

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-99-1010-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2730-26.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Pauga · 0 Wright

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pauga-Wright.

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
PaugaWin probabilityWright
62.6%37.4%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
21%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 7.3 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 Pauga, blue toward Wright. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pauga63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%55%50%
Submission11%17%6%
Decision17%28%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1343)act 59
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Wright37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%64%18%
Submission10%28%8%
Decision3%8%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 29
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R216%
R315%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Pauga
50.6%-106
Wright
+10647.9%
Most takedownstie 43.5%
Pauga
13.6%+314
Wright
-31442.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pauga
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
39.6%
+152
Under 31.5
60.4%
-152
04079
Wright
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
38.9%
+153
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.5%
-153
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Pauga
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+376
Under 0.5
79.0%
-376
035
Wright
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.8%
+163
Exactly 1
16.4%
push
Under 1
51.8%
-163
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 7.3 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
Pauga62.6%70.4%−7.8-282
Wright37.4%29.6%+7.8+222
By method
Pauga by KO/TKO36.7%50.3%−13.6-155
Pauga by submission13.2%5.9%+7.3+1299
Pauga by decision12.7%13.2%−0.5+527
Wright by KO/TKO21.9%17.6%+4.3+370
Wright by submission7.9%7.8%+0.1+965
Wright by decision7.6%5.2%+2.4+1496
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds50.6%37.9%+12.7+147
Over 2.5 rds34.7%25.0%+9.7+272
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision20.3%19.7%+0.6+379

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
88.0Striking59.7
Pauga +28.4
25.0Grappling75.6
Wright +50.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PaugaWright
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1497
1521
Divisional
1549
1502
Striking offense
1511
1493
Striking defense
1483
1500
Grappling offense
1517
1500
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.71
Strikes landed / min
5.76
64%
Strike accuracy
67%
2.14
Strikes absorbed / min
7.30
70%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.72
Takedown accuracy
50%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
0%
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zac Pauga
  • LMohammed UsmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -2916mo before
Jordan Wright
  • LDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R2
    Close +1904mo before
  • LMarc-Andre BarriaultSUB R1
    Close +16510mo before
  • LBruno SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2641y 2mo before
  • WJamie PickettKO/TKO R1
    Close -1071y 9mo before
  • LJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R2
    Close +2052y 3mo before
Pauga — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (80%)Decision() 0
Wright — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0, 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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
58% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pauga
Wright
1
UFC fights
6
5.6 min · 5.6 avg
Octagon time
20.1 min · 3.4 avg
6y 0m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pauga
Wright
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
84W–32L · 72.4%
0W–0L
Wins
28W–15L · 65.1%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
56W–17L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pauga
Wright
23W–9L · 71.9%
Overall
19W–45L · 29.7%
23W–9L · 71.9%
Wins
19W–45L · 29.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pauga
Wright
5.76
Landed / min
8.14
63.3%
Accuracy
50.0%
74.3%
Defense
44.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.49
96.1%
Time at distance
28.0%
Grappling & control
Pauga
Wright
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.72
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.74
0.0%
Control share
62.8%
Strike target map
Pauga
  • Head44%(14)div 64%
  • Body28%(9)div 19%
  • Legs28%(9)div 16%
Wright
  • Head58%(67)div 64%
  • Body35%(41)div 19%
  • Legs7%(8)div 16%

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

Zac Pauga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jordan Wright
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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