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UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz
Martin Buday
Martin Buday
10-1 · SVK
VS
Lukasz Brzeski
Lukasz Brzeski
8-1-1 · POL
August 13, 2022 · San Diego, California, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
266.0lb
Weigh-in
236.5lb
Martin Buday def. Lukasz Brzeski by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Buday25/630/000:06
Brzeski41/1040/000:00
R2
Buday19/550/000:00
Brzeski43/890/000:00
R3
Buday22/700/000:00
Brzeski34/800/000:00
Total
Buday66/1880/000:06
Brzeski118/2730/000:00

Scorecards

Buday vs Brzeski

RdEliot KellyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-99-1010-99.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2828-2929-2827.7-29.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 13 Buday · 0 Brzeski

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Buday-Brzeski.

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
BudayWin probabilityBrzeski
56.2%43.8%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
14%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.4 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 Buday, blue toward Brzeski. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Buday56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%52%37%
Submission6%11%11%
Decision21%37%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 66
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Brzeski44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%51%11%
Submission7%17%6%
Decision14%32%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1034)act 118
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R218%
R37%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Buday
52.6%-115
Brzeski
+11545.6%
Most takedownstie 37.9%
Buday
35.3%-132
Brzeski
+13226.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Buday
Expected: 27.8
28
Over 28
38.5%
+155
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.8%
-155
03570
Brzeski
Expected: 24.8
25
Over 25
38.5%
+155
Exactly 25
1.9%
push
Under 25
59.6%
-155
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Buday
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.3%
+189
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
53.5%
-189
035
Brzeski
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
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 8.4 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
Buday56.2%72.2%−16.0-309
Brzeski43.8%27.8%+16.0+244
By method
Buday by KO/TKO29.0%36.7%−7.7+130
Buday by submission7.8%10.7%−2.9+689
Buday by decision19.3%23.3%−4.0+261
Brzeski by KO/TKO22.6%11.2%+11.4+655
Brzeski by submission6.1%5.5%+0.6+1421
Brzeski by decision15.1%12.6%+2.5+571
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds59.3%61.7%−2.4-191
Over 2.5 rds40.9%43.4%−2.5+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.4%37.9%−3.5+149

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BudayBrzeski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1519
1545
Divisional
1519
1504
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.81
Strikes landed / min
67%
Strike accuracy
1.98
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Martin Buday
  • WChris BarnettU-DEC R3
    Close -2694mo before
Lukasz Brzeski
No prior UFC fights.
Buday — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 1
Brzeski — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-1, 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Buday
Brzeski
1
UFC fights
0
11.6 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
10y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Buday
Brzeski
22W–7L · 75.9%
Overall
22W–7L · 75.9%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Buday
Brzeski
57W–37L · 60.6%
Overall
41W–16L · 71.9%
50W–36L · 58.1%
Wins
35W–10L · 77.8%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
6W–6L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Buday
Brzeski
9.26
Landed / min
52.3%
Accuracy
62.8%
Defense
1.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
21.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Buday
Brzeski
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
96.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Buday
  • Head54%(30)div 65%
  • Body45%(25)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%
Brzeski
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Martin Buday
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Lukasz Brzeski

No UFC fights on record.

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