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UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira
Glover Teixeira
Glover Teixeira
32-7 · BRA
VS
Jan Blachowicz
Jan Blachowicz
28-8 · POL
October 30, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Glover Teixeira def. Jan Blachowicz by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:02
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Teixeira10/151/204:29
Blachowicz6/80/000:00
R2 · 3:02
Teixeira13/241/400:48
Blachowicz22/370/000:15
Total
Teixeira23/392/605:17
Blachowicz28/450/000:15

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
TeixeiraWin probabilityBlachowicz
29.8%70.2%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
16%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 13.7 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 Teixeira, blue toward Blachowicz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Teixeira30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%63%11%
Submission5%17%10%
Decision6%20%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1964)act 23
Takedowns1.3 (0.04.1)act 2
Blachowicz70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%47%40%
Submission11%15%6%
Decision27%38%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (2787)act 28
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R219%
R39%
R46%
R54%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Teixeira
39.2%+153
Blachowicz
-15360.0%
Most takedownstie 43.2%
Teixeira
50.4%-791
Blachowicz
+7916.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Teixeira
Expected: 46.9
47
Over 47
39.1%
+153
Exactly 47
1.0%
push
Under 47
59.9%
-153
059118
Blachowicz
Expected: 64.1
64
Over 64
39.5%
+151
Exactly 64
0.8%
push
Under 64
59.8%
-151
081161
Takedowns — over/under
Teixeira
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
37.9%
+164
Under 1.5
62.1%
-164
035
Blachowicz
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.7%
Exactly 0
89.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 13.7 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
Teixeira29.8%29.2%+0.6+226
Blachowicz70.2%70.8%−0.6-287
By method
Teixeira by KO/TKO15.3%11.1%+4.2+631
Teixeira by submission4.7%10.3%−5.6+689
Teixeira by decision9.8%9.3%+0.5+770
Blachowicz by KO/TKO36.1%40.2%−4.1+101
Blachowicz by submission11.1%5.9%+5.2+1261
Blachowicz by decision22.9%23.3%−0.4+247
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.1%65.4%+5.7-237
Over 2.5 rds51.7%72.6%−20.9-125
Over 3.5 rds42.1%44.2%−2.1+110
Over 4.5 rds36.6%37.5%−0.9+150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision32.7%34.9%−2.2+168

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
63.9Striking68.6
Blachowicz +4.7
56.6Grappling51.2
Teixeira +5.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TeixeiraBlachowicz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1682
Pound-for-pound
1659
1675
Divisional
1644
1509
Striking offense
1524
1479
Striking defense
1532
1550
Grappling offense
1487
1524
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
42 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.58
Strikes landed / min
3.59
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.88
Strikes absorbed / min
2.79
54%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.18
40%
Takedown accuracy
53%
60%
Takedown defense
66%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
69%
+5
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
80%
Finish rate
55%
Recent opp. quality
357
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Glover Teixeira
  • WThiago SantosSUB R3
    Close +1901y before
  • WAnthony SmithKO/TKO R5
    Close +1551y 6mo before
  • WNikita KrylovS-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 2mo before
  • WIon CutelabaSUB R2
    Close -1202y 6mo before
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    Close -1102y 9mo before
Jan Blachowicz
  • WIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +2028mo before
  • WDominick ReyesKO/TKO R2
    Close +2151y 1mo before
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1951y 8mo before
  • WJacare SouzaS-DEC R5
    Close -1601y 11mo before
  • WLuke RockholdKO/TKO R2
    Close +2202y 4mo before
Teixeira — win / loss by method
Record: 32-7-0

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
18 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
15win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (40%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
6 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (20%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (71%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (12%)Decision(50%) 1
Blachowicz — win / loss by method
Record: 28-8-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 5 losses
W
39% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
7 (41%)Submission(33%) 1
6 (35%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Teixeira
Blachowicz
20
UFC fights
16
207.5 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
202.7 min · 12.7 avg
24y 2m
Career length
19y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Teixeira
Blachowicz
339W–89L · 79.2%
Overall
247W–58L · 81.0%
260W–73L · 78.1%
Wins
184W–42L · 81.4%
79W–16L · 83.2%
Losses
63W–16L · 79.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Teixeira
Blachowicz
173W–79L · 68.7%
Overall
185W–82L · 69.3%
163W–76L · 68.2%
Wins
173W–65L · 72.7%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
12W–17L · 41.4%
Distance striking
Teixeira
Blachowicz
3.72
Landed / min
4.82
37.8%
Accuracy
44.1%
60.7%
Defense
62.8%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.44
47.4%
Time at distance
54.4%
Grappling & control
Teixeira
Blachowicz
1.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.18
40.3%
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
60.3%
Takedown defense
65.8%
0.94
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.22
62.7%
Control share
37.2%
Strike target map
Teixeira
  • Head86%(643)div 64%
  • Body12%(89)div 19%
  • Legs2%(12)div 16%
Blachowicz
  • Head66%(477)div 64%
  • Body22%(162)div 19%
  • Legs12%(89)div 16%

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

Glover Teixeira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jan Blachowicz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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