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UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2
Randy Brown
Randy Brown
12-4 · JAM
VS
Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
22-9-1 · BRA
April 24, 2021 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Randy Brown def. Alex Oliveira by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:50
Brown16/320/011:23
Oliveira7/120/000:00
Total
Brown16/320/011:23
Oliveira7/120/000:00

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
BrownWin probabilityOliveira
58.4%41.6%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
30%
Decision
48%
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 Brown, blue toward Oliveira. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Brown58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%16%
Submission18%32%12%
Decision28%48%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 16
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Oliveira42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%13%
Submission11%27%11%
Decision21%49%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 7
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R223%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Brown
47.5%+107
Oliveira
-10750.9%
Most takedownstie 36.9%
Brown
30.7%+106
Oliveira
-10632.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brown
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
38.7%
+154
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.6%
-154
03570
Oliveira
Expected: 29.2
29
Over 29
39.3%
+150
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.0%
-150
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Brown
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.5%
+135
Under 0.5
57.5%
-135
035
Oliveira
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.7%
+124
Under 0.5
55.3%
-124
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
Brown58.4%55.7%+2.7-142
Oliveira41.6%44.3%−2.7+114
By method
Brown by KO/TKO12.8%15.8%−3.0+400
Brown by submission17.5%12.2%+5.3+550
Brown by decision28.1%26.4%+1.7+200
Oliveira by KO/TKO9.1%13.2%−4.1+500
Oliveira by submission12.5%11.3%+1.2+600
Oliveira by decision20.0%21.1%−1.1+275
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.8%64.5%+15.3-225
Over 2.5 rds57.4%53.3%+4.1-133
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.1%50.0%−1.9-118

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
68.0Striking66.5
Brown +1.6
53.1Grappling53.6
Oliveira +0.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrownOliveira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1574
1553
Divisional
1558
1509
Striking offense
1495
1511
Striking defense
1553
1513
Grappling offense
1519
1504
Grappling defense
1477
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
78"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.67
Strikes landed / min
2.87
48%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.18
54%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
47%
Takedown accuracy
37%
71%
Takedown defense
64%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
58%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randy Brown
  • LVicente LuqueKO/TKO R2
    Close +1609mo before
  • WWarlley AlvesSUB R2
    Close +1151y 5mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1951y 10mo before
  • LNiko PriceKO/TKO R2
    Close -1302y 9mo before
  • WMickey GallU-DEC R3
    Close +1053y 6mo before
Alex Oliveira
  • LShavkat RakhmonovSUB R1
    missedClose -1126mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -1829mo before
  • WMax GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 2mo before
  • LNicolas DalbyU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 7mo before
  • LMike PerryU-DEC R3
    Close -1652y before
Brown — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
2 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 22-9-1, 2 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
23% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
11win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(57%) 4
4 (36%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Brown
Oliveira
10
UFC fights
19
104.6 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
186.9 min · 9.8 avg
12y 2m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brown
Oliveira
97W–26L · 78.9%
Overall
281W–69L · 80.3%
53W–16L · 76.8%
Wins
173W–48L · 78.3%
44W–10L · 81.5%
Losses
108W–21L · 83.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brown
Oliveira
29W–15L · 65.9%
Overall
60W–45L · 57.1%
29W–15L · 65.9%
Wins
41W–37L · 52.6%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–8L · 70.4%
Distance striking
Brown
Oliveira
5.84
Landed / min
4.70
38.6%
Accuracy
41.4%
59.2%
Defense
59.9%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
38.1%
Time at distance
33.1%
Grappling & control
Brown
Oliveira
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.41
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
37.0%
71.1%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.56
44.9%
Control share
58.6%
Strike target map
Brown
  • Head64%(246)div 63%
  • Body21%(82)div 20%
  • Legs15%(56)div 16%
Oliveira
  • Head59%(318)div 63%
  • Body25%(133)div 20%
  • Legs16%(85)div 16%

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

Randy Brown
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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