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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
15-3 · USA
VS
Chris Daukaus
Chris Daukaus
12-4 · USA
March 26, 2022 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
259.0lb
Weigh-in
243.0lb
Curtis Blaydes def. Chris Daukaus by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blaydes23/530/000:00
Daukaus12/370/000:00
R2 · 0:17
Blaydes7/100/010:03
Daukaus1/10/000:00
Total
Blaydes30/630/010:03
Daukaus13/380/000:00

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
BlaydesWin probabilityDaukaus
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
14%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 12.7 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 Blaydes, blue toward Daukaus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO51%62%44%
Submission11%14%9%
Decision20%24%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2272)act 30
Takedowns1.3 (0.04.4)act 0
Daukaus18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%74%14%
Submission3%17%5%
Decision2%9%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 13
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~93 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R218%
R315%
R49%
R56%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Blaydes
58.7%-146
Daukaus
+14640.3%
Most takedownstie 42.6%
Blaydes
49.5%-626
Daukaus
+6267.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 53.0
53
Over 53
39.3%
+152
Exactly 53
0.9%
push
Under 53
59.8%
-152
067133
Daukaus
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
38.9%
+154
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.9%
-154
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
38.6%
+159
Under 1.5
61.4%
-159
035
Daukaus
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.0%
Exactly 0
87.0%
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 12.7 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
Blaydes82.4%79.5%+2.9-499
Daukaus17.6%20.5%−2.9+367
By method
Blaydes by KO/TKO52.7%43.7%+9.0-118
Blaydes by submission11.9%8.6%+3.3+838
Blaydes by decision17.7%22.7%−5.0+256
Daukaus by KO/TKO11.3%14.4%−3.1+462
Daukaus by submission2.6%5.1%−2.5+1488
Daukaus by decision3.8%5.5%−1.7+1368
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.3%63.4%+5.9-205
Over 2.5 rds51.4%47.4%+4.0-103
Over 3.5 rds36.4%41.5%−5.1+124
Over 4.5 rds27.6%33.7%−6.1+175
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision21.5%30.2%−8.7+210

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
75.8Striking81.3
Daukaus +5.6
58.8Grappling25.0
Blaydes +33.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlaydesDaukaus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1638
Pound-for-pound
1564
1638
Divisional
1564
1518
Striking offense
1519
1512
Striking defense
1493
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
7.71
52%
Strike accuracy
53%
1.65
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
60%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
80%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikU-DEC R3
    Close -3286mo before
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4071y 1mo before
  • WAlexander VolkovU-DEC R5
    Close -4001y 9mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -2802y 2mo before
  • WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R2
    Close -5502y 7mo before
Chris Daukaus
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R1
    Close -1463mo before
  • WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R2
    Close -2136mo before
  • WAleksei OleinikKO/TKO R1
    Close -1951y 1mo before
  • WRodrigo NascimentoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2051y 5mo before
  • WParker PorterKO/TKO R1
    Close -1061y 7mo before
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0, 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
10 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Daukaus — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
92% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Daukaus
14
UFC fights
5
148.3 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
17.1 min · 3.4 avg
12y 2m
Career length
12y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Daukaus
275W–76L · 78.3%
Overall
122W–31L · 79.7%
234W–65L · 78.3%
Wins
97W–23L · 80.8%
41W–11L · 78.8%
Losses
25W–8L · 75.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Daukaus
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
36W–24L · 60.0%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
21W–18L · 53.8%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Blaydes
Daukaus
3.68
Landed / min
6.73
34.7%
Accuracy
48.6%
64.3%
Defense
63.9%
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
5.26
39.9%
Time at distance
77.3%
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Daukaus
6.27
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53.9%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
96.3%
Control share
84.0%
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head67%(343)div 65%
  • Body13%(66)div 19%
  • Legs20%(101)div 16%
Daukaus
  • Head86%(114)div 65%
  • Body7%(9)div 19%
  • Legs7%(9)div 16%

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Daukaus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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