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UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Ulberg
6-1 · NZL
VS
November 12, 2022 · New York City, New York, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.2lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Carlos Ulberg def. Nicolae Negumereanu by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 3:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:44
Ulberg14/230/010:05
Negumereanu2/140/000:00
Total
Ulberg14/230/010:05
Negumereanu2/140/000:00

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
UlbergWin probabilityNegumereanu
49.1%50.9%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
13%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.8 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 Ulberg, blue toward Negumereanu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ulberg49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%59%30%
Submission5%10%5%
Decision15%31%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 14
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Negumereanu51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%57%19%
Submission9%17%12%
Decision13%26%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 2
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R228%
R33%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Ulberg
56.9%-136
Negumereanu
+13641.7%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Ulberg
8.1%+623
Negumereanu
-62350.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 36.7
36.5
Over 36.5
40.0%
+150
Under 36.5
60.0%
-150
04692
Negumereanu
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
38.8%
+153
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.5%
-153
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.2%
Exactly 0
85.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Negumereanu
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.6%
+132
Exactly 1
19.8%
push
Under 1
45.6%
-132
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 7.8 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
Ulberg49.1%54.6%−5.5-133
Negumereanu50.9%45.4%+5.5+111
By method
Ulberg by KO/TKO28.6%29.5%−0.9+183
Ulberg by submission6.6%4.6%+2.0+1696
Ulberg by decision13.9%18.7%−4.8+347
Negumereanu by KO/TKO29.6%19.1%+10.5+338
Negumereanu by submission6.8%12.4%−5.6+572
Negumereanu by decision14.4%15.6%−1.2+434
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds59.4%57.6%+1.8-159
Over 2.5 rds31.8%40.7%−8.9+130
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision28.4%35.2%−6.8+167

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
77.3Striking48.5
Ulberg +28.8
56.1Grappling35.8
Ulberg +20.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UlbergNegumereanu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1573
1529
Divisional
1574
1515
Striking offense
1508
1522
Striking defense
1488
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
9.24
Strikes landed / min
3.79
63%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.99
Strikes absorbed / min
5.69
49%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.22
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
100%
Takedown accuracy
29%
100%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
67%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carlos Ulberg
  • WTafon NchukwiKO/TKO R1
    Close +1205mo before
  • WFabio CherantU-DEC R3
    Close -2579mo before
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close -2391y 8mo before
Nicolae Negumereanu
  • WIhor PotieriaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1363mo before
  • WKennedy NzechukwuS-DEC R3
    Close +1118mo before
  • WIke VillanuevaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2381y 1mo before
  • WAleksa CamurS-DEC R3
    Close +2021y 5mo before
  • LSaparbeg SafarovU-DEC R3
    Close -1703y 8mo before
Ulberg — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Negumereanu — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ulberg
Negumereanu
3
UFC fights
5
24.6 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
54.9 min · 11.0 avg
14y 11m
Career length
9y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ulberg
Negumereanu
20W–6L · 76.9%
Overall
59W–19L · 75.6%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Wins
51W–17L · 75.0%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ulberg
Negumereanu
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
34W–81L · 29.6%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
34W–81L · 29.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ulberg
Negumereanu
9.50
Landed / min
5.43
62.5%
Accuracy
36.6%
50.3%
Defense
44.8%
0.61
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
90.0%
Time at distance
51.4%
Grappling & control
Ulberg
Negumereanu
1.22
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
75.7%
Control share
54.1%
Strike target map
Ulberg
  • Head59%(135)div 64%
  • Body22%(49)div 19%
  • Legs19%(43)div 16%
Negumereanu
  • Head76%(158)div 64%
  • Body9%(19)div 19%
  • Legs15%(31)div 16%

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

Carlos Ulberg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nicolae Negumereanu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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