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UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
29-9 · USA
VS
Joaquin Buckley
Joaquin Buckley
15-5 · USA
December 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Chris Curtis def. Joaquin Buckley by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Curtis19/490/000:00
Buckley29/910/000:00
R2 · 2:49
Curtis17/380/010:06
Buckley21/720/000:00
Total
Curtis36/870/010:06
Buckley50/1630/000:00

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
CurtisWin probabilityBuckley
31.3%68.7%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
23%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 Curtis, blue toward Buckley. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Curtis31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%33%22%
Submission7%22%3%
Decision14%45%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 36
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Buckley69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%39%34%
Submission17%24%4%
Decision25%37%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 50
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R216%
R310%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Curtis
42.7%+132
Buckley
-13256.2%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Curtis
21.6%+131
Buckley
-13128.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.8%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Buckley
Expected: 46.2
46
Over 46
39.4%
+151
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.5%
-151
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
035
Buckley
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
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 9.2 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
Curtis31.3%39.3%−8.0+143
Buckley68.7%60.7%+8.0-175
By method
Curtis by KO/TKO11.6%21.9%−10.3+297
Curtis by submission7.3%3.4%+3.9+2434
Curtis by decision12.4%15.4%−3.0+463
Buckley by KO/TKO25.5%34.3%−8.8+153
Buckley by submission16.0%4.1%+11.9+2018
Buckley by decision27.2%20.9%+6.3+314
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds65.7%60.5%+5.2-183
Over 2.5 rds49.3%43.7%+5.6+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.5%37.2%+2.3+152

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
64.0Striking59.3
Curtis +4.7
25.0Grappling39.1
Buckley +14.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CurtisBuckley
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1558
1572
Divisional
1557
1515
Striking offense
1521
1488
Striking defense
1504
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
35 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.65
Strikes landed / min
3.61
55%
Strike accuracy
33%
6.69
Strikes absorbed / min
3.42
50%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
Takedown accuracy
30%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
63%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Curtis
  • LJack HermanssonU-DEC R3
    Close -1115mo before
  • WRodolfo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1216mo before
  • WBrendan AllenKO/TKO R2
    Close +2741y before
  • WPhil HawesKO/TKO R1
    Close +2601y 1mo before
Joaquin Buckley
  • LNassourdine ImavovU-DEC R3
    Close +2063mo before
  • WAlbert DuraevKO/TKO R2
    Close +1816mo before
  • WAbdul Razak AlhassanS-DEC R3
    Close -16210mo before
  • WAntonio ArroyoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1931y 3mo before
  • LAlessio Di ChiricoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3031y 11mo before
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 29-9-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
55% 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
41% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6
Buckley — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
73% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Curtis
Buckley
4
UFC fights
8
41.4 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
77.5 min · 9.7 avg
17y 1m
Career length
11y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Curtis
Buckley
58W–14L · 80.6%
Overall
94W–24L · 79.7%
36W–7L · 83.7%
Wins
54W–11L · 83.1%
22W–7L · 75.9%
Losses
40W–13L · 75.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Curtis
Buckley
360W–160L · 69.2%
Overall
74W–24L · 75.5%
236W–121L · 66.1%
Wins
61W–24L · 71.8%
124W–39L · 76.1%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Curtis
Buckley
5.85
Landed / min
4.18
53.1%
Accuracy
30.2%
50.3%
Defense
58.0%
0.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.16
87.5%
Time at distance
74.0%
Grappling & control
Curtis
Buckley
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
Takedown accuracy
30.4%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.2%
Control share
42.4%
Strike target map
Curtis
  • Head65%(151)div 63%
  • Body34%(79)div 20%
  • Legs2%(4)div 17%
Buckley
  • Head51%(144)div 63%
  • Body35%(98)div 20%
  • Legs14%(38)div 17%

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

Chris Curtis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joaquin Buckley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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