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UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Chikadze
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
12-6 · USA
VS
Rogerio Bontorin
Rogerio Bontorin
16-3 · BRA
January 15, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Brandon Royval def. Rogerio Bontorin by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Royval9/500/000:00
Bontorin10/202/201:55
R2
Royval12/230/000:00
Bontorin9/144/503:49
R3
Royval19/590/001:43
Bontorin9/242/201:57
Total
Royval40/1320/001:43
Bontorin28/588/907:41

Scorecards

Royval vs Bontorin

RdChris LeeDouglas CrosbyEric ColónCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2828-2929-2828.4-28.6

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Royval · 0 Bontorin

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Royval-Bontorin.

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
RoyvalWin probabilityBontorin
43.3%56.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
24%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Royval, blue toward Bontorin. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Royval43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%15%
Submission11%25%30%
Decision19%44%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 40
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Bontorin57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%11%
Submission13%23%12%
Decision27%47%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 28
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.5)act 8
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R218%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Royval
47.7%+107
Bontorin
-10751.0%
Most takedownstie 19.3%
Royval
16.8%+380
Bontorin
-38063.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Royval
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
38.9%
+154
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-154
04488
Bontorin
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.8%
+151
Under 36.5
60.2%
-151
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Royval
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.9%
+157
Under 0.5
61.1%
-157
035
Bontorin
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.4%
+100
Exactly 2
17.1%
push
Under 2
41.5%
-100
047

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 9.9 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
Royval43.3%60.0%−16.7-170
Bontorin56.7%40.0%+16.7+138
By method
Royval by KO/TKO13.1%14.7%−1.6+447
Royval by submission10.3%29.9%−19.6+169
Royval by decision20.0%15.2%+4.8+428
Bontorin by KO/TKO17.1%10.8%+6.3+643
Bontorin by submission13.4%12.4%+1.0+547
Bontorin by decision26.1%17.0%+9.1+373
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.4%55.6%+15.8-147
Over 2.5 rds53.4%40.1%+13.3+132
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.1%34.7%+11.4+169

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
60.8Striking60.6
Royval +0.3
67.2Grappling53.6
Royval +13.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RoyvalBontorin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1538
1518
Divisional
1538
1511
Striking offense
1493
1488
Striking defense
1504
1504
Grappling offense
1518
1490
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'5"
68"
Reach
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
2.55
41%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
3.29
47%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.16
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
100%
Takedown accuracy
42%
53%
Takedown defense
48%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
40%
-2
Win/loss streak
-3
50%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Royval
  • LAlexandre PantojaSUB R2
    Close +1415mo before
  • LBrandon MorenoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1501y 2mo before
  • WKai Kara-FranceSUB R2
    Close +1881y 4mo before
  • WTim ElliottSUB R2
    Close +1421y 8mo before
Rogerio Bontorin
  • LKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R1
    Close +11310mo before
  • LRay BorgU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1301y 11mo before
  • WRaulian PaivaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 5mo before
  • WMagomed BibulatovS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +2452y 11mo before
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 12-6-0

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
25% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4
Bontorin — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0, 2 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (79%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Royval
Bontorin
4
UFC fights
5
25.9 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
52.9 min · 10.6 avg
13y 11m
Career length
13y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Royval
Bontorin
76W–28L · 73.1%
Overall
65W–16L · 80.2%
36W–18L · 66.7%
Wins
32W–3L · 91.4%
40W–10L · 80.0%
Losses
33W–13L · 71.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Royval
Bontorin
96W–46L · 67.6%
Overall
93W–34L · 73.2%
71W–41L · 63.4%
Wins
82W–31L · 72.6%
25W–5L · 83.3%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Distance striking
Royval
Bontorin
7.69
Landed / min
4.28
38.4%
Accuracy
47.7%
48.0%
Defense
53.5%
1.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.2%
Time at distance
46.4%
Grappling & control
Royval
Bontorin
1.16
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
52.6%
Takedown defense
48.1%
1.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.14
24.6%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Royval
  • Head62%(55)div 63%
  • Body21%(19)div 22%
  • Legs17%(15)div 15%
Bontorin
  • Head73%(98)div 63%
  • Body16%(21)div 22%
  • Legs12%(16)div 15%

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

Brandon Royval
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rogerio Bontorin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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