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UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
22-1 · RUS
VS
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
33-8 · BRA
October 22, 2022 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
154.5lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Islam Makhachev def. Charles Oliveira by SUB (Arm Triangle), R2 3:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev12/182/203:48
Oliveira6/110/000:38
R2 · 3:16
Makhachev18/230/111:17
Oliveira13/280/100:04
Total
Makhachev30/412/315:05
Oliveira19/390/100:42

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
MakhachevWin probabilityOliveira
41.3%58.7%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
52%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 13.2 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 Makhachev, blue toward Oliveira. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%17%
Submission17%42%27%
Decision14%34%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 30
Takedowns1.3 (0.04.2)act 2
Oliveira59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%28%13%
Submission35%59%21%
Decision8%13%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1654)act 19
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R215%
R317%
R410%
R57%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Makhachev
52.7%-114
Oliveira
+11446.1%
Most takedownstie 24.1%
Makhachev
40.5%-115
Oliveira
+11535.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
39.1%
+153
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.8%
-153
055110
Oliveira
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
39.8%
+152
Under 39.5
60.2%
-152
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.1%
+138
Under 1.5
57.9%
-138
035
Oliveira
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.2%
+113
Exactly 1
18.5%
push
Under 1
43.3%
-113
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 13.2 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
Makhachev41.3%61.8%−20.5-183
Oliveira58.7%38.2%+20.5+150
By method
Makhachev by KO/TKO10.8%17.0%−6.2+380
Makhachev by submission21.4%27.1%−5.7+202
Makhachev by decision9.0%16.0%−7.0+411
Oliveira by KO/TKO15.4%12.7%+2.7+543
Oliveira by submission30.5%21.0%+9.5+289
Oliveira by decision12.8%6.1%+6.7+1250
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.5%60.2%+10.3-181
Over 2.5 rds55.6%43.0%+12.6+118
Over 3.5 rds38.6%33.3%+5.3+181
Over 4.5 rds28.7%27.4%+1.3+241
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision21.9%23.6%−1.7+298

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
79.3Striking67.7
Makhachev +11.5
81.9Grappling71.8
Makhachev +10.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakhachevOliveira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1686
Pound-for-pound
1729
1673
Divisional
1710
1484
Striking offense
1522
1540
Striking defense
1477
1549
Grappling offense
1609
1550
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.27
Strikes landed / min
3.53
58%
Strike accuracy
54%
0.84
Strikes absorbed / min
3.18
69%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.41
Takedowns / 15 min
2.46
66%
Takedown accuracy
41%
88%
Takedown defense
57%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
92%
UFC win rate
70%
+10
Win/loss streak
+11
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
64%
Finish rate
90%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • WKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -9008mo before
  • WDan HookerSUB R1
    Close -5571y before
  • WThiago MoisesSUB R4
    Close -8101y 3mo before
  • WDrew DoberSUB R3
    Close -4341y 8mo before
  • WDavi RamosU-DEC R3
    Close -3803y 1mo before
Charles Oliveira
  • WJustin GaethjeSUB R1
    Close -1436mo before
  • WDustin PoirierSUB R3
    Close +11110mo before
  • WMichael ChandlerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1321y 5mo before
  • WTony FergusonU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 10mo before
  • WKevin LeeSUB R3
    opp missedClose +1352y 7mo before
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 22-1-0

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
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 33-8-0, 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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
21 wins, 3 losses
W
64% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
21win8loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (14%)KO/TKO(50%) 4
16 (76%)Submission(38%) 3
2 (10%)Decision(13%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Oliveira
12
UFC fights
30
110.1 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
207.3 min · 6.9 avg
16y 0m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Oliveira
248W–78L · 76.1%
Overall
546W–142L · 79.4%
221W–71L · 75.7%
Wins
420W–112L · 78.9%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
126W–30L · 80.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Oliveira
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
34W–17L · 66.7%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
34W–17L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Makhachev
Oliveira
2.99
Landed / min
5.49
44.0%
Accuracy
44.7%
76.0%
Defense
57.6%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
33.2%
Time at distance
37.5%
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Oliveira
3.41
Takedowns / 15 min
2.46
65.8%
Takedown accuracy
41.0%
88.2%
Takedown defense
57.1%
1.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.89
84.7%
Control share
48.9%
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head68%(170)div 63%
  • Body27%(68)div 21%
  • Legs5%(12)div 16%
Oliveira
  • Head58%(424)div 63%
  • Body27%(196)div 21%
  • Legs15%(112)div 16%

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

Islam Makhachev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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