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UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan
Derek Brunson
Derek Brunson
20-7 · USA
VS
Edmen Shahbazyan
Edmen Shahbazyan
11-0 · USA
August 1, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds · Main event
Derek Brunson def. Edmen Shahbazyan by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 0:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Brunson29/501/300:59
Shahbazyan24/410/000:00
R2
Brunson54/852/402:01
Shahbazyan11/310/000:03
R3 · 0:26
Brunson5/101/100:06
Shahbazyan0/00/000:00
Total
Brunson88/1454/803:06
Shahbazyan35/720/000:03

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
BrunsonWin probabilityShahbazyan
32.3%67.7%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
15%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Brunson, blue toward Shahbazyan. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Brunson32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%41%
Submission5%14%
Decision14%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 88
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 4
Shahbazyan68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%48%
Submission10%16%
Decision25%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 35
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R226%
R36%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Brunson
39.3%+151
Shahbazyan
-15159.2%
Most takedownstie 33.7%
Brunson
55.9%-536
Shahbazyan
+53610.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Brunson
Expected: 33.9
34
Over 34
41.4%
+137
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.6%
-137
04385
Shahbazyan
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.0%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.4%
-134
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Brunson
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.5%
-106
Exactly 1
23.1%
push
Under 1
37.4%
+106
035
Shahbazyan
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
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 9.3 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
Brunson32.3%25.4%+6.9+275
Shahbazyan67.7%74.6%−6.9-360

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
65.1Striking75.5
Shahbazyan +10.4
54.4Grappling74.2
Shahbazyan +19.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BrunsonShahbazyan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1586
1613
Divisional
1587
1521
Striking offense
1512
1512
Striking defense
1526
1517
Grappling offense
1521
1521
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
36 yrs
Age
22 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.50
Strikes landed / min
3.22
45%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.10
Strikes absorbed / min
1.97
54%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.52
Takedowns / 15 min
7.00
26%
Takedown accuracy
41%
100%
Takedown defense
75%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
64%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Derek Brunson
  • WIan HeinischU-DEC R3
    Close +14011mo before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 3mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2451y 9mo before
  • LJacare SouzaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1402y 6mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1452y 9mo before
Edmen Shahbazyan
  • WBrad TavaresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1859mo before
  • WJack MarshmanSUB R1
    Close -5701y 1mo before
  • WCharles ByrdKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 5mo before
  • WDarren StewartS-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 8mo before
Brunson — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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
11 wins, 5 losses
W
55% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(50%) 1
Shahbazyan — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
82% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Brunson
Shahbazyan
16
UFC fights
4
113.0 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
19.3 min · 4.8 avg
16y 2m
Career length
9y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Brunson
Shahbazyan
276W–70L · 79.8%
Overall
59W–21L · 73.8%
183W–52L · 77.9%
Wins
59W–21L · 73.8%
93W–18L · 83.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Brunson
Shahbazyan
84W–46L · 64.6%
Overall
28W–45L · 38.4%
53W–33L · 61.6%
Wins
28W–45L · 38.4%
31W–13L · 70.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Brunson
Shahbazyan
3.92
Landed / min
4.38
38.7%
Accuracy
39.1%
59.6%
Defense
80.0%
0.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.33
58.3%
Time at distance
32.0%
Grappling & control
Brunson
Shahbazyan
2.52
Takedowns / 15 min
7.00
26.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.9%
100.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.78
96.4%
Control share
93.5%
Strike target map
Brunson
  • Head71%(282)div 63%
  • Body14%(54)div 19%
  • Legs15%(60)div 17%
Shahbazyan
  • Head77%(48)div 63%
  • Body15%(9)div 19%
  • Legs8%(5)div 17%

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

Derek Brunson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Edmen Shahbazyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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