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Josh Culibao
Josh Culibao
8-1-1 · AUS
VS
May 22, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Josh Culibao def. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Culibao11/140/000:00
Nuerdanbieke6/181/603:40
R2
Culibao21/440/100:02
Nuerdanbieke5/210/300:54
R3
Culibao21/460/000:02
Nuerdanbieke6/241/501:32
Total
Culibao53/1040/100:04
Nuerdanbieke17/632/1406:06

Scorecards

Culibao vs Nuerdanbieke

RdBryan MinerDave HagenDerek ClearyCommunity
R19-109-109-109.5-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.5-27.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.227.7 · 13 Culibao · 0 Nuerdanbieke

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Culibao-Nuerdanbieke.

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
CulibaoWin probabilityNuerdanbieke
34.9%65.1%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
20%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Culibao, blue toward Nuerdanbieke. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Culibao35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%22%
Submission4%12%
Decision23%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 53
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Nuerdanbieke65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%27%
Submission16%25%
Decision31%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 17
Takedowns3.4 (0.17.8)act 2
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~3.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R213%
R310%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Culibao
43.5%+127
Nuerdanbieke
-12755.2%
Most takedownstie 9.4%
Culibao
3.8%+2259
Nuerdanbieke
-225986.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Culibao
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
39.5%
+153
Under 35.5
60.5%
-153
04589
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
39.3%
+152
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.6%
-152
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Culibao
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.8%
Exactly 0
82.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 3.4
3.5
Over 3.5
45.2%
+121
Under 3.5
54.8%
-121
0611

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 10.9 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
Culibao34.9%67.4%−32.5-235
Nuerdanbieke65.1%32.6%+32.5+195

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
CulibaoNuerdanbieke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1550
1526
Divisional
1550
1496
Striking offense
1482
1495
Striking defense
1500
1485
Grappling offense
1561
1493
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.52
Strikes landed / min
38%
Strike accuracy
4.30
Strikes absorbed / min
48%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Josh Culibao
  • DCharles JourdainS-DEC R3
    !Close +3558mo before
  • LJalin TurnerKO/TKO R2
    Close +1751y 3mo before
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
No prior UFC fights.
Culibao — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-1

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, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Nuerdanbieke — win / loss by method
Record: 36-9-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 6 losses
W
28% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
36win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
18 (50%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
10 (28%)Submission(67%) 6
8 (22%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Culibao
Nuerdanbieke
2
UFC fights
0
23.0 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
10y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Culibao
Nuerdanbieke
8W–5L · 61.5%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
8W–5L · 61.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Culibao
Nuerdanbieke
52W–28L · 65.0%
Overall
262W–158L · 62.4%
52W–28L · 65.0%
Wins
194W–133L · 59.3%
0W–0L
Losses
68W–25L · 73.1%
Distance striking
Culibao
Nuerdanbieke
4.01
Landed / min
35.5%
Accuracy
59.3%
Defense
0.65
Knockdowns / 15 min
53.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Culibao
Nuerdanbieke
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
26.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Culibao
  • Head45%(26)div 64%
  • Body45%(26)div 20%
  • Legs10%(6)div 16%
Nuerdanbieke
  • 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.

Josh Culibao
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke

No UFC fights on record.

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