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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik
VS
Niklas Stolze
Niklas Stolze
12-5 · DEU
June 4, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Benoit Saint Denis def. Niklas Stolze by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 1:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saint Denis5/72/304:34
Stolze6/70/000:00
R2 · 1:32
Saint Denis3/31/201:10
Stolze5/70/000:00
Total
Saint Denis8/103/505:44
Stolze11/140/000:00

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
Saint DenisWin probabilityStolze
73.4%26.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
21%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Saint Denis, blue toward Stolze. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saint Denis73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%30%12%
Submission17%23%24%
Decision34%47%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 8
Takedowns2.2 (0.05.6)act 3
Stolze27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%35%14%
Submission4%14%10%
Decision14%51%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 11
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R216%
R34%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Saint Denis
43.1%+129
Stolze
-12955.6%
Most takedownstie 17.6%
Saint Denis
77.4%-1558
Stolze
+15585.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Denis
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
39.2%
+151
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.3%
-151
04181
Stolze
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
38.9%
+154
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.9%
-154
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Denis
Expected: 2.2
2
Over 2
43.0%
-111
Exactly 2
18.3%
push
Under 2
38.8%
+111
047
Stolze
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.5%
Exactly 0
83.5%
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 9.7 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
Saint Denis73.4%59.4%+14.0-165
Stolze26.6%40.6%−14.0+135
By method
Saint Denis by KO/TKO22.9%12.5%+10.4+549
Saint Denis by submission15.2%24.0%−8.8+238
Saint Denis by decision35.3%22.3%+13.0+262
Stolze by KO/TKO8.3%14.5%−6.2+460
Stolze by submission5.5%9.9%−4.4+715
Stolze by decision12.8%16.9%−4.1+380
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.3%64.2%+4.1-222
Over 2.5 rds52.3%57.3%−5.0-120
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.1%43.3%+4.8+116

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
52.4Striking60.9
Stolze +8.6
41.5Grappling46.7
Stolze +5.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint DenisStolze
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1491
1530
Divisional
1521
1487
Striking offense
1503
1496
Striking defense
1520
1552
Grappling offense
1473
1547
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.47
Strikes landed / min
2.29
45%
Strike accuracy
44%
9.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
42%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
14%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
308
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Benoit Saint Denis
  • LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +2937mo before
Niklas Stolze
  • LJared GoodenKO/TKO R1
    Close -18610mo before
  • LRamazan EmeevU-DEC R3
    Close +3001y 10mo before
Saint Denis — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0, 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Stolze — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (42%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Saint Denis
Stolze
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
16.1 min · 8.1 avg
7y 5m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Denis
Stolze
22W–7L · 75.9%
Overall
35W–10L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
22W–7L · 75.9%
Losses
35W–10L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Denis
Stolze
86W–45L · 65.6%
Overall
78W–51L · 60.5%
86W–45L · 65.6%
Wins
61W–37L · 62.2%
0W–0L
Losses
17W–14L · 54.8%
Distance striking
Saint Denis
Stolze
6.43
Landed / min
4.15
45.7%
Accuracy
43.0%
45.9%
Defense
57.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.3%
Time at distance
50.8%
Grappling & control
Saint Denis
Stolze
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
48.9%
Control share
4.6%
Strike target map
Saint Denis
  • Head60%(40)div 63%
  • Body30%(20)div 20%
  • Legs10%(7)div 17%
Stolze
  • Head46%(17)div 63%
  • Body14%(5)div 20%
  • Legs41%(15)div 17%

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

Benoit Saint Denis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Niklas Stolze
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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