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UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
Serghei Spivac
Serghei Spivac
13-3 · MDA
VS
Greg Hardy
Greg Hardy
7-4 · USA
March 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Serghei Spivac def. Greg Hardy by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:16
Spivac14/273/401:21
Hardy7/120/000:00
Total
Spivac14/273/401:21
Hardy7/120/000:00

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
SpivacWin probabilityHardy
39.4%60.6%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
9%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Spivac, blue toward Hardy. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Spivac39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%22%
Submission7%18%20%
Decision18%46%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 14
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.8)act 3
Hardy61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%51%22%
Submission2%4%3%
Decision28%45%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 7
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R212%
R315%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Spivac
47.7%+107
Hardy
-10751.1%
Most takedownstie 42.7%
Spivac
42.1%-278
Hardy
+27815.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Spivac
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
38.9%
+154
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.9%
-154
051102
Hardy
Expected: 42.7
42.5
Over 42.5
39.9%
+150
Under 42.5
60.1%
-150
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Spivac
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
33.5%
+156
Exactly 1
14.3%
push
Under 1
52.2%
-156
035
Hardy
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.9%
+337
Under 0.5
77.1%
-337
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 10.3 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
Spivac39.4%62.6%−23.2-190
Hardy60.6%37.4%+23.2+155
By method
Spivac by KO/TKO17.8%22.4%−4.6+261
Spivac by submission3.6%20.1%−16.5+303
Spivac by decision17.9%22.2%−4.3+264
Hardy by KO/TKO27.4%21.5%+5.9+275
Hardy by submission5.6%3.0%+2.6+2614
Hardy by decision27.6%10.8%+16.8+649
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.2%56.9%+16.3-154
Over 2.5 rds61.0%37.3%+23.7+151
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.5%33.7%+11.8+176

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
67.7Striking71.6
Hardy +4.0
60.9Grappling38.4
Spivac +22.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SpivacHardy
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1516
1547
Divisional
1516
1494
Striking offense
1515
1480
Striking defense
1503
1498
Grappling offense
1501
1517
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'5"
78"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.71
Strikes landed / min
4.65
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
55%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
57%
Takedown accuracy
33%
70%
Takedown defense
80%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
44%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Serghei Spivac
  • LTom AspinallKO/TKO R1
    Close +1956mo before
  • WAleksei OleinikU-DEC R3
    Close -2659mo before
  • WJared VanderaaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2501y before
  • WCarlos FelipeM-DEC R3
    Close -1771y 8mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y before
Greg Hardy
  • LTai TuivasaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1048mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1101y 2mo before
  • WMaurice GreeneKO/TKO R2
    Close -3351y 4mo before
  • WYorgan De CastroU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 10mo before
  • LAlexander VolkovU-DEC R3
    Close +2302y 4mo before
Spivac — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0, 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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Spivac
Hardy
7
UFC fights
9
66.1 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
72.3 min · 8.0 avg
11y 10m
Career length
8y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Spivac
Hardy
126W–37L · 77.3%
Overall
100W–27L · 78.7%
88W–22L · 80.0%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
38W–15L · 71.7%
Losses
71W–20L · 78.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Spivac
Hardy
353W–123L · 74.2%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
353W–123L · 74.2%
Wins
8W–1L · 88.9%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Spivac
Hardy
4.72
Landed / min
4.04
37.8%
Accuracy
43.9%
59.8%
Defense
57.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
44.2%
Time at distance
85.6%
Grappling & control
Spivac
Hardy
2.72
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
70.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
65.0%
Control share
57.9%
Strike target map
Spivac
  • Head96%(235)div 65%
  • Body3%(8)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 16%
Hardy
  • Head60%(200)div 65%
  • Body15%(50)div 20%
  • Legs26%(86)div 16%

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

Serghei Spivac
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Greg Hardy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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