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UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
27-8 · USA
VS
Brendan Allen
Brendan Allen
17-4 · USA
December 4, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Chris Curtis def. Brendan Allen by KO/TKO (Knees), R2 1:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Curtis31/490/000:26
Allen22/450/200:18
R2 · 1:58
Curtis30/410/010:17
Allen21/260/100:00
Total
Curtis61/900/010:43
Allen43/710/300:18

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
CurtisWin probabilityAllen
18.3%81.7%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
11%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Curtis, blue toward Allen. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Curtis18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%50%15%
Submission0%2%3%
Decision9%48%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 61
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Allen82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%40%13%
Submission11%13%29%
Decision38%47%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (2580)act 43
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R218%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Curtis
37.4%+165
Allen
-16561.7%
Most takedownstie 45.0%
Curtis
16.7%+230
Allen
-23038.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
39.0%
+154
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.8%
-154
052103
Allen
Expected: 59.2
59
Over 59
39.5%
+151
Exactly 59
0.8%
push
Under 59
59.7%
-151
074148
Takedowns — over/under
Curtis
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035
Allen
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.7%
+124
Under 0.5
55.3%
-124
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 10.2 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
Curtis18.3%25.5%−7.2+274
Allen81.7%74.5%+7.2-357
By method
Curtis by KO/TKO7.7%14.6%−6.9+458
Curtis by submission2.0%2.9%−0.9+2716
Curtis by decision8.6%8.0%+0.6+924
Allen by KO/TKO34.2%12.6%+21.6+550
Allen by submission9.1%29.3%−20.2+179
Allen by decision38.4%32.6%+5.8+151
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.4%62.4%+12.0-199
Over 2.5 rds56.3%49.5%+6.8-110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.9%43.5%+3.4+116

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
60.4Striking63.2
Allen +2.8
25.0Grappling58.0
Allen +33.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CurtisAllen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1592
1554
Divisional
1605
1507
Striking offense
1514
1495
Striking defense
1484
1500
Grappling offense
1497
1511
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
34 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.72
Strikes landed / min
4.10
58%
Strike accuracy
52%
10.79
Strikes absorbed / min
4.12
47%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
Takedown accuracy
57%
100%
Takedown defense
38%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
83%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
28
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Curtis
  • WPhil HawesKO/TKO R1
    Close +26028d before
Brendan Allen
  • WPunahele SorianoU-DEC R3
    Close -1104mo before
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    Close -1557mo before
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R2
    Close -1181y 1mo before
  • WKyle DaukausU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y 5mo before
  • WTom BreeseKO/TKO R1
    Close +1101y 9mo before
Curtis — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-0

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 6 losses
W
41% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
26win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (54%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
1 (4%)Submission(13%) 1
11 (42%)Decision(75%) 6
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (58%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Curtis
Allen
1
UFC fights
6
4.5 min · 4.5 avg
Octagon time
54.9 min · 9.1 avg
17y 1m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Curtis
Allen
11W–2L · 84.6%
Overall
74W–11L · 87.1%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Wins
53W–8L · 86.9%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–3L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Curtis
Allen
360W–160L · 69.2%
Overall
108W–44L · 71.1%
236W–121L · 66.1%
Wins
92W–44L · 67.6%
124W–39L · 76.1%
Losses
16W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Curtis
Allen
4.33
Landed / min
7.21
54.5%
Accuracy
47.8%
45.9%
Defense
49.1%
3.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
93.3%
Time at distance
41.5%
Grappling & control
Curtis
Allen
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
100.0%
Takedown defense
37.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
100.0%
Control share
52.3%
Strike target map
Curtis
  • Head71%(15)div 64%
  • Body24%(5)div 19%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%
Allen
  • Head60%(134)div 64%
  • Body28%(62)div 19%
  • Legs13%(29)div 17%

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

Chris Curtis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brendan Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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