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UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje
Aleksei Oleinik
Aleksei Oleinik
58-13-1 · RUS
VS
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
23-8-1 · BRA
May 9, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
227.5lb
Weigh-in
243.0lb
Aleksei Oleinik def. Fabricio Werdum by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oleinik54/940/001:31
Werdum25/370/200:07
R2
Oleinik26/630/000:56
Werdum24/381/201:19
R3
Oleinik14/260/001:26
Werdum4/82/302:29
Total
Oleinik94/1830/003:53
Werdum53/833/703:55

Scorecards

Oleinik vs Werdum

RdBarry LuxenbergChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-99-109.7-9.3
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2828-2928.7-28.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 14 Oleinik · 0 Werdum

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Oleinik-Werdum.

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
OleinikWin probabilityWerdum
28.2%71.8%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
12%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oleinik28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%61%
Submission7%24%
Decision4%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 94
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Werdum72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%66%
Submission5%7%
Decision20%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 53
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 3
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R220%
R313%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Oleinik
35.8%+175
Werdum
-17562.6%
Most takedownstie 57.0%
Oleinik
18.4%+134
Werdum
-13424.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oleinik
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.0%
+138
Under 27.5
58.0%
-138
03569
Werdum
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.2%
+139
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
57.0%
-139
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Oleinik
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.9%
+337
Under 0.5
77.1%
-337
035
Werdum
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.8%
+247
Under 0.5
71.2%
-247
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 7.8 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
Oleinik28.2%26.0%+2.2+270
Werdum71.8%74.0%−2.2-330

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
63.4Striking75.7
Werdum +12.3
66.6Grappling28.4
Oleinik +38.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OleinikWerdum
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1600
Pound-for-pound
1621
1600
Divisional
1621
1508
Striking offense
1533
1486
Striking defense
1515
1537
Grappling offense
1499
1482
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
42 yrs
Age
42 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.08
Strikes landed / min
4.74
50%
Strike accuracy
56%
3.25
Strikes absorbed / min
2.97
50%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.01
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
46%
Takedown accuracy
26%
20%
Takedown defense
27%
2.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
69%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
784
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aleksei Oleinik
  • WMaurice GreeneSUB R2
    Close +1104mo before
  • LWalt HarrisKO/TKO R1
    Close +13010mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close +2051y 1mo before
  • WMark HuntSUB R1
    Close +1001y 8mo before
  • WJunior AlbiniSUB R1
    Close +1352y before
Fabricio Werdum
  • LAlexander VolkovKO/TKO R4
    Close -2102y 2mo before
  • WMarcin TyburaU-DEC R5
    Close -3002y 6mo before
  • WWalt HarrisSUB R1
    Close -2102y 7mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemM-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 10mo before
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R3
    Close -2653y 8mo before
Oleinik — win / loss by method
Record: 58-13-1

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
8 wins, 7 losses
W
14% of wins
L
54% of losses
Submission
46 wins, 2 losses
W
79% of wins
L
15% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
31% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
51win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (14%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
40 (78%)Submission(22%) 2
4 (8%)Decision(33%) 3
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 23-8-1

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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
26% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Oleinik
Werdum
11
UFC fights
16
59.8 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
175.9 min · 11.0 avg
29y 9m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oleinik
Werdum
167W–60L · 73.6%
Overall
262W–67L · 79.6%
86W–30L · 74.1%
Wins
160W–38L · 80.8%
81W–30L · 73.0%
Losses
102W–29L · 77.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oleinik
Werdum
399W–173L · 69.8%
Overall
205W–48L · 81.0%
292W–142L · 67.3%
Wins
132W–33L · 80.0%
107W–31L · 77.5%
Losses
73W–15L · 83.0%
Distance striking
Oleinik
Werdum
5.59
Landed / min
5.48
39.1%
Accuracy
53.2%
62.6%
Defense
60.9%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
30.2%
Time at distance
66.0%
Grappling & control
Oleinik
Werdum
3.01
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
46.2%
Takedown accuracy
25.5%
20.0%
Takedown defense
26.7%
2.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.34
65.5%
Control share
63.8%
Strike target map
Oleinik
  • Head60%(111)div 66%
  • Body31%(57)div 19%
  • Legs9%(16)div 15%
Werdum
  • Head65%(540)div 66%
  • Body18%(153)div 19%
  • Legs17%(140)div 15%

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

Aleksei Oleinik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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