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UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov
Roman Kopylov
Roman Kopylov
9-2 · RUS
VS
January 14, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Roman Kopylov def. Punahele Soriano by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 3:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kopylov35/621/100:10
Soriano18/460/200:01
R2 · 3:19
Kopylov47/660/000:00
Soriano21/610/100:05
Total
Kopylov82/1281/100:10
Soriano39/1070/300:06

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
KopylovWin probabilitySoriano
35.1%64.9%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
14%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.1 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 Kopylov, blue toward Soriano. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kopylov35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%29%21%
Submission4%10%5%
Decision21%61%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1654)act 82
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.2)act 1
Soriano65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%27%31%
Submission11%17%8%
Decision37%56%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 39
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R212%
R37%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Kopylov
44.1%+124
Soriano
-12454.8%
Most takedownstie 29.0%
Kopylov
51.1%-257
Soriano
+25719.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kopylov
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
39.7%
+152
Under 39.5
60.3%
-152
05099
Soriano
Expected: 46.3
46.5
Over 46.5
39.5%
+153
Under 46.5
60.5%
-153
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Kopylov
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
43.7%
+129
Under 1.5
56.3%
-129
035
Soriano
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.9%
+187
Under 0.5
65.1%
-187
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 11.1 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
Kopylov35.1%42.3%−7.2+126
Soriano64.9%57.7%+7.2-153
By method
Kopylov by KO/TKO9.7%20.5%−10.8+311
Kopylov by submission5.1%4.7%+0.4+1679
Kopylov by decision20.4%16.5%+3.9+411
Soriano by KO/TKO17.9%31.3%−13.4+170
Soriano by submission9.4%7.7%+1.7+993
Soriano by decision37.6%19.2%+18.4+339
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.0%59.4%+17.6-174
Over 2.5 rds65.4%43.3%+22.1+116
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.0%38.0%+20.0+147

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
64.0Striking67.6
Soriano +3.6
41.3Grappling25.6
Kopylov +15.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KopylovSoriano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1541
1516
Divisional
1542
1496
Striking offense
1517
1502
Striking defense
1508
1523
Grappling offense
1492
1534
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
4.23
45%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.81
Strikes absorbed / min
3.77
60%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
33%
Takedown accuracy
33%
88%
Takedown defense
32%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
33%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roman Kopylov
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1144mo before
  • LAlbert DuraevU-DEC R3
    Close +2891y 2mo before
  • LKarl RobersonSUB R3
    Close -1453y 2mo before
Punahele Soriano
  • WDalcha LungiambulaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2506mo before
  • LNick MaximovS-DEC R3
    Close -19011mo before
  • LBrendan AllenU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 6mo before
  • WDusko TodorovicKO/TKO R1
    Close +1302y before
  • WOskar PiechotaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253y 1mo before
Kopylov — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
89% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Soriano — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kopylov
Soriano
3
UFC fights
5
40.2 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
43.5 min · 8.7 avg
10y 4m
Career length
9y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kopylov
Soriano
35W–11L · 76.1%
Overall
55W–10L · 84.6%
13W–6L · 68.4%
Wins
32W–6L · 84.2%
22W–5L · 81.5%
Losses
23W–4L · 85.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kopylov
Soriano
93W–55L · 62.8%
Overall
22W–10L · 68.8%
93W–55L · 62.8%
Wins
22W–10L · 68.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kopylov
Soriano
4.03
Landed / min
4.72
43.2%
Accuracy
44.6%
63.6%
Defense
58.1%
0.75
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.72
78.5%
Time at distance
59.8%
Grappling & control
Kopylov
Soriano
0.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
87.5%
Takedown defense
31.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
5.9%
Control share
26.6%
Strike target map
Kopylov
  • Head62%(86)div 63%
  • Body25%(34)div 20%
  • Legs13%(18)div 17%
Soriano
  • Head69%(127)div 63%
  • Body29%(53)div 20%
  • Legs2%(4)div 17%

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

Roman Kopylov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Punahele Soriano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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