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UFC Freedom 250
Bo Nickal
Bo Nickal
8-1 · USA
VS
Kyle Daukaus
Kyle Daukaus
17-4 · USA
June 14, 2026 · Washington, DC, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Bo Nickal def. Kyle Daukaus by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:34
Nickal16/241/113:14
Daukaus2/70/000:00
Total
Nickal16/241/113:14
Daukaus2/70/000:00

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
NickalWin probabilityDaukaus
69.7%30.3%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
24%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Nickal, blue toward Daukaus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Nickal70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%37%29%
Submission14%21%18%
Decision30%42%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 16
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.8)act 1
Daukaus30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%25%7%
Submission9%32%13%
Decision13%43%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 2
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R221%
R37%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Nickal
49.1%+100
Daukaus
-10049.3%
Most takedownstie 34.2%
Nickal
43.8%-199
Daukaus
+19922.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nickal
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
39.0%
+152
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.4%
-152
03876
Daukaus
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
38.9%
+153
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.5%
-153
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Nickal
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.8%
+124
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
45.7%
-124
035
Daukaus
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.7%
+188
Under 0.5
65.3%
-188
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 9.6 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
Nickal69.7%74.0%−4.3-355
Daukaus30.3%26.0%+4.3+265
By method
Nickal by KO/TKO23.3%28.7%−5.4+199
Nickal by submission16.7%17.6%−0.9+389
Nickal by decision29.7%25.1%+4.6+242
Daukaus by KO/TKO10.1%7.0%+3.1+1120
Daukaus by submission7.3%13.0%−5.7+562
Daukaus by decision12.9%8.6%+4.3+900
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.3%57.8%+12.5-163
Over 2.5 rds49.4%40.4%+9.0+131
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.6%35.2%+7.4+166

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
76.8Striking60.6
Nickal +16.2
77.7Grappling63.1
Nickal +14.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NickalDaukaus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1573
Pound-for-pound
1540
1572
Divisional
1523
1505
Striking offense
1532
1504
Striking defense
1498
1519
Grappling offense
1515
1515
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.34
Strikes landed / min
3.04
61%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.15
Strikes absorbed / min
3.21
60%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
47%
Takedown accuracy
24%
100%
Takedown defense
77%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.6
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
44%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
211
Days since last fight
211
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bo Nickal
  • WRodolfo VieiraKO/TKO R3
    Close -2457mo before
  • LReinier de RidderKO/TKO R2
    Close -3851y 1mo before
  • WPaul CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -12191y 7mo before
  • WCody BrundageSUB R2
    Close -15422y 2mo before
  • WVal WoodburnKO/TKO R1
    Close -16002y 11mo before
Kyle Daukaus
  • WGerald MeerschaertSUB R1
    Close -4807mo before
  • WMichel PereiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +20510mo before
  • LEryk AndersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2323y 6mo before
  • LRoman DolidzeKO/TKO R1
    Close -2554y before
  • WJamie PickettSUB R1
    Close -3154y 4mo before
Nickal — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Daukaus — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0, 1 NC

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
10 (77%)Submission() 0
2 (15%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Nickal
Daukaus
6
UFC fights
9
46.5 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
64.2 min · 7.1 avg
4y 2m
Career length
9y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nickal
Daukaus
77W–26L · 74.8%
Overall
141W–53L · 72.7%
58W–24L · 70.7%
Wins
94W–40L · 70.1%
19W–2L · 90.5%
Losses
47W–13L · 78.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nickal
Daukaus
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
92W–42L · 68.7%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Wins
92W–42L · 68.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Nickal
Daukaus
4.75
Landed / min
8.41
59.9%
Accuracy
44.4%
64.3%
Defense
55.3%
0.65
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.47
59.0%
Time at distance
24.8%
Grappling & control
Nickal
Daukaus
2.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
46.7%
Takedown accuracy
23.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
76.9%
1.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.64
81.2%
Control share
61.6%
Strike target map
Nickal
  • Head61%(95)div 64%
  • Body21%(33)div 20%
  • Legs17%(27)div 16%
Daukaus
  • Head73%(142)div 64%
  • Body14%(28)div 20%
  • Legs13%(25)div 16%

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

Bo Nickal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyle Daukaus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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