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Shamil Gaziev
Shamil Gaziev
14-1 · BHR
November 22, 2025 · Doha, Qatar
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.0lb
Weigh-in
262.0lb
Waldo Cortes Acosta def. Shamil Gaziev by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:22
Cortes Acosta10/210/020:08
Gaziev6/150/000:00
Total
Cortes Acosta10/210/020:08
Gaziev6/150/000:00

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
Cortes AcostaWin probabilityGaziev
59.1%40.9%
KO / TKO
51%
Submission
18%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.2 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 Cortes Acosta, blue toward Gaziev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cortes Acosta59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%47%25%
Submission8%14%4%
Decision23%39%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Gaziev41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%56%24%
Submission10%23%7%
Decision8%21%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 6
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.5)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R220%
R37%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Cortes Acosta
59.6%-153
Gaziev
+15338.9%
Most takedownstie 39.1%
Cortes Acosta
8.1%+656
Gaziev
-65652.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
39.5%
+153
Under 37.5
60.5%
-153
04794
Gaziev
Expected: 27.0
27
Over 27
38.8%
+153
Exactly 27
1.8%
push
Under 27
59.4%
-153
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Gaziev
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.9%
+116
Exactly 1
20.2%
push
Under 1
42.9%
-116
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 8.2 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
Cortes Acosta59.1%57.5%+1.6-152
Gaziev40.9%42.5%−1.6+125
By method
Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO30.1%25.1%+5.0+239
Cortes Acosta by submission10.4%4.0%+6.4+2029
Cortes Acosta by decision18.6%26.1%−7.5+226
Gaziev by KO/TKO20.8%23.6%−2.8+260
Gaziev by submission7.2%7.4%−0.2+1052
Gaziev by decision12.8%13.8%−1.0+518
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds58.8%63.2%−4.4-211
Over 2.5 rds38.5%48.5%−10.0-108
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.4%43.6%−12.2+115

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
72.5Striking55.0
Cortes Acosta +17.5
46.3Grappling41.9
Cortes Acosta +4.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Cortes AcostaGaziev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1613
Pound-for-pound
1571
1611
Divisional
1571
1528
Striking offense
1501
1500
Striking defense
1491
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.34
Strikes landed / min
2.63
48%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.51
Strikes absorbed / min
4.10
56%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
50%
Takedown accuracy
30%
73%
Takedown defense
83%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
38%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
21
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Waldo Cortes Acosta
  • WAnte DelijaKO/TKO R1
    Close +10821d before
  • LSergei PavlovichU-DEC R3
    Close +2123mo before
  • WSerghei SpivacU-DEC R3
    Close +1426mo before
  • WRyan SpannKO/TKO R2
    Close -2308mo before
  • WRobelis DespaigneU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 6mo before
Shamil Gaziev
  • WThomas PetersenKO/TKO R1
    Close -34710mo before
  • WDon'Tale MayesU-DEC R3
    Close -3391y 4mo before
  • LJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKO R4
    Close -1951y 9mo before
  • WMartin BudayKO/TKO R2
    Close -1001y 11mo before
Cortes Acosta — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (63%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Gaziev — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (27%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cortes Acosta
Gaziev
10
UFC fights
4
121.8 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
44.1 min · 11.0 avg
8y 2m
Career length
5y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cortes Acosta
Gaziev
179W–76L · 70.2%
Overall
46W–14L · 76.7%
140W–65L · 68.3%
Wins
33W–9L · 78.6%
39W–11L · 78.0%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cortes Acosta
Gaziev
52W–25L · 67.5%
Overall
45W–10L · 81.8%
52W–25L · 67.5%
Wins
45W–10L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cortes Acosta
Gaziev
6.07
Landed / min
3.36
47.6%
Accuracy
41.0%
55.9%
Defense
43.9%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
78.5%
Time at distance
51.9%
Grappling & control
Cortes Acosta
Gaziev
0.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
72.7%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.6%
Control share
97.5%
Strike target map
Cortes Acosta
  • Head71%(464)div 65%
  • Body16%(101)div 20%
  • Legs13%(86)div 16%
Gaziev
  • Head71%(82)div 65%
  • Body28%(32)div 20%
  • Legs2%(2)div 16%

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

Waldo Cortes Acosta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shamil Gaziev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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