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UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
Blagoy Ivanov
Blagoy Ivanov
17-2 · BGR
VS
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa
10-2 · AUS
June 8, 2019 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
251.0lb
Weigh-in
259.0lb
Blagoy Ivanov def. Tai Tuivasa by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ivanov22/340/010:30
Tuivasa14/370/001:48
R2
Ivanov30/541/100:07
Tuivasa27/620/000:24
R3
Ivanov21/351/102:01
Tuivasa23/450/000:26
Total
Ivanov73/1232/212:38
Tuivasa64/1440/002:38

Scorecards

Ivanov vs Tuivasa

RdBrandon MasonBrian PuccilloChris LeeCommunity
R110-9-10-910-9
R210-9-10-99.7-9.3
R310-9-10-99.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2830-2729.6-27.4

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 14 Ivanov · 0 Tuivasa

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ivanov-Tuivasa.

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
IvanovWin probabilityTuivasa
52.2%47.8%
KO / TKO
56%
Submission
7%
Decision
37%
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 Ivanov, blue toward Tuivasa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ivanov52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%46%
Submission6%11%
Decision22%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 73
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Tuivasa48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%67%
Submission1%2%
Decision15%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 64
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R219%
R36%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Ivanov
48.2%+104
Tuivasa
-10450.2%
Most takedownstie 63.6%
Ivanov
24.1%-197
Tuivasa
+19712.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ivanov
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
42.5%
+135
Under 35.5
57.5%
-135
04589
Tuivasa
Expected: 36.3
36.5
Over 36.5
42.1%
+138
Under 36.5
57.9%
-138
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Ivanov
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.7%
+275
Under 0.5
73.3%
-275
035
Tuivasa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.1%
Exactly 0
84.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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
Ivanov52.2%40.4%+11.8+140
Tuivasa47.8%59.6%−11.8-160

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
52.3Striking73.7
Tuivasa +21.4
25.0Grappling25.0
Ivanov +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
IvanovTuivasa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1554
1560
Divisional
1553
1478
Striking offense
1511
1501
Striking defense
1508
1546
Grappling offense
1493
1544
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.08
Strikes landed / min
4.42
30%
Strike accuracy
52%
4.50
Strikes absorbed / min
3.06
56%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
75%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Blagoy Ivanov
  • WBen RothwellU-DEC R3
    Close +1003mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +16511mo before
Tai Tuivasa
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1406mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y before
  • WCyril AskerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2751y 4mo before
  • WRashad CoulterKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 7mo before
Ivanov — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0, 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Tuivasa — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
90% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ivanov
Tuivasa
2
UFC fights
4
40.0 min · 20.0 avg
Octagon time
29.4 min · 7.3 avg
18y 9m
Career length
14y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ivanov
Tuivasa
54W–15L · 78.3%
Overall
63W–25L · 71.6%
36W–10L · 78.3%
Wins
44W–20L · 68.8%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ivanov
Tuivasa
222W–74L · 75.0%
Overall
32W–23L · 58.2%
201W–70L · 74.2%
Wins
25W–18L · 58.1%
21W–4L · 84.0%
Losses
7W–5L · 58.3%
Distance striking
Ivanov
Tuivasa
3.00
Landed / min
5.05
29.6%
Accuracy
48.8%
56.3%
Defense
62.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.02
99.1%
Time at distance
66.7%
Grappling & control
Ivanov
Tuivasa
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
69.0%
Strike target map
Ivanov
  • Head73%(90)div 66%
  • Body24%(29)div 19%
  • Legs3%(4)div 15%
Tuivasa
  • Head70%(91)div 66%
  • Body21%(27)div 19%
  • Legs9%(12)div 15%

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

Blagoy Ivanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tai Tuivasa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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