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UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
Sergei Pavlovich
Sergei Pavlovich
14-1 · RUS
VS
March 19, 2022 · London, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
254.0lb
Weigh-in
258.0lb
Sergei Pavlovich def. Shamil Abdurakhimov by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:03
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:03
Pavlovich21/470/010:12
Abdurakhimov17/340/100:00
Total
Pavlovich21/470/010:12
Abdurakhimov17/340/100:00

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
PavlovichWin probabilityAbdurakhimov
77.1%22.9%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
9%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 Pavlovich, blue toward Abdurakhimov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pavlovich77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%55%56%
Submission5%6%5%
Decision30%39%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1859)act 21
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 0
Abdurakhimov23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%35%11%
Submission4%17%6%
Decision11%48%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 17
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R217%
R37%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Pavlovich
63.7%-182
Abdurakhimov
+18235.0%
Most takedownstie 49.4%
Pavlovich
39.9%-374
Abdurakhimov
+37410.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pavlovich
Expected: 43.5
43.5
Over 43.5
39.8%
+151
Under 43.5
60.2%
-151
055109
Abdurakhimov
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
40.2%
+149
Under 27.5
59.8%
-149
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Pavlovich
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
30.1%
+188
Exactly 1
13.2%
push
Under 1
56.7%
-188
035
Abdurakhimov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.8%
Exactly 0
84.2%
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 9.2 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
Pavlovich77.1%74.4%+2.7-354
Abdurakhimov22.9%25.6%−2.7+273
By method
Pavlovich by KO/TKO38.7%55.8%−17.1-206
Pavlovich by submission6.7%4.7%+2.0+1663
Pavlovich by decision31.8%10.0%+21.8+725
Abdurakhimov by KO/TKO11.5%10.8%+0.7+664
Abdurakhimov by submission2.0%5.7%−3.7+1357
Abdurakhimov by decision9.4%13.0%−3.6+537
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds64.7%43.7%+21.0+114
Over 2.5 rds48.1%27.4%+20.7+240
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.2%22.9%+18.3+310

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
69.9Striking64.3
Pavlovich +5.6
13.9Grappling31.8
Abdurakhimov +17.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PavlovichAbdurakhimov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1556
1560
Divisional
1556
1504
Striking offense
1490
1494
Striking defense
1494
1531
Grappling offense
1463
1538
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
29 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
84"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.55
Strikes landed / min
2.53
53%
Strike accuracy
44%
4.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.69
44%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
0%
Takedown accuracy
24%
50%
Takedown defense
47%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
56%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
875
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sergei Pavlovich
  • WMaurice GreeneKO/TKO R1
    Close -2402y 5mo before
  • WMarcelo GolmKO/TKO R1
    Close -3002y 11mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close -1353y 4mo before
Shamil Abdurakhimov
  • LChris DaukausKO/TKO R2
    Close +1746mo before
  • LCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +4252y 6mo before
  • WMarcin TyburaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1152y 11mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1403y 6mo before
  • WChase ShermanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1254y 4mo before
Pavlovich — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
Abdurakhimov — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (27%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (27%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Pavlovich
Abdurakhimov
3
UFC fights
9
7.6 min · 2.5 avg
Octagon time
92.0 min · 10.2 avg
11y 7m
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pavlovich
Abdurakhimov
57W–21L · 73.1%
Overall
123W–41L · 75.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Wins
77W–31L · 71.3%
43W–17L · 71.7%
Losses
46W–10L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pavlovich
Abdurakhimov
113W–53L · 68.1%
Overall
150W–76L · 66.4%
113W–53L · 68.1%
Wins
123W–68L · 64.4%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–8L · 77.1%
Distance striking
Pavlovich
Abdurakhimov
7.43
Landed / min
2.78
47.5%
Accuracy
36.9%
63.4%
Defense
70.9%
3.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
51.2%
Time at distance
59.0%
Grappling & control
Pavlovich
Abdurakhimov
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.14
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
24.1%
50.0%
Takedown defense
47.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.16
19.3%
Control share
53.5%
Strike target map
Pavlovich
  • Head92%(46)div 65%
  • Body6%(3)div 20%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%
Abdurakhimov
  • Head62%(144)div 65%
  • Body18%(43)div 20%
  • Legs20%(46)div 16%

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

Sergei Pavlovich
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shamil Abdurakhimov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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