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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Maxim Grishin
Maxim Grishin
31-9-2 · RUS
VS
William Knight
William Knight
11-2 · USA
February 12, 2022 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 205 lb · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
218.0lbMissed +12.0
Maxim Grishin def. William Knight by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Grishin27/330/000:00
Knight8/190/000:00
R2
Grishin25/320/001:09
Knight5/261/400:44
R3
Grishin17/240/001:18
Knight8/232/501:53
Total
Grishin69/890/002:27
Knight21/683/902:37

Scorecards

Grishin vs Knight

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

Media (17 cards) · avg 3027 · 17 Grishin · 0 Knight

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Grishin-Knight.

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
GrishinWin probabilityKnight
64.2%35.8%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
10%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.3 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 Grishin, blue toward Knight. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Grishin64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%45%21%
Submission9%13%8%
Decision27%42%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 69
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Knight36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%50%21%
Submission2%5%4%
Decision16%45%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1345)act 21
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.6)act 3
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R212%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Grishin
44.9%+119
Knight
-11953.5%
Most takedownstie 47.7%
Grishin
20.6%+154
Knight
-15431.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grishin
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
39.0%
+152
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.3%
-152
03773
Knight
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
39.1%
+152
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.5%
-152
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Grishin
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.6%
+263
Under 0.5
72.4%
-263
035
Knight
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-163
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 9.3 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
Grishin64.2%60.7%+3.5-173
Knight35.8%39.3%−3.5+143
By method
Grishin by KO/TKO29.9%20.6%+9.3+300
Grishin by submission6.7%8.3%−1.6+896
Grishin by decision27.6%32.4%−4.8+154
Knight by KO/TKO16.7%20.8%−4.1+295
Knight by submission3.7%4.4%−0.7+1749
Knight by decision15.4%13.5%+1.9+509
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds63.0%64.0%−1.0-223
Over 2.5 rds50.8%47.8%+3.0-132
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision43.0%49.2%−6.2-111

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
66.9Striking65.3
Grishin +1.5
35.5Grappling41.5
Knight +6.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GrishinKnight
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1556
1547
Divisional
1523
1506
Striking offense
1509
1508
Striking defense
1502
1489
Grappling offense
1494
1506
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
37 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'10"
78"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.95
Strikes landed / min
2.53
45%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.33
Strikes absorbed / min
2.12
56%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
33%
Takedown accuracy
42%
67%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
33%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Maxim Grishin
  • LDustin JacobyU-DEC R3
    missedClose +14011mo before
  • WGadzhimurad AntigulovKO/TKO R2
    Close -3751y 4mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close -1121y 7mo before
William Knight
  • WAlonzo MenifieldU-DEC R3
    Close +1362mo before
  • WFabio CherantKO/TKO R1
    Close -1796mo before
  • LDa Woon JungU-DEC R3
    Close +11810mo before
  • WAleksa CamurU-DEC R3
    Close +1341y 5mo before
Grishin — win / loss by method
Record: 31-9-2

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
16 wins, 3 losses
W
52% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
30win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
15 (50%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
6 (20%)Submission(43%) 3
9 (30%)Decision(14%) 1
Knight — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Grishin
Knight
3
UFC fights
4
40.0 min · 13.3 avg
Octagon time
49.0 min · 12.2 avg
18y 2m
Career length
8y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Grishin
Knight
51W–19L · 72.9%
Overall
37W–6L · 86.0%
20W–7L · 74.1%
Wins
24W–4L · 85.7%
31W–12L · 72.1%
Losses
13W–2L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grishin
Knight
340W–163L · 67.6%
Overall
42W–23L · 64.6%
287W–152L · 65.4%
Wins
40W–23L · 63.5%
53W–11L · 82.8%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Grishin
Knight
4.56
Landed / min
4.71
44.0%
Accuracy
46.3%
58.8%
Defense
45.5%
0.75
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
52.2%
Time at distance
32.9%
Grappling & control
Grishin
Knight
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
23.2%
Control share
24.0%
Strike target map
Grishin
  • Head51%(60)div 65%
  • Body15%(18)div 19%
  • Legs34%(40)div 16%
Knight
  • Head57%(71)div 65%
  • Body15%(19)div 19%
  • Legs27%(34)div 16%

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

Maxim Grishin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

William Knight
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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