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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Carlos Ulberg
Carlos Ulberg
4-1 · NZL
VS
Fabio Cherant
Fabio Cherant
7-3 · USA
February 12, 2022 · Houston, Texas, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Carlos Ulberg def. Fabio Cherant by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ulberg19/331/100:31
Cherant4/150/000:22
R2
Ulberg27/410/000:00
Cherant7/150/000:00
R3
Ulberg20/381/100:44
Cherant2/110/000:00
Total
Ulberg66/1122/201:15
Cherant13/410/000:22

Scorecards

Ulberg vs Cherant

RdIvan GuzmanRobert AlexanderSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 18 Ulberg · 0 Cherant

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ulberg-Cherant.

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
UlbergWin probabilityCherant
69.0%31.0%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
28%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 7.3 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 Ulberg, blue toward Cherant. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ulberg69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%51%47%
Submission15%22%4%
Decision18%27%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1860)act 66
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 2
Cherant31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%32%13%
Submission13%41%12%
Decision8%27%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 13
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R150%
R216%
R37%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ulberg
62.8%-175
Cherant
+17535.9%
Most takedownstie 52.7%
Ulberg
9.5%+401
Cherant
-40137.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
39.8%
+151
Under 44.5
60.2%
-151
056112
Cherant
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
39.3%
+150
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.1%
-150
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Ulberg
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.5%
Exactly 0
86.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cherant
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.2%
+142
Under 0.5
58.8%
-142
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 7.3 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
Ulberg69.0%68.8%+0.2-258
Cherant31.0%31.2%−0.2+205
By method
Ulberg by KO/TKO31.2%47.2%−16.0-136
Ulberg by submission19.2%4.5%+14.7+1729
Ulberg by decision18.5%14.4%+4.1+468
Cherant by KO/TKO14.0%13.1%+0.9+528
Cherant by submission8.6%11.5%−2.9+612
Cherant by decision8.3%9.3%−1.0+780
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds49.6%45.6%+4.0+105
Over 2.5 rds33.4%29.7%+3.7+217
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.9%25.3%+1.6+270

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
67.2Striking61.7
Ulberg +5.5
25.0Grappling0.0
Ulberg +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UlbergCherant
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1498
Pound-for-pound
1489
1498
Divisional
1489
1507
Striking offense
1499
1521
Striking defense
1493
1477
Grappling offense
1493
1509
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
17.56
Strikes landed / min
2.91
64%
Strike accuracy
63%
9.86
Strikes absorbed / min
3.30
45%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
343
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carlos Ulberg
  • LKennedy NzechukwuKO/TKO R2
    Close -23911mo before
Fabio Cherant
  • LWilliam KnightKO/TKO R1
    Close +1486mo before
  • LAlonzo MenifieldSUB R1
    missedClose +22311mo before
Ulberg — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Cherant — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ulberg
Cherant
1
UFC fights
2
8.3 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
5.2 min · 2.6 avg
14y 11m
Career length
8y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ulberg
Cherant
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
18W–4L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
18W–4L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ulberg
Cherant
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
31W–21L · 59.6%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Wins
27W–21L · 56.3%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Ulberg
Cherant
17.51
Landed / min
3.75
62.9%
Accuracy
62.5%
45.5%
Defense
41.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
90.6%
Time at distance
77.7%
Grappling & control
Ulberg
Cherant
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Ulberg
  • Head69%(101)div 64%
  • Body21%(31)div 19%
  • Legs10%(14)div 16%
Cherant
  • Head20%(3)div 64%
  • Body67%(10)div 19%
  • Legs13%(2)div 16%

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

Carlos Ulberg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabio Cherant
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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