The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira
Brian Kelleher
Brian Kelleher
20-10 · USA
VS
Hunter Azure
Hunter Azure
8-0 · USA
May 13, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Brian Kelleher def. Hunter Azure by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kelleher10/500/400:26
Azure36/730/000:00
R2 · 3:40
Kelleher19/490/010:03
Azure26/590/000:21
Total
Kelleher29/990/410:29
Azure62/1320/000:21

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
KelleherWin probabilityAzure
13.1%86.9%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
29%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kelleher13%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%31%
Submission6%44%
Decision3%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 29
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Azure87%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%31%
Submission23%27%
Decision37%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 62
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R211%
R36%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Kelleher
23.4%+323
Azure
-32375.4%
Most takedownstie 29.4%
Kelleher
16.6%+326
Azure
-32654.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 25.6
25.5
Over 25.5
42.7%
+134
Under 25.5
57.3%
-134
03264
Azure
Expected: 47.4
47.5
Over 47.5
42.4%
+136
Under 47.5
57.6%
-136
060119
Takedowns — over/under
Kelleher
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.7%
+216
Under 0.5
68.3%
-216
035
Azure
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.5%
+130
Under 1.5
56.5%
-130
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 8.7 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
Kelleher13.1%35.7%−22.6+170
Azure86.9%64.3%+22.6-200

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
59.3Striking69.2
Azure +9.8
55.3Grappling20.8
Kelleher +34.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KelleherAzure
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1543
1512
Divisional
1527
1506
Striking offense
1484
1488
Striking defense
1505
1511
Grappling offense
1551
1493
Grappling defense
1547
Physical
33 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
66"
Reach
69"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.87
Strikes landed / min
2.73
46%
Strike accuracy
35%
5.83
Strikes absorbed / min
1.40
54%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
29%
Takedown accuracy
0%
85%
Takedown defense
75%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
116
Days since last fight
242
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Kelleher
  • WOde OsbourneSUB R1
    Close +1254mo before
  • LMontel JacksonSUB R1
    opp missedClose +1551y 4mo before
  • LJohn LinekerKO/TKO R3
    Close +2252y before
  • WRenan BaraoU-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 3mo before
  • WDamian StasiakKO/TKO R3
    Close -1052y 7mo before
Hunter Azure
  • WBrad KatonaU-DEC R3
    Close +1108mo before
Kelleher — win / loss by method
Record: 20-10-0

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, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 6 losses
W
45% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (44%)Submission(57%) 4
3 (19%)Decision(43%) 3
Azure — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kelleher
Azure
7
UFC fights
1
51.0 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 5m
Career length
9y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kelleher
Azure
133W–30L · 81.6%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
86W–18L · 82.7%
Wins
8W–1L · 88.9%
47W–12L · 79.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kelleher
Azure
153W–76L · 66.8%
Overall
20W–15L · 57.1%
101W–63L · 61.6%
Wins
20W–15L · 57.1%
52W–13L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kelleher
Azure
6.50
Landed / min
4.42
41.5%
Accuracy
31.4%
57.3%
Defense
68.5%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.8%
Time at distance
49.8%
Grappling & control
Kelleher
Azure
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
29.4%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
84.6%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
69.2%
Control share
7.0%
Strike target map
Kelleher
  • Head72%(178)div 65%
  • Body13%(31)div 19%
  • Legs16%(39)div 16%
Azure
  • Head61%(25)div 65%
  • Body27%(11)div 19%
  • Legs12%(5)div 16%

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

Brian Kelleher
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Hunter Azure
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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