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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
16-3 · USA
VS
Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall
12-2 · GBR
July 23, 2022 · London, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Curtis Blaydes def. Tom Aspinall by KO/TKO (to Knee Injury), R1 0:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:15
Blaydes4/100/000:01
Aspinall3/50/000:00
Total
Blaydes4/100/000:01
Aspinall3/50/000:00

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
BlaydesWin probabilityAspinall
69.7%30.3%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
18%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 12.4 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 Blaydes, blue toward Aspinall. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%52%23%
Submission7%10%5%
Decision27%38%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 4
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.4)act 0
Aspinall30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%50%33%
Submission10%35%13%
Decision5%15%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 3
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R220%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Blaydes
51.1%-107
Aspinall
+10747.6%
Most takedownstie 47.2%
Blaydes
33.4%-172
Aspinall
+17219.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
39.4%
+150
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.3%
-150
04896
Aspinall
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
39.2%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.5%
-152
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
27.5%
+221
Exactly 1
11.6%
push
Under 1
60.9%
-221
035
Aspinall
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
26.0%
+284
Under 0.5
74.0%
-284
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 12.4 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
Blaydes69.7%41.0%+28.7+134
Aspinall30.3%59.0%−28.7-161
By method
Blaydes by KO/TKO35.9%22.5%+13.4+269
Blaydes by submission12.3%4.9%+7.4+1609
Blaydes by decision21.5%14.8%+6.7+461
Aspinall by KO/TKO15.6%32.7%−17.1+154
Aspinall by submission5.4%13.0%−7.6+538
Aspinall by decision9.3%12.2%−2.9+582
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds64.2%60.5%+3.7-184
Over 2.5 rds43.8%45.8%−2.0+105
Over 3.5 rds37.3%36.6%+0.7+157
Over 4.5 rds33.5%31.2%+2.3+200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision30.9%28.6%+2.3+228

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
76.0Striking88.8
Aspinall +12.8
58.8Grappling95.4
Aspinall +36.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlaydesAspinall
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1651
Pound-for-pound
1596
1651
Divisional
1596
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'5"
80"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.52
Strikes landed / min
7.33
51%
Strike accuracy
66%
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.65
60%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.06
Takedowns / 15 min
4.07
54%
Takedown accuracy
100%
33%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
55%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • WChris DaukausKO/TKO R2
    Close -4984mo before
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikU-DEC R3
    Close -32810mo before
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4071y 5mo before
  • WAlexander VolkovU-DEC R5
    Close -4002y 1mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -2802y 6mo before
Tom Aspinall
  • WAlexander VolkovSUB R1
    Close -1394mo before
  • WSerghei SpivacKO/TKO R1
    Close -24011mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiSUB R2
    Close -2801y 5mo before
  • WAlan BaudotKO/TKO R1
    Close -5601y 9mo before
  • WJake CollierKO/TKO R1
    Close -2782y before
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0, 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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
69% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Aspinall — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Aspinall
15
UFC fights
5
153.5 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
14.7 min · 2.9 avg
12y 2m
Career length
11y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Aspinall
287W–80L · 78.2%
Overall
96W–35L · 73.3%
246W–69L · 78.1%
Wins
96W–35L · 73.3%
41W–11L · 78.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Aspinall
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
35W–20L · 63.6%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
16W–13L · 55.2%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–7L · 73.1%
Distance striking
Blaydes
Aspinall
3.76
Landed / min
6.75
35.4%
Accuracy
61.2%
64.4%
Defense
65.0%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.04
42.0%
Time at distance
60.3%
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Aspinall
6.06
Takedowns / 15 min
4.07
53.9%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.04
96.3%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head68%(366)div 65%
  • Body12%(67)div 19%
  • Legs20%(107)div 16%
Aspinall
  • Head67%(72)div 65%
  • Body15%(16)div 19%
  • Legs19%(20)div 16%

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tom Aspinall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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