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UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
Tim Elliott
Tim Elliott
17-12-1 · USA
VS
Tagir Ulanbekov
Tagir Ulanbekov
13-1 · RUS
March 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Tim Elliott def. Tagir Ulanbekov by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elliott36/823/510:31
Ulanbekov38/780/000:26
R2
Elliott23/520/400:21
Ulanbekov21/451/701:28
R3
Elliott20/450/000:00
Ulanbekov31/631/303:01
Total
Elliott79/1793/910:52
Ulanbekov90/1862/1004:55

Scorecards

Elliott vs Ulanbekov

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R39-109-109-108.9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.2-28.6

Media (17 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 17 Elliott · 0 Ulanbekov

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Elliott-Ulanbekov.

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
ElliottWin probabilityUlanbekov
27.4%72.6%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
24%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.0 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 Elliott, blue toward Ulanbekov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Elliott27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%38%5%
Submission6%22%11%
Decision11%40%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 79
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 3
Ulanbekov73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%38%11%
Submission18%25%21%
Decision27%37%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 90
Takedowns2.9 (0.16.7)act 2
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~3.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R223%
R36%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Elliott
41.9%+135
Ulanbekov
-13556.4%
Most takedownstie 11.0%
Elliott
7.2%+1134
Ulanbekov
-113481.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 23.2
23
Over 23
39.1%
+151
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
58.8%
-151
02958
Ulanbekov
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
38.8%
+154
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.6%
-154
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Elliott
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
31.1%
+222
Under 0.5
68.9%
-222
035
Ulanbekov
Expected: 2.9
3
Over 3
38.9%
+119
Exactly 3
14.9%
push
Under 3
46.2%
-119
059

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 9.0 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
Elliott27.4%33.1%−5.7+189
Ulanbekov72.6%66.9%+5.7-233
By method
Elliott by KO/TKO10.3%5.4%+4.9+1399
Elliott by submission6.5%11.3%−4.8+622
Elliott by decision10.5%15.6%−5.1+420
Ulanbekov by KO/TKO27.4%11.0%+16.4+639
Ulanbekov by submission17.3%21.1%−3.8+286
Ulanbekov by decision27.8%35.6%−7.8+129
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.5%72.0%−5.5-333
Over 2.5 rds43.9%60.0%−16.1-179
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.3%57.0%−18.7-157

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
68.0Striking59.8
Elliott +8.2
68.8Grappling69.2
Ulanbekov +0.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElliottUlanbekov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1485
Pound-for-pound
1562
1470
Divisional
1562
1501
Striking offense
1479
1510
Striking defense
1499
1521
Grappling offense
1553
1490
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
35 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
66"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.45
Strikes landed / min
2.13
44%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.40
58%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
4.50
46%
Takedown accuracy
56%
57%
Takedown defense
56%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
38%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
17%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Elliott
  • LMatheus NicolauU-DEC R3
    Close +1595mo before
  • WJordan EspinosaU-DEC R3
    Close -1341y before
  • WRyan BenoitU-DEC R3
    Close -1411y 8mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -1621y 9mo before
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 2mo before
Tagir Ulanbekov
  • WAllan NascimentoS-DEC R3
    Close -3894mo before
  • WBruno SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -4551y 5mo before
Elliott — win / loss by method
Record: 17-12-1

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 5 losses
W
35% of wins
L
42% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
47% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(40%) 4
5 (83%)Decision(60%) 6
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Ulanbekov — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Elliott
Ulanbekov
16
UFC fights
2
198.1 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 3m
Career length
13y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elliott
Ulanbekov
210W–58L · 78.4%
Overall
28W–9L · 75.7%
65W–27L · 70.7%
Wins
28W–9L · 75.7%
145W–31L · 82.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elliott
Ulanbekov
115W–53L · 68.5%
Overall
99W–26L · 79.2%
112W–48L · 70.0%
Wins
88W–23L · 79.3%
3W–5L · 37.5%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Distance striking
Elliott
Ulanbekov
5.08
Landed / min
4.82
36.2%
Accuracy
36.6%
60.7%
Defense
58.1%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.9%
Time at distance
36.7%
Grappling & control
Elliott
Ulanbekov
3.79
Takedowns / 15 min
4.50
45.9%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
56.8%
Takedown defense
55.6%
1.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
58.6%
Control share
85.8%
Strike target map
Elliott
  • Head60%(409)div 62%
  • Body21%(143)div 22%
  • Legs19%(132)div 15%
Ulanbekov
  • Head84%(54)div 62%
  • Body6%(4)div 22%
  • Legs9%(6)div 15%

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

Tim Elliott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tagir Ulanbekov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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