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UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
Ateba Gautier
Ateba Gautier
9-1 · CMR
VS
Andrey Pulyaev
Andrey Pulyaev
10-3 · RUS
January 24, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Ateba Gautier def. Andrey Pulyaev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gautier8/420/010:00
Pulyaev19/370/000:00
R2
Gautier15/410/010:00
Pulyaev24/460/000:00
R3
Gautier11/290/000:00
Pulyaev16/400/000:00
Total
Gautier34/1120/020:00
Pulyaev59/1230/000:00

Scorecards

Gautier vs Pulyaev

RdChris LeeDavid LethabyJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R39-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2830-2728.8-28.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 14 Gautier · 0 Pulyaev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gautier-Pulyaev.

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
GautierWin probabilityPulyaev
73.0%27.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
21%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Gautier, blue toward Pulyaev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gautier73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%35%
Submission14%19%
Decision34%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2066)act 34
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Pulyaev27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%24%
Submission7%28%
Decision13%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 59
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Gautier
64.6%-188
Pulyaev
+18834.3%
Most takedownstie 46.3%
Gautier
24.3%+121
Pulyaev
-12129.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gautier
Expected: 48.4
48.5
Over 48.5
39.7%
+152
Under 48.5
60.3%
-152
061122
Pulyaev
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
39.0%
+152
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.4%
-152
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Gautier
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
31.5%
+218
Under 0.5
68.5%
-218
035
Pulyaev
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
36.3%
+176
Under 0.5
63.7%
-176
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 10.1 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
Gautier73.0%87.4%−14.4-1000
Pulyaev27.0%12.6%+14.4+660

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
79.6Striking54.9
Gautier +24.8
61.7Grappling15.4
Gautier +46.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GautierPulyaev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1520
1560
Divisional
1520
1522
Striking offense
1503
1511
Striking defense
1504
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
81"
Reach
78"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
8.30
Strikes landed / min
1.91
54%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
3.86
51%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
56%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ateba Gautier
  • WTre'ston VinesKO/TKO R1
    Close -18004mo before
  • WRobert ValentinKO/TKO R1
    Close -5256mo before
  • WJose Daniel MedinaKO/TKO R1
    Close -46010mo before
Andrey Pulyaev
  • WNick KleinKO/TKO R2
    Close -1296mo before
  • LChristian Leroy DuncanU-DEC R3
    Close +34210mo before
Gautier — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
89% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1
Pulyaev — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Gautier
Pulyaev
3
UFC fights
2
6.4 min · 2.1 avg
Octagon time
21.5 min · 10.8 avg
5y 2m
Career length
4y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gautier
Pulyaev
31W–12L · 72.1%
Overall
16W–4L · 80.0%
31W–12L · 72.1%
Wins
6W–2L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gautier
Pulyaev
26W–38L · 40.6%
Overall
70W–40L · 63.6%
26W–38L · 40.6%
Wins
59W–38L · 60.8%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–2L · 84.6%
Distance striking
Gautier
Pulyaev
7.85
Landed / min
3.61
50.0%
Accuracy
39.4%
51.3%
Defense
56.9%
7.05
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
85.8%
Time at distance
33.5%
Grappling & control
Gautier
Pulyaev
2.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.5%
Control share
15.2%
Strike target map
Gautier
  • Head83%(44)div 63%
  • Body15%(8)div 20%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%
Pulyaev
  • Head56%(23)div 63%
  • Body37%(15)div 20%
  • Legs7%(3)div 17%

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

Ateba Gautier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andrey Pulyaev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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