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UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2
Magomed Ankalaev
Magomed Ankalaev
17-1 · RUS
VS
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
36-16 · USA
July 30, 2022 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Magomed Ankalaev def. Anthony Smith by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ankalaev20/410/000:35
Smith13/230/000:00
R2 · 3:09
Ankalaev26/380/001:51
Smith5/130/100:51
Total
Ankalaev46/790/002:26
Smith18/360/100:51

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
AnkalaevWin probabilitySmith
78.1%21.9%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
7%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Ankalaev, blue toward Smith. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ankalaev78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%56%30%
Submission2%2%6%
Decision33%42%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 46
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Smith22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%61%7%
Submission6%25%6%
Decision3%14%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 18
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R224%
R39%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ankalaev
59.1%-149
Smith
+14939.6%
Most takedownstie 51.5%
Ankalaev
40.6%-517
Smith
+5177.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ankalaev
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
39.1%
+153
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.8%
-153
055110
Smith
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
39.6%
+153
Under 32.5
60.4%
-153
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Ankalaev
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.5%
+130
Under 0.5
56.5%
-130
035
Smith
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.7%
Exactly 0
88.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.1 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
Ankalaev78.1%82.1%−4.0-604
Smith21.9%17.9%+4.0+436
By method
Ankalaev by KO/TKO44.4%30.0%+14.4+181
Ankalaev by submission5.6%6.5%−0.9+1202
Ankalaev by decision28.0%43.2%−15.2-105
Smith by KO/TKO12.5%6.7%+5.8+1166
Smith by submission1.6%5.8%−4.2+1344
Smith by decision7.9%7.8%+0.1+978
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.5%68.5%±0.0-276
Over 2.5 rds44.8%57.9%−13.1-160
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision35.8%53.6%−17.8-133

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
75.6Striking54.8
Ankalaev +20.8
44.0Grappling36.3
Ankalaev +7.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AnkalaevSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1636
Pound-for-pound
1612
1634
Divisional
1597
1521
Striking offense
1540
1524
Striking defense
1492
1500
Grappling offense
1485
1524
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
30 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.49
Strikes landed / min
3.08
54%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
4.47
61%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.01
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
33%
Takedown accuracy
29%
86%
Takedown defense
49%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
65%
+8
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
91%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Magomed Ankalaev
  • WThiago SantosU-DEC R5
    Close -6625mo before
  • WVolkan OezdemirU-DEC R3
    Close -3399mo before
  • WNikita KrylovU-DEC R3
    Close -3211y 5mo before
  • WIon CutelabaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3351y 9mo before
  • WIon CutelabaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2252y 5mo before
Anthony Smith
  • WRyan SpannSUB R1
    Close -15810mo before
  • WJimmy CruteKO/TKO R1
    Close +1871y 3mo before
  • WDevin ClarkSUB R1
    Close -1391y 8mo before
  • LAleksandar RakicU-DEC R3
    Close +2251y 11mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R5
    Close -1752y 3mo before
Ankalaev — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 36-16-0

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
20 wins, 9 losses
W
56% of wins
L
56% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
19% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
4 (36%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ankalaev
Smith
9
UFC fights
17
103.6 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
179.6 min · 10.6 avg
12y 6m
Career length
18y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ankalaev
Smith
142W–38L · 78.9%
Overall
287W–70L · 80.4%
133W–36L · 78.7%
Wins
189W–49L · 79.4%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
98W–21L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ankalaev
Smith
104W–40L · 72.2%
Overall
336W–164L · 67.2%
104W–40L · 72.2%
Wins
251W–133L · 65.4%
0W–0L
Losses
85W–31L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Ankalaev
Smith
3.78
Landed / min
5.05
46.8%
Accuracy
45.4%
63.3%
Defense
51.3%
0.87
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
62.0%
Time at distance
50.3%
Grappling & control
Ankalaev
Smith
1.01
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
85.7%
Takedown defense
48.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.58
86.5%
Control share
15.8%
Strike target map
Ankalaev
  • Head64%(232)div 64%
  • Body28%(100)div 19%
  • Legs8%(29)div 16%
Smith
  • Head68%(375)div 64%
  • Body19%(103)div 19%
  • Legs14%(75)div 16%

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

Magomed Ankalaev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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