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Islam Makhachev
Islam Makhachev
16-1 · RUS
VS
Arman Tsarukyan
Arman Tsarukyan
13-1 · RUS
April 20, 2019 · Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Islam Makhachev def. Arman Tsarukyan by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makhachev6/91/401:45
Tsarukyan4/121/701:25
R2
Makhachev4/71/301:52
Tsarukyan4/110/200:21
R3
Makhachev4/42/202:30
Tsarukyan5/200/300:00
Total
Makhachev14/204/906:07
Tsarukyan13/431/1201:46

Scorecards

Makhachev vs Tsarukyan

RdDavid LethabyHoward HughesLukasz BosackiCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-1010-910-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2730-2729.2-27.8

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.827.3 · 16 Makhachev · 0 Tsarukyan

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Makhachev-Tsarukyan.

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
MakhachevWin probabilityTsarukyan
73.5%26.5%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
8%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Makhachev73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%
Submission6%9%
Decision49%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 14
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.2)act 4
Tsarukyan27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%34%
Submission2%7%
Decision16%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R216%
R36%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Makhachev
42.8%+130
Tsarukyan
-13055.6%
Most takedownstie 15.5%
Makhachev
76.2%-918
Tsarukyan
+9188.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 30.7
30.5
Over 30.5
42.9%
+133
Under 30.5
57.1%
-133
03977
Tsarukyan
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.2%
+137
Under 35.5
57.8%
-137
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Makhachev
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.4%
+103
Exactly 2
23.8%
push
Under 2
38.7%
-103
036
Tsarukyan
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+213
Under 0.5
68.1%
-213
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 12.0 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
Makhachev73.5%73.3%+0.2-320
Tsarukyan26.5%26.7%−0.2+260

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
MakhachevTsarukyan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1537
1607
Divisional
1537
1491
Striking offense
1482
1515
Striking defense
1500
1523
Grappling offense
1561
1524
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.24
Strikes landed / min
61%
Strike accuracy
0.82
Strikes absorbed / min
65%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.33
Takedowns / 15 min
87%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
+4
Win/loss streak
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Islam Makhachev
  • WKajan JohnsonSUB R1
    Close -6009mo before
  • WGleison TibauKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 3mo before
  • WNik LentzU-DEC R3
    Close -3302y 2mo before
  • WChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 7mo before
  • LAdriano MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1303y 7mo before
Arman Tsarukyan
No prior UFC fights.
Makhachev — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
19% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (45%)Submission() 0
4 (36%)Decision() 0
Tsarukyan — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (23%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Makhachev
Tsarukyan
6
UFC fights
0
45.1 min · 7.5 avg
Octagon time
16y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Makhachev
Tsarukyan
137W–40L · 77.4%
Overall
110W–33L · 76.9%
Wins
27W–7L · 79.4%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makhachev
Tsarukyan
69W–34L · 67.0%
Overall
140W–62L · 69.3%
69W–34L · 67.0%
Wins
137W–61L · 69.2%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Makhachev
Tsarukyan
3.17
Landed / min
45.8%
Accuracy
70.0%
Defense
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
30.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Makhachev
Tsarukyan
4.33
Takedowns / 15 min
86.7%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
1.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
84.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Makhachev
  • Head78%(79)div 63%
  • Body20%(20)div 20%
  • Legs2%(2)div 17%
Tsarukyan
  • 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.

Islam Makhachev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Arman Tsarukyan

No UFC fights on record.

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