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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith
Joel Alvarez
Joel Alvarez
15-2 · ESP
VS
Danilo Belluardo
Danilo Belluardo
12-3 · ITA
June 1, 2019 · Stockholm, Sweden
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Joel Alvarez def. Danilo Belluardo by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvarez6/160/000:00
Belluardo11/171/102:58
R2 · 2:22
Alvarez13/250/000:17
Belluardo2/31/101:24
Total
Alvarez19/410/000:17
Belluardo13/202/204:22

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
AlvarezWin probabilityBelluardo
85.6%14.4%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
36%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvarez86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%22%
Submission34%39%
Decision33%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 19
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Belluardo14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%37%
Submission2%15%
Decision7%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 13
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 2
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R210%
R38%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Alvarez
65.1%-195
Belluardo
+19533.3%
Most takedownstie 32.6%
Alvarez
13.8%+389
Belluardo
-38953.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 36.7
36.5
Over 36.5
42.9%
+133
Under 36.5
57.1%
-133
04692
Belluardo
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
42.9%
+133
Under 25.5
57.1%
-133
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Alvarez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+296
Under 0.5
74.8%
-296
035
Belluardo
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
40.0%
-106
Exactly 1
22.4%
push
Under 1
37.6%
+106
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 8.8 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
Alvarez85.6%48.9%+36.7-105
Belluardo14.4%51.1%−36.7-115

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvarezBelluardo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1522
1528
Divisional
1522
1497
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.53
Strikes landed / min
30%
Strike accuracy
4.27
Strikes absorbed / min
57%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joel Alvarez
  • LDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close +2653mo before
Danilo Belluardo
No prior UFC fights.
Alvarez — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
93% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (7%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
14 (93%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Belluardo — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Alvarez
Belluardo
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
12y 7m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvarez
Belluardo
20W–1L · 95.2%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvarez
Belluardo
100W–35L · 74.1%
Overall
73W–45L · 61.9%
99W–35L · 73.9%
Wins
54W–41L · 56.8%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
19W–4L · 82.6%
Distance striking
Alvarez
Belluardo
2.48
Landed / min
29.4%
Accuracy
57.3%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
99.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Alvarez
Belluardo
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Alvarez
  • Head68%(26)div 63%
  • Body13%(5)div 20%
  • Legs18%(7)div 17%
Belluardo
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Joel Alvarez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Danilo Belluardo

No UFC fights on record.

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