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UFC Freedom 250
Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
27-5 · USA
VS
Ilia Topuria
Ilia Topuria
17-0 · GEO
June 14, 2026 · Washington, DC, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Justin Gaethje def. Ilia Topuria by KO/TKO (Corner Stoppage), R4 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gaethje32/680/300:00
Topuria29/580/000:00
R2
Gaethje12/350/100:00
Topuria44/600/012:02
R3
Gaethje22/360/000:47
Topuria7/150/100:05
R4
Gaethje25/530/100:45
Topuria17/291/200:25
Total
Gaethje91/1920/501:32
Topuria97/1621/312:32

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
GaethjeWin probabilityTopuria
15.7%84.3%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
15%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 17.8 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 Gaethje, blue toward Topuria. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gaethje16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%40%14%
Submission1%4%3%
Decision9%56%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes89 (38120)act 91
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Topuria84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%31%59%
Submission14%17%11%
Decision44%52%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes120 (51163)act 97
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.7)act 1
Combined totals~208 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R213%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Gaethje
39.7%+150
Topuria
-15059.8%
Most takedownstie 34.6%
Gaethje
7.4%+784
Topuria
-78458.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 88.6
88.5
Over 88.5
39.8%
+151
Under 88.5
60.2%
-151
0111222
Topuria
Expected: 119.6
119.5
Over 119.5
39.8%
+151
Under 119.5
60.2%
-151
0150299
Takedowns — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Topuria
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
45.0%
+122
Under 1.5
55.0%
-122
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 17.8 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
Gaethje15.7%21.1%−5.4+352
Topuria84.3%78.9%+5.4-473
By method
Gaethje by KO/TKO5.1%13.7%−8.6+522
Gaethje by submission2.3%2.8%−0.5+2890
Gaethje by decision8.2%5.0%+3.2+1597
Topuria by KO/TKO27.6%59.0%−31.4-226
Topuria by submission12.5%11.5%+1.0+640
Topuria by decision44.2%8.0%+36.2+959
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds85.0%60.8%+24.2-125
Over 2.5 rds71.5%33.0%+38.5+182
Over 3.5 rds61.9%23.8%+38.1+291
Over 4.5 rds56.3%18.6%+37.7+400
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.4%14.4%+38.0+554

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
69.1Striking72.2
Topuria +3.2
40.4Grappling73.1
Topuria +32.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GaethjeTopuria
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1666
Pound-for-pound
1683
1653
Divisional
1567
1546
Striking offense
1542
1477
Striking defense
1500
1473
Grappling offense
1520
1531
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
37 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.48
Strikes landed / min
4.81
59%
Strike accuracy
48%
7.05
Strikes absorbed / min
3.83
51%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
40%
Takedown accuracy
61%
74%
Takedown defense
94%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+9
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
60%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
141
Days since last fight
351
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Gaethje
  • WPaddy PimblettU-DEC R5
    Close +2005mo before
  • WRafael FizievU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 3mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R5
    Close -1822y 2mo before
  • WDustin PoirierKO/TKO R2
    Close +1252y 11mo before
  • WRafael FizievM-DEC R3
    Close +1953y 3mo before
Ilia Topuria
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -4061y before
  • WMax HollowayKO/TKO R3
    Close -2801y 8mo before
  • WAlexander VolkanovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close +1202y 4mo before
  • WJosh EmmettU-DEC R5
    Close -3793y before
  • WBryce MitchellSUB R2
    Close -1503y 6mo before
Gaethje — win / loss by method
Record: 27-5-0

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
20 wins, 3 losses
W
74% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (6%)Submission() 0
2 (12%)Decision() 0
Topuria — win / loss by method
Record: 17-0-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (11%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Gaethje
Topuria
15
UFC fights
9
182.2 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
84.3 min · 9.4 avg
14y 11m
Career length
11y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gaethje
Topuria
344W–78L · 81.5%
Overall
167W–32L · 83.9%
209W–53L · 79.8%
Wins
167W–32L · 83.9%
135W–25L · 84.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gaethje
Topuria
244W–97L · 71.6%
Overall
23W–8L · 74.2%
244W–97L · 71.6%
Wins
23W–8L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gaethje
Topuria
6.38
Landed / min
5.37
56.0%
Accuracy
44.3%
53.2%
Defense
64.7%
0.74
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.25
85.3%
Time at distance
70.5%
Grappling & control
Gaethje
Topuria
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.1%
74.1%
Takedown defense
93.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.07
74.2%
Control share
78.9%
Strike target map
Gaethje
  • Head65%(762)div 63%
  • Body11%(131)div 21%
  • Legs24%(287)div 16%
Topuria
  • Head71%(288)div 63%
  • Body17%(69)div 21%
  • Legs12%(48)div 16%

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

Justin Gaethje
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ilia Topuria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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