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UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
17-2 · RUS
VS
Joel Alvarez
Joel Alvarez
19-2 · ESP
February 26, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Arman Tsarukyan def. Joel Alvarez by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tsarukyan13/191/104:22
Alvarez5/80/000:00
R2 · 1:57
Tsarukyan23/341/101:46
Alvarez2/20/000:00
Total
Tsarukyan36/532/206:08
Alvarez7/100/000:00

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
TsarukyanWin probabilityAlvarez
75.3%24.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
19%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Tsarukyan, blue toward Alvarez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tsarukyan75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%29%26%
Submission10%13%9%
Decision44%58%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 36
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.7)act 2
Alvarez25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%28%10%
Submission10%39%15%
Decision8%33%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 7
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R213%
R39%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Tsarukyan
57.1%-138
Alvarez
+13841.5%
Most takedownstie 23.3%
Tsarukyan
67.0%-690
Alvarez
+6909.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
39.9%
+151
Under 37.5
60.1%
-151
04895
Alvarez
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.7%
+152
Under 29.5
60.3%
-152
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
52.9%
-112
Under 1.5
47.1%
+112
036
Alvarez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+342
Under 0.5
77.4%
-342
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 10.6 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
Tsarukyan75.3%70.1%+5.2-274
Alvarez24.7%29.9%−5.2+220
By method
Tsarukyan by KO/TKO21.6%25.7%−4.1+210
Tsarukyan by submission14.6%8.8%+5.8+810
Tsarukyan by decision39.1%29.5%+9.6+171
Alvarez by KO/TKO7.1%9.7%−2.6+722
Alvarez by submission4.8%15.5%−10.7+416
Alvarez by decision12.8%10.9%+1.9+631
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.2%62.3%+11.9-202
Over 2.5 rds61.4%47.7%+13.7-104
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision51.9%43.5%+8.4+114

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
76.5Striking65.0
Tsarukyan +11.5
54.3Grappling18.3
Tsarukyan +36.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TsarukyanAlvarez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1588
Pound-for-pound
1589
1588
Divisional
1591
1499
Striking offense
1512
1528
Striking defense
1509
1521
Grappling offense
1509
1524
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
25 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'7"
Height
6'3"
72"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.59
Strikes landed / min
3.99
47%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
3.34
63%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
34%
Takedown accuracy
79%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
80%
+4
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arman Tsarukyan
  • WChristos GiagosKO/TKO R1
    Close -8655mo before
  • WMatt FrevolaU-DEC R3
    Close -6491y 1mo before
  • WDavi RamosU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 7mo before
  • WOlivier Aubin-MercierU-DEC R3
    Close -1652y 7mo before
  • LIslam MakhachevU-DEC R3
    Close +2602y 10mo before
Joel Alvarez
  • WThiago MoisesKO/TKO R1
    missedClose +2093mo before
  • WAlexander YakovlevSUB R1
    missedClose -1751y 4mo before
  • WJoe DuffySUB R1
    Close +2501y 7mo before
  • WDanilo BelluardoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1052y 9mo before
  • LDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close +2653y before
Tsarukyan — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0
Alvarez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 0 losses
W
84% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
14 (93%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tsarukyan
Alvarez
5
UFC fights
5
62.1 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
30.8 min · 6.2 avg
10y 10m
Career length
12y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tsarukyan
Alvarez
64W–17L · 79.0%
Overall
88W–23L · 79.3%
48W–16L · 75.0%
Wins
68W–22L · 75.6%
16W–1L · 94.1%
Losses
20W–1L · 95.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tsarukyan
Alvarez
140W–62L · 69.3%
Overall
100W–35L · 74.1%
137W–61L · 69.2%
Wins
99W–35L · 73.9%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Tsarukyan
Alvarez
5.18
Landed / min
4.21
39.2%
Accuracy
39.4%
69.4%
Defense
54.2%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
46.2%
Time at distance
76.3%
Grappling & control
Tsarukyan
Alvarez
3.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
34.1%
Takedown accuracy
78.9%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.46
72.0%
Control share
4.7%
Strike target map
Tsarukyan
  • Head65%(146)div 63%
  • Body20%(44)div 20%
  • Legs15%(33)div 17%
Alvarez
  • Head63%(77)div 63%
  • Body17%(21)div 20%
  • Legs20%(25)div 17%

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

Arman Tsarukyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joel Alvarez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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