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UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns
Julian Marquez
Julian Marquez
7-2 · USA
VS
Maki Pitolo
Maki Pitolo
13-7 · USA
February 13, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Julian Marquez def. Maki Pitolo by SUB (Anaconda Choke), R3 4:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Marquez4/80/100:11
Pitolo10/161/304:24
R2
Marquez11/400/000:57
Pitolo11/233/403:02
R3 · 4:17
Marquez26/520/000:46
Pitolo11/261/401:41
Total
Marquez41/1000/101:54
Pitolo32/655/1109:07

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
MarquezWin probabilityPitolo
56.8%43.2%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
19%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Marquez, blue toward Pitolo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Marquez57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%26%
Submission11%20%11%
Decision23%40%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 41
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.9)act 0
Pitolo43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%36%21%
Submission8%18%5%
Decision20%46%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1651)act 32
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 5
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R222%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Marquez
47.6%+108
Pitolo
-10851.2%
Most takedownstie 18.2%
Marquez
70.9%-647
Pitolo
+64710.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Marquez
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
39.3%
+151
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.4%
-151
04691
Pitolo
Expected: 38.0
38
Over 38
39.1%
+153
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.7%
-153
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Marquez
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.6%
+124
Under 2.5
55.4%
-124
047
Pitolo
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+248
Under 0.5
71.3%
-248
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 9.8 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
Marquez56.8%58.6%−1.8-160
Pitolo43.2%41.4%+1.8+130
By method
Marquez by KO/TKO21.7%26.4%−4.7+200
Marquez by submission10.8%11.3%−0.5+600
Marquez by decision24.2%22.0%+2.2+260
Pitolo by KO/TKO16.5%20.6%−4.1+285
Pitolo by submission8.2%5.3%+2.9+1399
Pitolo by decision18.5%14.4%+4.1+450
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.0%60.8%+12.2-188
Over 2.5 rds50.8%47.3%+3.5-105
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.7%42.3%+0.4+120

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
58.9Striking63.9
Pitolo +5.0
34.3Grappling51.1
Pitolo +16.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MarquezPitolo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1486
1516
Divisional
1501
1483
Striking offense
1513
1499
Striking defense
1494
1548
Grappling offense
1492
1536
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.48
Strikes landed / min
4.32
37%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.66
Strikes absorbed / min
3.94
52%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.51
0%
Takedown accuracy
67%
33%
Takedown defense
50%
3.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
25%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
25%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
953
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Julian Marquez
  • LAlessio Di ChiricoS-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 7mo before
  • WDarren StewartSUB R2
    Close -3403y 2mo before
Maki Pitolo
  • LImpa KasanganayU-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
  • LDarren StewartSUB R1
    Close +1256mo before
  • WCharles ByrdKO/TKO R2
    Close +1558mo before
  • LCallan PotterU-DEC R3
    Close -4001y 4mo before
Marquez — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Pitolo — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (25%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Marquez
Pitolo
2
UFC fights
4
22.7 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
39.9 min · 10.0 avg
12y 2m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Marquez
Pitolo
18W–4L · 81.8%
Overall
45W–19L · 70.3%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Marquez
Pitolo
29W–15L · 65.9%
Overall
128W–59L · 68.4%
25W–15L · 62.5%
Wins
77W–31L · 71.3%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
51W–28L · 64.6%
Distance striking
Marquez
Pitolo
3.97
Landed / min
6.78
29.2%
Accuracy
40.1%
54.6%
Defense
57.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
55.4%
Time at distance
58.9%
Grappling & control
Marquez
Pitolo
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.51
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
33.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
3.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
11.4%
Control share
25.1%
Strike target map
Marquez
  • Head72%(57)div 63%
  • Body24%(19)div 19%
  • Legs4%(3)div 17%
Pitolo
  • Head76%(130)div 63%
  • Body20%(35)div 19%
  • Legs4%(7)div 17%

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

Julian Marquez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Maki Pitolo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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