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UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland
Bruno Silva
Bruno Silva
10-5-2 · BRA
VS
JP Buys
JP Buys
9-2 · ZAF
March 20, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Bruno Silva def. JP Buys by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:56
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Silva15/231/202:33
Buys6/220/100:50
R2 · 2:56
Silva22/380/031:18
Buys11/340/000:12
Total
Silva37/611/233:51
Buys17/560/101:02

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
SilvaWin probabilityBuys
28.3%71.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
21%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Silva, blue toward Buys. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Silva28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%25%12%
Submission4%15%10%
Decision17%60%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 37
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Buys72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%30%13%
Submission17%23%16%
Decision34%47%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 17
Takedowns3.0 (0.26.9)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~3.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R216%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Silva
41.0%+141
Buys
-14157.8%
Most takedownstie 10.4%
Silva
9.0%+895
Buys
-89580.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
38.7%
+154
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.8%
-154
04080
Buys
Expected: 41.0
41
Over 41
39.2%
+152
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.6%
-152
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.5%
+190
Under 0.5
65.5%
-190
035
Buys
Expected: 3.0
3
Over 3
40.1%
+112
Exactly 3
15.0%
push
Under 3
44.9%
-112
059

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 10.4 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
Silva28.3%43.6%−15.3+119
Buys71.7%56.4%+15.3-143
By method
Silva by KO/TKO8.0%12.3%−4.3+550
Silva by submission6.0%10.0%−4.0+700
Silva by decision14.3%21.4%−7.1+275
Buys by KO/TKO20.3%13.4%+6.9+500
Buys by submission15.1%16.1%−1.0+400
Buys by decision36.4%26.8%+9.6+200
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.2%68.7%+5.5-275
Over 2.5 rds58.0%57.7%+0.3-163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.7%54.3%−3.6-138

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
SilvaBuys
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1483
Pound-for-pound
1526
1483
Divisional
1526
1492
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1504
Grappling offense
1561
1496
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
31 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
65"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.60
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
3.51
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
30%
Takedown accuracy
62%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-3
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bruno Silva
  • LTagir UlanbekovU-DEC R3
    Close +3215mo before
  • LDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y before
JP Buys
No prior UFC fights.
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-2, 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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
10win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (40%)Decision(33%) 1
Buys — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Buys
3
UFC fights
0
43.0 min · 14.3 avg
Octagon time
15y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Buys
28W–4L · 87.5%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
28W–4L · 87.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Buys
48W–23L · 67.6%
Overall
47W–24L · 66.2%
45W–22L · 67.2%
Wins
35W–18L · 66.0%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
12W–6L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Silva
Buys
3.56
Landed / min
39.2%
Accuracy
60.1%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
55.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Silva
Buys
3.14
Takedowns / 15 min
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
65.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head48%(54)div 62%
  • Body27%(30)div 22%
  • Legs25%(28)div 15%
Buys
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Bruno Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

JP Buys

No UFC fights on record.

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