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UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
22-3 · USA
VS
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler
22-6 · USA
November 6, 2021 · New York City, New York, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.6lb
Weigh-in
155.2lb
Justin Gaethje def. Michael Chandler by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gaethje40/770/000:00
Chandler49/990/200:03
R2
Gaethje38/600/011:09
Chandler24/690/200:00
R3
Gaethje38/460/000:28
Chandler30/771/200:00
Total
Gaethje116/1830/011:37
Chandler103/2451/600:03

Scorecards

Gaethje vs Chandler

RdDerek ClearyDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.2-9.8
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2729-2829.1-27.7

Media (22 cards) · avg 29.327.2 · 22 Gaethje · 0 Chandler

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gaethje-Chandler.

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
GaethjeWin probabilityChandler
54.8%45.2%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
20%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Gaethje, blue toward Chandler. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gaethje55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%48%44%
Submission7%13%5%
Decision21%39%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (2376)act 116
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Chandler45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%15%
Submission13%29%8%
Decision21%46%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2271)act 103
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.7)act 1
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R221%
R39%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Gaethje
51.5%-108
Chandler
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 19.7%
Gaethje
5.4%+1386
Chandler
-138674.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 55.7
55.5
Over 55.5
40.0%
+150
Under 55.5
60.0%
-150
070140
Chandler
Expected: 52.2
52
Over 52
39.5%
+151
Exactly 52
0.9%
push
Under 52
59.6%
-151
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Chandler
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
55.4%
-124
Under 1.5
44.6%
+124
036

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 9.7 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
Gaethje54.8%65.4%−10.6-219
Chandler45.2%34.6%+10.6+175
By method
Gaethje by KO/TKO20.5%43.6%−23.1-112
Gaethje by submission11.2%5.0%+6.2+1551
Gaethje by decision23.1%15.1%+8.0+447
Chandler by KO/TKO16.9%15.1%+1.8+447
Chandler by submission9.3%7.6%+1.7+990
Chandler by decision19.0%13.6%+5.4+505
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.1%50.0%+22.1-115
Over 2.5 rds51.0%35.4%+15.6+163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.1%29.7%+12.4+216

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
71.0Striking70.2
Gaethje +0.8
19.2Grappling37.9
Chandler +18.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GaethjeChandler
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1613
Pound-for-pound
1571
1610
Divisional
1570
1541
Striking offense
1498
1485
Striking defense
1495
1483
Grappling offense
1549
1517
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.46
Strikes landed / min
6.01
59%
Strike accuracy
59%
7.99
Strikes absorbed / min
4.09
55%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
69%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
378
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Gaethje
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovSUB R2
    Close +2551y before
  • WTony FergusonKO/TKO R5
    Close +1581y 6mo before
  • WDonald CerroneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1852y 2mo before
  • WEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 7mo before
  • WJames VickKO/TKO R1
    Close +1203y 2mo before
Michael Chandler
  • LCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close +1106mo before
  • WDan HookerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1109mo before
Gaethje — win / loss by method
Record: 22-3-0

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
19 wins, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (6%)Submission() 0
2 (12%)Decision() 0
Chandler — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (43%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
7 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (24%)Decision(40%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Gaethje
Chandler
8
UFC fights
2
77.8 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
7.8 min · 3.9 avg
14y 11m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gaethje
Chandler
189W–43L · 81.5%
Overall
50W–17L · 74.6%
111W–33L · 77.1%
Wins
20W–9L · 69.0%
78W–10L · 88.6%
Losses
30W–8L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gaethje
Chandler
244W–97L · 71.6%
Overall
367W–87L · 80.8%
244W–97L · 71.6%
Wins
281W–78L · 78.3%
0W–0L
Losses
86W–9L · 90.5%
Distance striking
Gaethje
Chandler
7.27
Landed / min
5.77
57.4%
Accuracy
54.1%
56.9%
Defense
46.2%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.92
89.6%
Time at distance
44.3%
Grappling & control
Gaethje
Chandler
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
69.2%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.92
55.3%
Control share
60.5%
Strike target map
Gaethje
  • Head59%(342)div 63%
  • Body9%(50)div 20%
  • Legs32%(188)div 17%
Chandler
  • Head72%(34)div 63%
  • Body21%(10)div 20%
  • Legs6%(3)div 17%

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

Justin Gaethje
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael Chandler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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