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UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
14-3 · USA
VS
September 25, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
261.0lb
Weigh-in
257.0lb
Curtis Blaydes def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blaydes19/421/201:54
Rozenstruik6/280/000:00
R2
Blaydes8/371/301:20
Rozenstruik10/310/000:00
R3
Blaydes5/171/103:05
Rozenstruik2/90/000:00
Total
Blaydes32/963/606:19
Rozenstruik18/680/000:00

Scorecards

Blaydes vs Rozenstruik

RdChris LeeEric ColónTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.5-27.5

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 20 Blaydes · 0 Rozenstruik

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blaydes-Rozenstruik.

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
BlaydesWin probabilityRozenstruik
77.5%22.5%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
18%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.5 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 Blaydes, blue toward Rozenstruik. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%49%37%
Submission13%17%8%
Decision26%34%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1345)act 32
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.5)act 3
Rozenstruik22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%62%17%
Submission4%20%3%
Decision4%18%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1033)act 18
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R219%
R313%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Blaydes
58.7%-148
Rozenstruik
+14839.6%
Most takedownstie 27.5%
Blaydes
67.8%-1463
Rozenstruik
+14634.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
38.8%
+154
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.7%
-154
04283
Rozenstruik
Expected: 24.4
24.5
Over 24.5
39.5%
+153
Under 24.5
60.5%
-153
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
49.6%
+101
Under 1.5
50.4%
-101
035
Rozenstruik
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.8%
Exactly 0
89.2%
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 8.5 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
Blaydes77.5%73.1%+4.4-328
Rozenstruik22.5%26.9%−4.4+255
By method
Blaydes by KO/TKO40.6%36.7%+3.9+123
Blaydes by submission13.8%7.6%+6.2+985
Blaydes by decision23.2%27.9%−4.7+193
Rozenstruik by KO/TKO11.7%16.8%−5.1+389
Rozenstruik by submission4.0%3.2%+0.8+2496
Rozenstruik by decision6.7%7.8%−1.1+945
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds62.2%60.4%+1.8-181
Over 2.5 rds42.9%44.2%−1.3+110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.9%37.2%−7.3+152

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
76.3Striking59.5
Blaydes +16.8
58.9Grappling22.2
Blaydes +36.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlaydesRozenstruik
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1624
Pound-for-pound
1592
1623
Divisional
1592
1520
Striking offense
1524
1507
Striking defense
1512
1525
Grappling offense
1499
1524
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
80"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.59
Strikes landed / min
3.15
53%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.70
Strikes absorbed / min
3.27
58%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
80%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
56%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4077mo before
  • WAlexander VolkovU-DEC R5
    Close -4001y 3mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -2801y 8mo before
  • WShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R2
    Close -5502y 1mo before
  • WJustin WillisU-DEC R3
    Close -2752y 6mo before
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  • WAugusto SakaiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1274mo before
  • LCiryl GaneU-DEC R5
    Close +1987mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close -1431y 1mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouKO/TKO R1
    Close +2251y 5mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R5
    Close -1501y 10mo before
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0, 1 NC

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, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Rozenstruik — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
92% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Rozenstruik
13
UFC fights
8
133.3 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
70.6 min · 8.8 avg
12y 2m
Career length
14y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Rozenstruik
263W–74L · 78.0%
Overall
154W–54L · 74.0%
222W–63L · 77.9%
Wins
133W–51L · 72.3%
41W–11L · 78.8%
Losses
21W–3L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Rozenstruik
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
27W–15L · 64.3%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
27W–15L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Blaydes
Rozenstruik
3.83
Landed / min
3.36
35.7%
Accuracy
44.5%
62.8%
Defense
44.4%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.28
38.0%
Time at distance
72.0%
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Rozenstruik
6.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54.1%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
96.0%
Control share
3.5%
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head68%(325)div 65%
  • Body13%(60)div 19%
  • Legs19%(93)div 16%
Rozenstruik
  • Head55%(123)div 65%
  • Body13%(28)div 19%
  • Legs32%(71)div 16%

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jairzinho Rozenstruik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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