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March 16, 2019 · London, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Saparbeg Safarov def. Nicolae Negumereanu by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Safarov17/221/203:00
Negumereanu7/140/000:00
R2
Safarov35/461/103:15
Negumereanu4/110/000:00
R3
Safarov18/181/204:31
Negumereanu0/20/000:00
Total
Safarov70/863/5010:46
Negumereanu11/270/000:00

Scorecards

Safarov vs Negumereanu

RdAnders OhlssonHoward HughesPaul SutherlandCommunity
R19-99-99-98.8-9.2
R210-810-810-910-8.6
R310-910-910-910-8.4
Total29-2629-2629-2728.8-26.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 2926.2 · 14 Safarov · 0 Negumereanu

Point deductions: R11 Safarov (Grabbing the fence)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Safarov-Negumereanu. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
SafarovWin probabilityNegumereanu
49.0%51.0%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
12%
Decision
36%
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 Safarov, blue toward Negumereanu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Safarov49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%53%
Submission5%11%
Decision18%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 70
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 3
Negumereanu51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%52%
Submission7%13%
Decision18%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 11
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R224%
R36%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Safarov
52.9%-117
Negumereanu
+11745.3%
Most takedownstie 42.2%
Safarov
35.5%-159
Negumereanu
+15922.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Safarov
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.2%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.7%
-138
04080
Negumereanu
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.1%
+137
Under 29.5
57.9%
-137
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Safarov
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.5%
+125
Under 0.5
55.5%
-125
035
Negumereanu
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
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
Safarov49.0%38.8%+10.2+150
Negumereanu51.0%61.2%−10.2-170

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
SafarovNegumereanu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1530
1497
Divisional
1530
1481
Striking offense
1482
1494
Striking defense
1500
1542
Grappling offense
1561
1538
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
32 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
78"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.81
Strikes landed / min
29%
Strike accuracy
6.10
Strikes absorbed / min
45%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.54
Takedowns / 15 min
29%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
399
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Saparbeg Safarov
  • LTyson PedroSUB R1
    Close +2501y 1mo before
  • LGian VillanteKO/TKO R2
    Close +1652y 3mo before
Nicolae Negumereanu
No prior UFC fights.
Safarov — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (25%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Negumereanu — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Safarov
Negumereanu
2
UFC fights
0
11.8 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
15y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Safarov
Negumereanu
20W–8L · 71.4%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
20W–8L · 71.4%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Safarov
Negumereanu
81W–49L · 62.3%
Overall
34W–81L · 29.6%
81W–49L · 62.3%
Wins
34W–81L · 29.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Safarov
Negumereanu
4.49
Landed / min
27.9%
Accuracy
49.5%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
73.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Safarov
Negumereanu
2.54
Takedowns / 15 min
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
78.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Safarov
  • Head80%(36)div 65%
  • Body16%(7)div 19%
  • Legs4%(2)div 16%
Negumereanu
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Saparbeg Safarov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nicolae Negumereanu

No UFC fights on record.

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