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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
VS
Cody Brundage
Cody Brundage
8-2 · USA
December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Michal Oleksiejczuk def. Cody Brundage by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 3:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:16
Oleksiejczuk15/290/001:12
Brundage0/23/301:53
Total
Oleksiejczuk15/290/001:12
Brundage0/23/301:53

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
OleksiejczukWin probabilityBrundage
64.3%35.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
16%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Oleksiejczuk, blue toward Brundage. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oleksiejczuk64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%35%45%
Submission7%11%7%
Decision35%54%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 15
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Brundage36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%22%8%
Submission10%27%12%
Decision18%51%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 0
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.9)act 3
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R215%
R38%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Oleksiejczuk
52.5%-113
Brundage
+11346.4%
Most takedownstie 22.0%
Oleksiejczuk
15.2%+412
Brundage
-41262.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
40.0%
+150
Under 41.5
60.0%
-150
053105
Brundage
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.8%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Oleksiejczuk
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.1%
+212
Under 0.5
67.9%
-212
035
Brundage
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.7%
+125
Exactly 2
17.3%
push
Under 2
46.0%
-125
036

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 10.7 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
Oleksiejczuk64.3%69.8%−5.5-271
Brundage35.7%30.2%+5.5+216
By method
Oleksiejczuk by KO/TKO19.5%44.9%−25.4-115
Oleksiejczuk by submission10.5%7.0%+3.5+1094
Oleksiejczuk by decision34.3%18.3%+16.0+358
Brundage by KO/TKO10.8%8.0%+2.8+951
Brundage by submission5.8%11.8%−6.0+612
Brundage by decision19.0%10.0%+9.0+738
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.8%46.2%+29.6+103
Over 2.5 rds60.7%33.4%+27.3+180
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.3%28.9%+24.4+222

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
72.3Striking65.4
Oleksiejczuk +6.9
36.9Grappling55.4
Brundage +18.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OleksiejczukBrundage
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1532
1544
Divisional
1532
Striking offense
Striking defense
1490
Grappling offense
1544
1533
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.95
Strikes landed / min
2.09
50%
Strike accuracy
47%
4.19
Strikes absorbed / min
2.26
65%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
43%
Takedown accuracy
29%
50%
Takedown defense
69%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michal Oleksiejczuk
  • WSam AlveyKO/TKO R1
    Close -6854mo before
  • LDustin JacobyU-DEC R3
    Close +1639mo before
  • WShamil GamzatovKO/TKO R1
    Close -1061y 2mo before
  • WModestas BukauskasS-DEC R3
    Close -1771y 9mo before
  • LJimmy CruteSUB R1
    Close -1202y 10mo before
Cody Brundage
  • WTresean GoreKO/TKO R1
    Close +1315mo before
  • WDalcha LungiambulaSUB R1
    Close +1179mo before
  • LNick MaximovU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 3mo before
Oleksiejczuk — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0, 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, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (8%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Brundage — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oleksiejczuk
Brundage
9
UFC fights
3
64.0 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
22.5 min · 7.5 avg
12y 7m
Career length
7y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oleksiejczuk
Brundage
144W–55L · 72.4%
Overall
20W–4L · 83.3%
95W–35L · 73.1%
Wins
14W–4L · 77.8%
49W–20L · 71.0%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oleksiejczuk
Brundage
79W–75L · 51.3%
Overall
40W–35L · 53.3%
73W–70L · 51.0%
Wins
33W–34L · 49.3%
6W–5L · 54.5%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Distance striking
Oleksiejczuk
Brundage
5.46
Landed / min
4.46
47.8%
Accuracy
36.4%
66.8%
Defense
67.2%
1.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
79.0%
Time at distance
27.9%
Grappling & control
Oleksiejczuk
Brundage
0.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
50.0%
Takedown defense
68.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.33
36.7%
Control share
25.3%
Strike target map
Oleksiejczuk
  • Head69%(218)div 63%
  • Body29%(91)div 20%
  • Legs3%(8)div 17%
Brundage
  • Head72%(34)div 63%
  • Body19%(9)div 20%
  • Legs9%(4)div 17%

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

Michal Oleksiejczuk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody Brundage
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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