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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov
Magomed Ankalaev
Magomed Ankalaev
21-2-1 · RUS
VS
Bogdan Guskov
Bogdan Guskov
18-3-1 · UZB
July 25, 2026 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.5lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Magomed Ankalaev def. Bogdan Guskov by KO/TKO (Punches), R5 2:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ankalaev19/390/100:00
Guskov11/220/000:00
R2
Ankalaev14/290/101:21
Guskov12/170/000:00
R3
Ankalaev15/330/000:00
Guskov15/220/000:00
R4
Ankalaev3/51/104:50
Guskov1/10/000:00
R5 · 2:41
Ankalaev3/71/102:15
Guskov0/10/000:00
Total
Ankalaev54/1132/408:26
Guskov39/630/000:00

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
AnkalaevWin probabilityGuskov
71.1%28.9%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
9%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 17.1 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 Ankalaev, blue toward Guskov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ankalaev71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%37%51%
Submission3%4%10%
Decision42%59%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (31101)act 54
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 2
Guskov29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%51%12%
Submission6%22%3%
Decision8%27%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (2580)act 39
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~133 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R213%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Ankalaev
57.2%-136
Guskov
+13642.1%
Most takedownstie 51.7%
Ankalaev
35.7%-285
Guskov
+28512.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ankalaev
Expected: 74.4
74.5
Over 74.5
39.7%
+152
Under 74.5
60.3%
-152
093186
Guskov
Expected: 58.6
58.5
Over 58.5
39.9%
+151
Under 58.5
60.1%
-151
074147
Takedowns — over/under
Ankalaev
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
27.1%
+224
Exactly 1
12.2%
push
Under 1
60.6%
-224
035
Guskov
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
17.3%
+479
Under 0.5
82.7%
-479
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 17.1 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
Ankalaev71.1%80.8%−9.7-546
Guskov28.9%19.2%+9.7+399
By method
Ankalaev by KO/TKO29.1%50.6%−21.5-147
Ankalaev by submission6.6%10.1%−3.5+740
Ankalaev by decision35.4%18.2%+17.2+366
Guskov by KO/TKO11.8%11.9%−0.1+616
Guskov by submission2.7%3.2%−0.5+2588
Guskov by decision14.4%6.0%+8.4+1324
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.8%62.5%+18.3-203
Over 2.5 rds68.3%46.4%+21.9+101
Over 3.5 rds59.0%36.3%+22.7+156
Over 4.5 rds53.6%29.5%+24.1+216
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.8%25.5%+24.3+268

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
71.9Striking66.0
Ankalaev +5.9
38.4Grappling24.5
Ankalaev +13.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AnkalaevGuskov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1673
Pound-for-pound
1585
1665
Divisional
1585
1529
Striking offense
1523
1521
Striking defense
1499
1480
Grappling offense
1493
1549
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.65
Strikes landed / min
4.57
53%
Strike accuracy
56%
2.59
Strikes absorbed / min
4.09
56%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22%
Takedown accuracy
88%
Takedown defense
57%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
0
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Magomed Ankalaev
  • LAlex PereiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -25010mo before
  • WAlex PereiraU-DEC R5
    Close +1041y 5mo before
  • WAleksandar RakicU-DEC R3
    Close -3591y 9mo before
  • WJohnny WalkerKO/TKO R2
    Close -5482y 6mo before
  • DJan BlachowiczS-DEC R5
    !Close -3503y 7mo before
Bogdan Guskov
  • DJan BlachowiczM-DEC R3
    Close -1268mo before
  • WNikita KrylovKO/TKO R1
    Close +1621y before
  • WBilly ElekanaSUB R2
    Close -4201y 6mo before
  • WRyan SpannKO/TKO R2
    Close +1452y 3mo before
  • WZac PaugaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 5mo before
Ankalaev — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-1, 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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
52% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
6 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0
Guskov — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-1

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
83% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (86%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ankalaev
Guskov
16
UFC fights
6
189.0 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
43.5 min · 7.3 avg
12y 6m
Career length
10y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ankalaev
Guskov
237W–70L · 77.2%
Overall
82W–29L · 73.9%
216W–65L · 76.9%
Wins
64W–22L · 74.4%
21W–5L · 80.8%
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ankalaev
Guskov
104W–40L · 72.2%
Overall
113W–56L · 66.9%
104W–40L · 72.2%
Wins
79W–47L · 62.7%
0W–0L
Losses
34W–9L · 79.1%
Distance striking
Ankalaev
Guskov
3.99
Landed / min
4.42
47.1%
Accuracy
48.8%
58.7%
Defense
48.6%
0.56
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.38
64.9%
Time at distance
60.8%
Grappling & control
Ankalaev
Guskov
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
87.5%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.69
88.5%
Control share
39.0%
Strike target map
Ankalaev
  • Head56%(383)div 63%
  • Body27%(189)div 19%
  • Legs17%(118)div 17%
Guskov
  • Head88%(175)div 63%
  • Body5%(9)div 19%
  • Legs8%(15)div 17%

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

Magomed Ankalaev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bogdan Guskov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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