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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir
17-6 · CHE
VS
Paul Craig
Paul Craig
16-4-1 · GBR
July 23, 2022 · London, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Volkan Oezdemir def. Paul Craig by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oezdemir16/290/002:01
Craig5/110/500:07
R2
Oezdemir27/481/102:09
Craig16/530/600:00
R3
Oezdemir29/520/100:59
Craig12/620/400:00
Total
Oezdemir72/1291/205:09
Craig33/1260/1500:07

Scorecards

Oezdemir vs Craig

RdCezary WojciechowskiDavid LethabyVito PaolilloCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.2-27.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 13 Oezdemir · 0 Craig

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

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
OezdemirWin probabilityCraig
29.8%70.2%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
21%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 8.1 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 Oezdemir, blue toward Craig. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Oezdemir30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%59%33%
Submission1%4%4%
Decision11%37%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 72
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Craig70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%50%8%
Submission20%28%28%
Decision16%22%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 33
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R229%
R37%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Oezdemir
46.8%+110
Craig
-11051.6%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Oezdemir
11.8%+321
Craig
-32138.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
38.9%
+153
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.5%
-153
03773
Craig
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
39.0%
+152
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.4%
-152
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Craig
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.2%
+137
Under 0.5
57.8%
-137
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 8.1 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
Oezdemir29.8%55.8%−26.0-141
Craig70.2%44.2%+26.0+116
By method
Oezdemir by KO/TKO15.6%33.4%−17.8+148
Oezdemir by submission6.2%3.8%+2.4+2107
Oezdemir by decision8.0%17.4%−9.4+375
Craig by KO/TKO36.8%8.1%+28.7+919
Craig by submission14.6%28.5%−13.9+191
Craig by decision18.8%8.9%+9.9+836
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds63.4%50.9%+12.5-120
Over 2.5 rds34.3%32.7%+1.6+187
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.7%27.4%−0.7+242

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
65.2Striking64.6
Oezdemir +0.6
32.0Grappling61.5
Craig +29.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OezdemirCraig
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1595
1546
Divisional
1594
1511
Striking offense
1507
1491
Striking defense
1510
1484
Grappling offense
1538
1512
Grappling defense
1477
Physical
32 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.75
Strikes landed / min
2.51
46%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.49
54%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.13
18%
Takedown accuracy
27%
80%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Volkan Oezdemir
  • LMagomed AnkalaevU-DEC R3
    Close +2609mo before
  • LJiri ProchazkaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1592y before
  • WAleksandar RakicS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 7mo before
  • WIlir LatifiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1902y 11mo before
  • LDominick ReyesS-DEC R3
    Close +2203y 4mo before
Paul Craig
  • WNikita KrylovSUB R1
    Close +1644mo before
  • WJamahal HillKO/TKO R1
    Close +2111y 1mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1901y 8mo before
  • WGadzhimurad AntigulovSUB R1
    Close -1372y before
  • DMauricio RuaS-DEC R3
    !Close +2002y 8mo before
Oezdemir — win / loss by method
Record: 17-6-0

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
71% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Craig — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-1

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
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
81% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
6 (75%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Oezdemir
Craig
10
UFC fights
13
97.9 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
98.5 min · 7.6 avg
15y 11m
Career length
12y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oezdemir
Craig
176W–38L · 82.2%
Overall
144W–30L · 82.8%
75W–20L · 78.9%
Wins
118W–28L · 80.8%
101W–18L · 84.9%
Losses
26W–2L · 92.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oezdemir
Craig
37W–32L · 53.6%
Overall
15W–9L · 62.5%
31W–29L · 51.7%
Wins
15W–9L · 62.5%
6W–3L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Oezdemir
Craig
5.05
Landed / min
4.47
42.2%
Accuracy
42.1%
56.1%
Defense
66.2%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
73.1%
Time at distance
32.7%
Grappling & control
Oezdemir
Craig
0.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.13
18.2%
Takedown accuracy
26.9%
80.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.98
49.1%
Control share
28.2%
Strike target map
Oezdemir
  • Head62%(286)div 64%
  • Body16%(74)div 19%
  • Legs23%(105)div 16%
Craig
  • Head51%(127)div 64%
  • Body30%(75)div 19%
  • Legs18%(45)div 16%

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

Volkan Oezdemir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paul Craig
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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