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UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
Timur Valiev
Timur Valiev
17-2 · RUS
VS
Raoni Barcelos
Raoni Barcelos
16-1 · BRA
June 26, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Timur Valiev def. Raoni Barcelos by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Valiev18/470/100:28
Barcelos12/260/000:16
R2
Valiev28/590/200:01
Barcelos35/600/021:07
R3
Valiev31/840/300:13
Barcelos22/450/000:00
Total
Valiev77/1900/600:42
Barcelos69/1310/021:23

Scorecards

Valiev vs Barcelos

RdMichael BellRick WinterRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R28-109-109-108.3-10
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total28-2829-2829-2828.1-28.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 28.628 · 9 Valiev · 0 Barcelos · 5 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Valiev-Barcelos.

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
ValievWin probabilityBarcelos
48.6%51.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
19%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Valiev, blue toward Barcelos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Valiev49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%11%
Submission9%17%6%
Decision30%61%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 77
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.9)act 0
Barcelos51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%31%17%
Submission10%20%11%
Decision25%49%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 69
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R217%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Valiev
55.3%-127
Barcelos
+12743.4%
Most takedownstie 16.2%
Valiev
64.6%-336
Barcelos
+33619.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Valiev
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
39.5%
+153
Under 40.5
60.5%
-153
051101
Barcelos
Expected: 33.5
33.5
Over 33.5
39.7%
+152
Under 33.5
60.3%
-152
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Valiev
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
40.2%
-104
Exactly 2
21.2%
push
Under 2
38.6%
+104
036
Barcelos
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.8%
+162
Exactly 1
21.9%
push
Under 1
48.3%
-162
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 10.6 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
Valiev48.6%33.3%+15.3+185
Barcelos51.4%66.7%−15.3-236
By method
Valiev by KO/TKO13.0%10.5%+2.5+671
Valiev by submission9.1%5.5%+3.6+1366
Valiev by decision26.5%20.0%+6.5+304
Barcelos by KO/TKO13.7%17.0%−3.3+377
Barcelos by submission9.7%11.2%−1.5+622
Barcelos by decision28.0%35.7%−7.7+127
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.0%74.1%+1.9-374
Over 2.5 rds59.5%64.0%−4.5-220
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.5%61.9%−7.4-192

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
86.4Striking76.2
Valiev +10.2
52.5Grappling69.3
Barcelos +16.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ValievBarcelos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1604
1543
Divisional
1592
1491
Striking offense
1503
1509
Striking defense
1499
1543
Grappling offense
1521
1551
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.50
Strikes landed / min
5.59
72%
Strike accuracy
53%
1.55
Strikes absorbed / min
4.17
56%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.23
67%
Takedown accuracy
56%
50%
Takedown defense
86%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+5
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Timur Valiev
  • WMartin DayU-DEC R3
    Close -3505mo before
Raoni Barcelos
  • WKhalid TahaU-DEC R3
    Close -4008mo before
  • WSaid NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close -1511y 6mo before
  • WCarlos HuachinKO/TKO R2
    Close -11002y 2mo before
  • WChris GutierrezSUB R2
    Close -5502y 7mo before
  • WKurt HolobaughKO/TKO R3
    Close +1452y 11mo before
Valiev — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0, 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
59% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (56%)Decision(100%) 2
Barcelos — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Valiev
Barcelos
2
UFC fights
5
22.0 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
60.5 min · 12.1 avg
15y 11m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Valiev
Barcelos
8W–5L · 61.5%
Overall
65W–13L · 83.3%
8W–5L · 61.5%
Wins
65W–13L · 83.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Valiev
Barcelos
164W–42L · 79.6%
Overall
116W–41L · 73.9%
156W–41L · 79.2%
Wins
108W–40L · 73.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Distance striking
Valiev
Barcelos
8.77
Landed / min
5.88
68.4%
Accuracy
46.3%
69.1%
Defense
69.0%
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.50
41.5%
Time at distance
65.5%
Grappling & control
Valiev
Barcelos
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.23
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.74
91.6%
Control share
88.1%
Strike target map
Valiev
  • Head54%(65)div 62%
  • Body24%(29)div 21%
  • Legs22%(27)div 17%
Barcelos
  • Head78%(262)div 62%
  • Body10%(33)div 21%
  • Legs13%(43)div 17%

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

Timur Valiev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Raoni Barcelos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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