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UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie
Khamzat Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev
10-0 · ARE
VS
Gilbert Burns
Gilbert Burns
20-4 · BRA
April 9, 2022 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Khamzat Chimaev def. Gilbert Burns by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Chimaev27/541/211:44
Burns18/420/000:00
R2
Chimaev37/751/100:10
Burns56/900/300:02
R3
Chimaev44/940/000:29
Burns45/680/200:04
Total
Chimaev108/2232/312:23
Burns119/2000/500:06

Scorecards

Chimaev vs Burns

RdChris LeeEric ColónTroy WincapawCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.3

Media (18 cards) · avg 28.927.9 · 18 Chimaev · 0 Burns

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Chimaev-Burns.

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
ChimaevWin probabilityBurns
71.0%29.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Chimaev, blue toward Burns. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Chimaev71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%39%39%
Submission11%16%21%
Decision32%45%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 108
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.7)act 2
Burns29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%23%6%
Submission4%15%7%
Decision18%62%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 119
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R217%
R311%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Chimaev
57.9%-142
Burns
+14240.8%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
Chimaev
60.9%-338
Burns
+33818.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Chimaev
Expected: 40.5
40.5
Over 40.5
39.7%
+152
Under 40.5
60.3%
-152
051102
Burns
Expected: 30.9
31
Over 31
38.9%
+153
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.6%
-153
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Chimaev
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
53.5%
-115
Under 1.5
46.5%
+115
036
Burns
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.9%
+164
Under 0.5
62.1%
-164
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 10.7 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
Chimaev71.0%80.3%−9.3-524
Burns29.0%19.7%+9.3+385
By method
Chimaev by KO/TKO24.6%39.5%−14.9+105
Chimaev by submission11.1%20.8%−9.7+289
Chimaev by decision35.3%17.7%+17.6+358
Burns by KO/TKO10.1%6.1%+4.0+1222
Burns by submission4.5%6.5%−2.0+1142
Burns by decision14.4%9.4%+5.0+756
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.6%50.1%+27.5-115
Over 2.5 rds61.0%35.4%+25.6+163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.7%29.1%+20.6+221

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
99.7Striking65.5
Chimaev +34.1
73.3Grappling49.1
Chimaev +24.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChimaevBurns
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1587
Pound-for-pound
1662
1558
Divisional
1618
1494
Striking offense
1502
1500
Striking defense
1504
1543
Grappling offense
1504
1538
Grappling defense
1539
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.68
Strikes landed / min
3.12
77%
Strike accuracy
46%
0.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
75%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.65
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
67%
Takedown accuracy
37%
Takedown defense
50%
5.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
76%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
54%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Khamzat Chimaev
  • WLi JingliangSUB R1
    Close -5105mo before
  • WGerald MeerschaertKO/TKO R1
    Close -4001y 7mo before
  • WRhys McKeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -12501y 8mo before
  • WJohn PhillipsSUB R2
    Close -3751y 9mo before
Gilbert Burns
  • WStephen ThompsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1329mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanKO/TKO R3
    Close +2141y 2mo before
  • WTyron WoodleyU-DEC R5
    Close +1501y 10mo before
  • WDemian MaiaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1702y 1mo before
  • WGunnar NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 6mo before
Chimaev — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Burns — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (46%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (57%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Chimaev
Burns
4
UFC fights
17
12.9 min · 3.2 avg
Octagon time
194.9 min · 11.5 avg
8y 2m
Career length
14y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Chimaev
Burns
81W–30L · 73.0%
Overall
258W–47L · 84.6%
81W–30L · 73.0%
Wins
187W–36L · 83.9%
0W–0L
Losses
71W–11L · 86.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Chimaev
Burns
27W–8L · 77.1%
Overall
45W–32L · 58.4%
27W–8L · 77.1%
Wins
45W–32L · 58.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Chimaev
Burns
4.14
Landed / min
3.84
66.7%
Accuracy
39.8%
75.0%
Defense
58.8%
1.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
7.5%
Time at distance
55.9%
Grappling & control
Chimaev
Burns
4.65
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
36.8%
Takedown defense
50.0%
5.81
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
100.0%
Control share
69.8%
Strike target map
Chimaev
  • Head96%(108)div 63%
  • Body2%(2)div 20%
  • Legs2%(2)div 16%
Burns
  • Head57%(348)div 63%
  • Body23%(140)div 20%
  • Legs20%(120)div 16%

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

Khamzat Chimaev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gilbert Burns
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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