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UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez
Bogdan Grad
Bogdan Grad
15-4 · AUT
VS
Dennis Buzukja
Dennis Buzukja
12-6 · USA
August 1, 2026 · Belgrade, Vojvodina, Serbia
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Bogdan Grad def. Dennis Buzukja by SUB (Arm Triangle), R2 4:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Grad27/403/602:44
Buzukja22/390/000:00
R2 · 4:33
Grad17/341/601:40
Buzukja24/500/000:00
Total
Grad44/744/1204:24
Buzukja46/890/000:00

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
GradWin probabilityBuzukja
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
20%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Grad, blue toward Buzukja. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Grad63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%36%21%
Submission14%23%11%
Decision26%41%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 44
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.5)act 4
Buzukja37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%17%
Submission6%16%5%
Decision21%56%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 46
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R216%
R39%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Grad
52.2%-112
Buzukja
+11246.6%
Most takedownstie 21.2%
Grad
69.6%-761
Buzukja
+7619.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grad
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
39.2%
+152
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.6%
-152
051101
Buzukja
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.8%
+151
Under 36.5
60.2%
-151
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Grad
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.9%
+104
Exactly 2
16.8%
push
Under 2
42.3%
-104
047
Buzukja
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.8%
+359
Under 0.5
78.2%
-359
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 10.1 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
Grad63.2%64.4%−1.2-207
Buzukja36.8%35.6%+1.2+168
By method
Grad by KO/TKO20.8%21.3%−0.5+301
Grad by submission12.9%10.8%+2.1+694
Grad by decision29.5%31.1%−1.6+174
Buzukja by KO/TKO12.1%17.1%−5.0+401
Buzukja by submission7.5%4.5%+3.0+1790
Buzukja by decision17.2%15.2%+2.0+462
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.4%69.9%+2.5-301
Over 2.5 rds55.9%47.8%+8.1-140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.7%49.3%−2.6-111

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
69.9Striking60.6
Grad +9.3
64.0Grappling15.9
Grad +48.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GradBuzukja
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1484
1518
Divisional
1500
1496
Striking offense
1506
1493
Striking defense
1480
1513
Grappling offense
1485
1499
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.81
Strikes landed / min
4.68
59%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.21
Strikes absorbed / min
4.85
49%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40%
Takedown accuracy
0%
75%
Takedown defense
57%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
20%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
33%
Last-5 win rate
20%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Bogdan Grad
  • LLuke RileyKO/TKO R2
    Close +2058mo before
  • LMuhammad NaimovU-DEC R3
    Close +2071y 1mo before
  • WLucas AlexanderKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose +1021y 6mo before
Dennis Buzukja
  • LMarcio BarbosaKO/TKO R1
    Close +3123mo before
  • LFrancis MarshallS-DEC R3
    Close +1641y 11mo before
  • WConnor MatthewsKO/TKO R3
    Close -1292y 4mo before
  • LJamall EmmersKO/TKO R1
    Close +2002y 9mo before
  • LSean WoodsonU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1503y before
Grad — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (21%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (21%)Decision(50%) 1
Buzukja — win / loss by method
Record: 12-6-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Grad
Buzukja
3
UFC fights
5
29.9 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
42.5 min · 8.5 avg
7y 6m
Career length
7y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Grad
Buzukja
31W–7L · 81.6%
Overall
59W–13L · 81.9%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
23W–3L · 88.5%
Losses
52W–12L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grad
Buzukja
85W–45L · 65.4%
Overall
57W–40L · 58.8%
79W–44L · 64.2%
Wins
51W–38L · 57.3%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Grad
Buzukja
3.01
Landed / min
6.77
40.6%
Accuracy
40.9%
53.8%
Defense
55.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
31.1%
Time at distance
63.2%
Grappling & control
Grad
Buzukja
5.02
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.4%
Control share
18.6%
Strike target map
Grad
  • Head65%(55)div 64%
  • Body19%(16)div 20%
  • Legs15%(13)div 16%
Buzukja
  • Head57%(114)div 64%
  • Body23%(46)div 20%
  • Legs20%(39)div 16%

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

Bogdan Grad
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dennis Buzukja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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