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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Jan Blachowicz
Jan Blachowicz
27-8 · POL
VS
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
20-0 · NGA
March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
200.5lb
Jan Blachowicz def. Israel Adesanya by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blachowicz18/310/000:00
Adesanya13/300/000:00
R2
Blachowicz23/490/100:00
Adesanya21/420/000:00
R3
Blachowicz24/421/101:07
Adesanya21/400/000:01
R4
Blachowicz14/241/203:29
Adesanya11/200/000:00
R5
Blachowicz28/471/102:30
Adesanya12/290/000:00
Total
Blachowicz107/1933/507:06
Adesanya78/1610/000:01

Scorecards

Blachowicz vs Adesanya

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.6-9.4
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R39-1010-99-109.3-9.7
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-810-810-910-8.8
Total49-4549-4549-4648.6-46.2

Media (26 cards) · avg 4847 · 26 Blachowicz · 0 Adesanya

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blachowicz-Adesanya.

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
BlachowiczWin probabilityAdesanya
19.1%80.9%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
21%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 15.6 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 Blachowicz, blue toward Adesanya. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blachowicz19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%22%21%
Submission9%44%8%
Decision6%34%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2065)act 107
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 3
Adesanya81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO37%45%35%
Submission12%15%4%
Decision32%40%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (2788)act 78
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~113 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R217%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Blachowicz
39.7%+150
Adesanya
-15059.4%
Most takedownstie 64.4%
Blachowicz
17.1%+108
Adesanya
-10818.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blachowicz
Expected: 48.0
48
Over 48
39.3%
+152
Exactly 48
1.0%
push
Under 48
59.7%
-152
061121
Adesanya
Expected: 64.6
64.5
Over 64.5
39.8%
+151
Under 64.5
60.2%
-151
081162
Takedowns — over/under
Blachowicz
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.9%
+402
Under 0.5
80.1%
-402
035
Adesanya
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.1%
+374
Under 0.5
78.9%
-374
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 15.6 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
Blachowicz19.1%31.7%−12.6+200
Adesanya80.9%68.3%+12.6-252
By method
Blachowicz by KO/TKO7.8%21.2%−13.4+300
Blachowicz by submission4.0%7.7%−3.7+1000
Blachowicz by decision7.4%6.5%+0.9+1200
Adesanya by KO/TKO33.0%35.3%−2.3+140
Adesanya by submission16.7%4.5%+12.2+1801
Adesanya by decision31.1%24.9%+6.2+240
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.8%68.7%+11.1-275
Over 2.5 rds62.7%55.8%+6.9-150
Over 3.5 rds50.5%49.0%+1.5-110
Over 4.5 rds43.4%40.3%+3.1+130
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.5%35.4%+3.1+165

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
68.2Striking76.9
Adesanya +8.7
50.6Grappling28.2
Blachowicz +22.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlachowiczAdesanya
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1641
Pound-for-pound
1683
1633
Divisional
1536
1523
Striking offense
1529
1532
Striking defense
1538
1486
Grappling offense
1491
1520
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
38 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.49
Strikes landed / min
4.10
49%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.33
54%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52%
Takedown accuracy
0%
66%
Takedown defense
87%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
+9
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
60%
Finish rate
44%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jan Blachowicz
  • WDominick ReyesKO/TKO R2
    Close +2155mo before
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1951y 1mo before
  • WJacare SouzaS-DEC R5
    Close -1601y 4mo before
  • WLuke RockholdKO/TKO R2
    Close +2201y 8mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R3
    Close +1102y before
Israel Adesanya
  • WPaulo CostaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1865mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R5
    Close -2601y before
  • WRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1301y 5mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -1701y 11mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -5152y 1mo before
Blachowicz — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-0

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, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 5 losses
W
37% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
7 (41%)Submission(33%) 1
6 (35%)Decision(33%) 1
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 20-0-0

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
15 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Blachowicz
Adesanya
15
UFC fights
9
177.7 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
136.0 min · 15.1 avg
19y 5m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blachowicz
Adesanya
227W–58L · 79.6%
Overall
154W–33L · 82.4%
164W–42L · 79.6%
Wins
154W–33L · 82.4%
63W–16L · 79.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blachowicz
Adesanya
185W–82L · 69.3%
Overall
139W–55L · 71.6%
173W–65L · 72.7%
Wins
139W–55L · 71.6%
12W–17L · 41.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Blachowicz
Adesanya
4.81
Landed / min
4.22
43.1%
Accuracy
47.5%
65.2%
Defense
66.9%
0.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.21
52.2%
Time at distance
85.0%
Grappling & control
Blachowicz
Adesanya
1.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
52.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
65.8%
Takedown defense
86.5%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
31.4%
Control share
18.6%
Strike target map
Blachowicz
  • Head66%(410)div 64%
  • Body21%(133)div 19%
  • Legs13%(78)div 17%
Adesanya
  • Head53%(298)div 64%
  • Body17%(93)div 19%
  • Legs30%(167)div 17%

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

Jan Blachowicz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Israel Adesanya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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