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UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
VS
Bruno Souza
Bruno Souza
10-1 · BRA
November 6, 2021 · New York City, New York, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.2lb
Weigh-in
148.4lbMissed +2.4
Melsik Baghdasaryan def. Bruno Souza by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Baghdasaryan21/360/000:05
Souza11/240/100:40
R2
Baghdasaryan31/430/000:05
Souza16/370/100:00
R3
Baghdasaryan23/450/000:00
Souza19/420/200:05
Total
Baghdasaryan75/1240/000:10
Souza46/1030/400:45

Scorecards

Baghdasaryan vs Souza

RdDouglas CrosbyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.3-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-27.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 14 Baghdasaryan · 0 Souza

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Baghdasaryan-Souza.

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
BaghdasaryanWin probabilitySouza
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
22%
Decision
45%
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 Baghdasaryan, blue toward Souza. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Baghdasaryan53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%43%35%
Submission10%19%6%
Decision20%38%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 75
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Souza47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%8%
Submission12%26%6%
Decision25%53%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 46
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R221%
R310%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Baghdasaryan
52.7%-115
Souza
+11545.9%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Baghdasaryan
17.3%+293
Souza
-29350.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Baghdasaryan
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
39.2%
+151
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.4%
-151
04488
Souza
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
39.8%
+151
Under 31.5
60.2%
-151
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Baghdasaryan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+225
Under 0.5
69.3%
-225
035
Souza
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.1%
-101
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
38.8%
+101
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
Baghdasaryan53.1%76.1%−23.0-395
Souza46.9%23.9%+23.0+298
By method
Baghdasaryan by KO/TKO17.3%34.8%−17.5+137
Baghdasaryan by submission11.8%6.3%+5.5+1216
Baghdasaryan by decision24.0%31.2%−7.2+165
Souza by KO/TKO15.3%8.2%+7.1+910
Souza by submission10.4%5.9%+4.5+1311
Souza by decision21.2%13.6%+7.6+505
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.1%64.5%+11.6-225
Over 2.5 rds54.9%39.1%+15.8-126
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.2%47.7%−2.5-105

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BaghdasaryanSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1532
1529
Divisional
1532
1507
Striking offense
1500
1530
Striking defense
1500
1478
Grappling offense
1500
1502
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.44
Strikes landed / min
59%
Strike accuracy
3.66
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melsik Baghdasaryan
  • WCollin AnglinKO/TKO R2
    Close -1503mo before
Bruno Souza
No prior UFC fights.
Baghdasaryan — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
1 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Baghdasaryan
Souza
1
UFC fights
0
6.8 min · 6.8 avg
Octagon time
12y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Baghdasaryan
Souza
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Baghdasaryan
Souza
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
53W–23L · 69.7%
11W–9L · 55.0%
Wins
53W–23L · 69.7%
2W–4L · 33.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Baghdasaryan
Souza
6.90
Landed / min
51.6%
Accuracy
55.8%
Defense
2.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
67.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Baghdasaryan
Souza
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
79.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Baghdasaryan
  • Head64%(28)div 64%
  • Body27%(12)div 20%
  • Legs9%(4)div 16%
Souza
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Melsik Baghdasaryan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bruno Souza

No UFC fights on record.

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