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UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
Nikita Krylov
Nikita Krylov
28-9 · UKR
VS
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir
18-6 · CHE
October 22, 2022 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Nikita Krylov def. Volkan Oezdemir by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Krylov26/582/702:02
Oezdemir27/501/100:46
R2
Krylov11/273/803:28
Oezdemir11/180/000:01
R3
Krylov20/362/503:47
Oezdemir4/130/000:00
Total
Krylov57/1217/2009:17
Oezdemir42/811/100:47

Scorecards

Krylov vs Oezdemir

RdAnders OhlssonDavid LethabyVito PaolilloCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.427.5 · 18 Krylov · 0 Oezdemir

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Krylov-Oezdemir.

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
KrylovWin probabilityOezdemir
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
67%
Submission
15%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 6.4 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 Krylov, blue toward Oezdemir. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Krylov58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%66%20%
Submission13%22%21%
Decision7%12%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 57
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 7
Oezdemir42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%69%22%
Submission2%4%3%
Decision11%27%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 42
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R220%
R36%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Krylov
56.7%-136
Oezdemir
+13641.6%
Most takedownstie 52.9%
Krylov
22.1%+113
Oezdemir
-11324.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Krylov
Expected: 31.7
31.5
Over 31.5
40.0%
+150
Under 31.5
60.0%
-150
04080
Oezdemir
Expected: 25.0
25
Over 25
38.8%
+153
Exactly 25
1.9%
push
Under 25
59.3%
-153
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Krylov
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
035
Oezdemir
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.3%
+230
Under 0.5
69.7%
-230
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 6.4 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
Krylov58.3%62.3%−4.0-187
Oezdemir41.7%37.7%+4.0+153
By method
Krylov by KO/TKO39.2%19.5%+19.7+329
Krylov by submission8.5%21.3%−12.8+293
Krylov by decision10.6%19.9%−9.3+321
Oezdemir by KO/TKO28.1%21.8%+6.3+284
Oezdemir by submission6.1%3.3%+2.8+2439
Oezdemir by decision7.6%14.1%−6.5+492
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds43.9%56.9%−13.0-156
Over 2.5 rds24.4%41.5%−17.1+126
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision18.1%35.7%−17.6+162

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
72.8Striking67.8
Krylov +5.0
54.4Grappling36.6
Krylov +17.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KrylovOezdemir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1567
1569
Divisional
1564
1539
Striking offense
1512
1500
Striking defense
1493
1532
Grappling offense
1488
1461
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.55
Strikes landed / min
4.76
57%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.46
Strikes absorbed / min
3.99
44%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.41
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
36%
Takedown accuracy
23%
55%
Takedown defense
87%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
55%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
89%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nikita Krylov
  • WAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2033mo before
  • LPaul CraigSUB R1
    Close -2007mo before
  • LMagomed AnkalaevU-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 8mo before
  • WJohnny WalkerU-DEC R3
    Close +1272y 7mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraS-DEC R3
    Close -1053y 1mo before
Volkan Oezdemir
  • WPaul CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -1413mo before
  • LMagomed AnkalaevU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y before
  • LJiri ProchazkaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1592y 3mo before
  • WAleksandar RakicS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 10mo before
  • WIlir LatifiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1903y 2mo before
Krylov — win / loss by method
Record: 28-9-0

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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 6 losses
W
54% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
22% of losses
UFC
9win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
4 (44%)Submission(57%) 4
1 (11%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
19win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (58%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Oezdemir — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Krylov
Oezdemir
16
UFC fights
11
106.0 min · 6.6 avg
Octagon time
112.9 min · 10.3 avg
14y 0m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Krylov
Oezdemir
262W–76L · 77.5%
Overall
192W–42L · 82.1%
138W–47L · 74.6%
Wins
91W–24L · 79.1%
124W–29L · 81.0%
Losses
101W–18L · 84.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Krylov
Oezdemir
106W–62L · 63.1%
Overall
37W–32L · 53.6%
104W–62L · 62.7%
Wins
31W–29L · 51.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
6W–3L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Krylov
Oezdemir
8.75
Landed / min
5.09
44.1%
Accuracy
43.1%
53.8%
Defense
58.4%
0.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.40
25.7%
Time at distance
71.5%
Grappling & control
Krylov
Oezdemir
1.41
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
35.7%
Takedown accuracy
23.1%
54.5%
Takedown defense
86.7%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
53.3%
Control share
59.7%
Strike target map
Krylov
  • Head64%(307)div 64%
  • Body24%(114)div 19%
  • Legs13%(61)div 16%
Oezdemir
  • Head62%(331)div 64%
  • Body16%(84)div 19%
  • Legs23%(122)div 16%

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

Nikita Krylov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Volkan Oezdemir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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