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Marcus Buchecha
Marcus Buchecha
5-2 · BRA
December 13, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
243.0lb
Weigh-in
251.5lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nzechukwu9/180/000:38
Buchecha2/92/902:22
R2
Nzechukwu7/180/000:10
Buchecha25/351/203:39
R3
Nzechukwu8/120/002:49
Buchecha0/00/200:19
Total
Nzechukwu24/480/003:37
Buchecha27/443/1306:20

Scorecards

Nzechukwu vs Buchecha

RdMichael BellRon McCarthyTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R28-108-108-107.9-9.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2828-2828-2827.6-28.2

Media (11 cards) · avg 28.127.7 · 3 Nzechukwu · 0 Buchecha · 8 draws

Point deductions: R21 Nzechukwu (Eye poke)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nzechukwu-Buchecha. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
NzechukwuWin probabilityBuchecha
50.6%49.4%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
18%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Nzechukwu, blue toward Buchecha. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nzechukwu51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%66%34%
Submission5%10%6%
Decision12%24%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 24
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Buchecha49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%52%9%
Submission13%26%28%
Decision11%22%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 27
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 3
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R220%
R312%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Nzechukwu
62.3%-174
Buchecha
+17435.7%
Most takedownstie 33.9%
Nzechukwu
7.6%+765
Buchecha
-76558.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nzechukwu
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
41.9%
+133
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
55.8%
-133
03774
Buchecha
Expected: 21.7
21.5
Over 21.5
43.0%
+133
Under 21.5
57.0%
-133
02855
Takedowns — over/under
Nzechukwu
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Buchecha
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.8%
+129
Under 1.5
56.2%
-129
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 7.6 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
Nzechukwu50.6%53.5%−2.9-128
Buchecha49.4%46.5%+2.9+105
By method
Nzechukwu by KO/TKO29.9%33.6%−3.7+152
Nzechukwu by submission9.0%6.1%+2.9+1292
Nzechukwu by decision11.7%13.5%−1.8+527
Buchecha by KO/TKO29.1%9.2%+19.9+818
Buchecha by submission8.8%28.0%−19.2+202
Buchecha by decision11.5%9.7%+1.8+772
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds55.1%50.8%+4.3-119
Over 2.5 rds35.1%31.1%+4.0+200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision23.2%23.4%−0.2+300

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
64.8Striking56.6
Nzechukwu +8.2
49.6Grappling9.1
Nzechukwu +40.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NzechukwuBuchecha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1507
1535
Divisional
1507
1532
Striking offense
1474
1475
Striking defense
1499
1498
Grappling offense
1552
1511
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
33 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'2"
83"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.07
Strikes landed / min
1.60
50%
Strike accuracy
40%
4.86
Strikes absorbed / min
2.73
52%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
45%
Takedown accuracy
9%
82%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
88%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kennedy Nzechukwu
  • LValter WalkerSUB R1
    Close -2355mo before
  • WLukasz BrzeskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -6101y before
  • WChris BarnettKO/TKO R1
    Close -7681y 2mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxS-DEC R3
    Close -6821y 9mo before
  • LDustin JacobyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1702y 4mo before
Marcus Buchecha
  • LMartin BudayU-DEC R3
    Close -2665mo before
Nzechukwu — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
8win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (13%)Submission(33%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Buchecha — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
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
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nzechukwu
Buchecha
14
UFC fights
1
118.4 min · 8.5 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
9y 9m
Career length
4y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nzechukwu
Buchecha
191W–69L · 73.5%
Overall
15W–2L · 88.2%
99W–37L · 72.8%
Wins
0W–0L
92W–32L · 74.2%
Losses
15W–2L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nzechukwu
Buchecha
26W–25L · 51.0%
Overall
34W–8L · 81.0%
26W–25L · 51.0%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Nzechukwu
Buchecha
6.41
Landed / min
2.49
44.3%
Accuracy
32.0%
53.7%
Defense
51.4%
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
60.5%
Time at distance
42.9%
Grappling & control
Nzechukwu
Buchecha
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
9.1%
81.5%
Takedown defense
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.7%
Control share
64.1%
Strike target map
Nzechukwu
  • Head82%(489)div 65%
  • Body18%(105)div 20%
  • Legs1%(6)div 16%
Buchecha
  • Head58%(14)div 65%
  • Body42%(10)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcus Buchecha
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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