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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
18-1 · RUS
VS
Drew Dober
Drew Dober
23-9 · USA
March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Islam Makhachev def. Drew Dober by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 1:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev1/51/103:42
Dober3/70/000:12
R2
Makhachev9/141/204:28
Dober2/50/000:00
R3 · 1:37
Makhachev5/61/101:16
Dober5/80/000:00
Total
Makhachev15/253/409:26
Dober10/200/000:12

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
MakhachevWin probabilityDober
80.8%19.2%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
12%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.2 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 Makhachev, blue toward Dober. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%17%10%
Submission10%13%21%
Decision57%70%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 15
Takedowns2.0 (0.05.2)act 3
Dober19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%38%14%
Submission2%8%5%
Decision10%54%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R211%
R38%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Makhachev
54.8%-125
Dober
+12543.9%
Most takedownstie 20.2%
Makhachev
75.4%-1709
Dober
+17094.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 40.6
40.5
Over 40.5
39.9%
+151
Under 40.5
60.1%
-151
051102
Dober
Expected: 34.2
34
Over 34
39.3%
+151
Exactly 34
1.4%
push
Under 34
59.2%
-151
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.9%
+106
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
42.1%
-106
036
Dober
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.2 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
Makhachev80.8%78.0%+2.8-434
Dober19.2%22.0%−2.8+336
By method
Makhachev by KO/TKO17.1%10.4%+6.7+650
Makhachev by submission9.6%20.8%−11.2+275
Makhachev by decision54.1%42.2%+11.9-118
Dober by KO/TKO4.1%14.2%−10.1+450
Dober by submission2.3%4.6%−2.3+1601
Dober by decision12.9%7.8%+5.1+900
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.7%68.7%+17.0-275
Over 2.5 rds74.3%57.7%+16.6-163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision66.9%55.8%+11.1-150

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
78.4Striking63.8
Makhachev +14.6
77.0Grappling30.5
Makhachev +46.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakhachevDober
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1634
Pound-for-pound
1591
1634
Divisional
1589
1481
Striking offense
1524
1532
Striking defense
1502
1523
Grappling offense
1476
1534
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.10
Strikes landed / min
4.66
56%
Strike accuracy
40%
0.76
Strikes absorbed / min
4.12
72%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.88
68%
Takedown accuracy
18%
93%
Takedown defense
59%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
88%
UFC win rate
60%
+6
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
546
Days since last fight
297
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • WDavi RamosU-DEC R3
    Close -3801y 6mo before
  • WArman TsarukyanU-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 11mo before
  • WKajan JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -6002y 7mo before
  • WGleison TibauKO/TKO R1
    Close -2903y 1mo before
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -3304y 1mo before
Drew Dober
  • WAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R2
    Close -12010mo before
  • WNasrat HaqparastKO/TKO R1
    Close +2901y 2mo before
  • WMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -4301y 8mo before
  • LBeneil DariushSUB R2
    Close +1802y before
  • WJon TuckU-DEC R3
    Close -2402y 6mo before
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
39% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Dober — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-0, 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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
30% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(60%) 3
3 (33%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (29%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Dober
8
UFC fights
15
75.1 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
119.7 min · 8.0 avg
16y 0m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Dober
160W–43L · 78.8%
Overall
201W–63L · 76.1%
133W–36L · 78.7%
Wins
135W–45L · 75.0%
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
66W–18L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Dober
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
159W–104L · 60.5%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
140W–101L · 58.1%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–3L · 86.4%
Distance striking
Makhachev
Dober
2.68
Landed / min
6.22
42.8%
Accuracy
34.7%
78.9%
Defense
58.5%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.63
38.2%
Time at distance
54.3%
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Dober
3.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.88
68.0%
Takedown accuracy
17.9%
93.3%
Takedown defense
58.8%
0.80
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.13
84.2%
Control share
53.3%
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head75%(118)div 63%
  • Body21%(33)div 20%
  • Legs4%(7)div 17%
Dober
  • Head66%(369)div 63%
  • Body19%(108)div 20%
  • Legs15%(81)div 17%

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

Islam Makhachev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Drew Dober
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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