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UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson
Denis Tiuliulin
Denis Tiuliulin
9-6 · RUS
VS
Jamie Pickett
Jamie Pickett
13-7 · USA
September 10, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Denis Tiuliulin def. Jamie Pickett by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 4:52
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tiuliulin22/760/100:00
Pickett35/600/300:32
R2 · 4:52
Tiuliulin51/850/020:59
Pickett25/510/200:03
Total
Tiuliulin73/1610/120:59
Pickett60/1110/500:35

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
TiuliulinWin probabilityPickett
43.5%56.5%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
19%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Tiuliulin, blue toward Pickett. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tiuliulin44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%33%20%
Submission9%22%4%
Decision20%45%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 73
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Pickett56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%28%23%
Submission9%17%5%
Decision31%55%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 60
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R214%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Tiuliulin
49.5%-100
Pickett
+10049.4%
Most takedownstie 42.2%
Tiuliulin
19.7%+193
Pickett
-19338.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tiuliulin
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
39.0%
+153
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.8%
-153
054108
Pickett
Expected: 42.5
42.5
Over 42.5
39.8%
+151
Under 42.5
60.2%
-151
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Tiuliulin
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.1%
+256
Under 0.5
71.9%
-256
035
Pickett
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.3%
+180
Exactly 1
15.1%
push
Under 1
54.6%
-180
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 10.2 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
Tiuliulin43.5%45.2%−1.7+112
Pickett56.5%54.8%+1.7-135
By method
Tiuliulin by KO/TKO13.3%20.1%−6.8+322
Tiuliulin by submission8.2%4.5%+3.7+1796
Tiuliulin by decision22.0%21.2%+0.8+300
Pickett by KO/TKO17.2%23.4%−6.2+262
Pickett by submission10.7%5.3%+5.4+1505
Pickett by decision28.6%25.6%+3.0+230
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.9%66.4%+5.5-245
Over 2.5 rds57.6%62.2%−4.6-128
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.6%48.5%+2.1-108

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
47.2Striking52.4
Pickett +5.2
9.3Grappling49.9
Pickett +40.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TiuliulinPickett
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1488
Pound-for-pound
1502
1488
Divisional
1517
1503
Striking offense
1495
1496
Striking defense
1490
1493
Grappling offense
1490
1493
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
34 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.45
Strikes landed / min
2.86
38%
Strike accuracy
47%
6.03
Strikes absorbed / min
4.47
37%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.47
0%
Takedown accuracy
45%
33%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
40%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Denis Tiuliulin
  • LAliaskhab KhizrievSUB R2
    Close +6146mo before
Jamie Pickett
  • LKyle DaukausSUB R1
    Close +2487mo before
  • WJoseph HolmesU-DEC R3
    Close +1288mo before
  • WLaureano StaropoliU-DEC R3
    Close +17711mo before
  • LJordan WrightKO/TKO R1
    Close -1121y 4mo before
  • LTafon NchukwiU-DEC R3
    Close +2751y 9mo before
Tiuliulin — win / loss by method
Record: 9-6-0, 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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
89% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (89%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
1 (11%)Decision(40%) 2
Pickett — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
31% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (18%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Tiuliulin
Pickett
1
UFC fights
5
7.0 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
51.0 min · 10.2 avg
13y 3m
Career length
14y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tiuliulin
Pickett
13W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
41W–8L · 83.7%
0W–0L
Wins
16W–5L · 76.2%
13W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
25W–3L · 89.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tiuliulin
Pickett
44W–30L · 59.5%
Overall
70W–59L · 54.3%
18W–26L · 40.9%
Wins
55W–55L · 50.0%
26W–4L · 86.7%
Losses
15W–4L · 78.9%
Distance striking
Tiuliulin
Pickett
7.46
Landed / min
4.91
37.5%
Accuracy
41.4%
41.1%
Defense
51.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.7%
Time at distance
43.9%
Grappling & control
Tiuliulin
Pickett
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.47
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
33.3%
Takedown defense
78.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
1.2%
Control share
29.5%
Strike target map
Tiuliulin
  • Head90%(28)div 64%
  • Body10%(3)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Pickett
  • Head53%(77)div 64%
  • Body37%(54)div 20%
  • Legs10%(15)div 17%

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

Denis Tiuliulin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jamie Pickett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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