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UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
15-2 · RUS
VS
Matt Frevola
Matt Frevola
8-1-1 · USA
January 23, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Arman Tsarukyan def. Matt Frevola by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tsarukyan28/523/501:17
Frevola12/410/200:02
R2
Tsarukyan7/164/404:36
Frevola1/30/000:00
R3
Tsarukyan15/353/302:31
Frevola3/130/000:00
Total
Tsarukyan50/10310/1208:24
Frevola16/570/200:02

Scorecards

Tsarukyan vs Frevola

RdClemens WernerEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-810-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2630-2729.7-27.1

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 18 Tsarukyan · 0 Frevola

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Tsarukyan-Frevola.

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
TsarukyanWin probabilityFrevola
79.8%20.2%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
23%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Tsarukyan, blue toward Frevola. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tsarukyan80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%27%22%
Submission19%23%15%
Decision40%50%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 50
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.8)act 10
Frevola20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%19%5%
Submission4%22%5%
Decision12%59%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 16
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R220%
R38%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Tsarukyan
57.6%-140
Frevola
+14041.1%
Most takedownstie 21.9%
Tsarukyan
58.9%-307
Frevola
+30719.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+153
Under 40.5
60.4%
-153
051101
Frevola
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
39.3%
+151
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.2%
-151
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Tsarukyan
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
52.7%
-111
Under 1.5
47.3%
+111
036
Frevola
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.3%
+142
Under 0.5
58.7%
-142
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 10.7 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
Tsarukyan79.8%82.7%−2.9-649
Frevola20.2%17.3%+2.9+450
By method
Tsarukyan by KO/TKO20.0%22.4%−2.4+260
Tsarukyan by submission18.5%14.7%+3.8+450
Tsarukyan by decision41.4%44.8%−3.4-125
Frevola by KO/TKO5.1%5.4%−0.3+1399
Frevola by submission4.7%4.7%±0.0+1601
Frevola by decision10.5%8.1%+2.4+900
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.5%72.6%+6.9-350
Over 2.5 rds59.4%61.0%−1.6-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision51.8%57.7%−5.9-163

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
72.4Striking62.2
Tsarukyan +10.2
34.4Grappling65.9
Frevola +31.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TsarukyanFrevola
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1539
1559
Divisional
1539
1484
Striking offense
1498
1514
Striking defense
1496
1536
Grappling offense
1505
1536
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
24 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.36
Strikes landed / min
3.35
44%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.56
Strikes absorbed / min
3.72
59%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
3.26
14%
Takedown accuracy
38%
76%
Takedown defense
71%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
469
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arman Tsarukyan
  • WDavi RamosU-DEC R3
    Close -2006mo before
  • WOlivier Aubin-MercierU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 6mo before
  • LIslam MakhachevU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 9mo before
Matt Frevola
  • WLuis PenaS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 3mo before
  • WJalin TurnerU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 9mo before
  • DLando VannataM-DEC R3
    !Close +2002y 3mo before
  • LMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2003y before
Tsarukyan — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0
Frevola — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-1

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tsarukyan
Frevola
3
UFC fights
4
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
46.0 min · 11.5 avg
10y 10m
Career length
11y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tsarukyan
Frevola
37W–8L · 82.2%
Overall
28W–9L · 75.7%
21W–7L · 75.0%
Wins
15W–5L · 75.0%
16W–1L · 94.1%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tsarukyan
Frevola
140W–62L · 69.3%
Overall
18W–4L · 81.8%
137W–61L · 69.2%
Wins
18W–4L · 81.8%
3W–1L · 75.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tsarukyan
Frevola
4.87
Landed / min
4.14
37.3%
Accuracy
37.4%
65.0%
Defense
63.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.4%
Time at distance
71.9%
Grappling & control
Tsarukyan
Frevola
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
3.26
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
76.5%
Takedown defense
71.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.98
63.2%
Control share
77.4%
Strike target map
Tsarukyan
  • Head62%(93)div 63%
  • Body21%(31)div 20%
  • Legs18%(27)div 17%
Frevola
  • Head60%(93)div 63%
  • Body19%(29)div 20%
  • Legs21%(32)div 17%

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

Arman Tsarukyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Frevola
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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