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Blagoy Ivanov
Blagoy Ivanov
16-2 · BGR
VS
Ben Rothwell
Ben Rothwell
36-10 · USA
March 9, 2019 · Wichita, Kansas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
254.5lb
Weigh-in
264.5lb
Blagoy Ivanov def. Ben Rothwell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ivanov19/390/000:00
Rothwell9/220/000:00
R2
Ivanov29/750/000:00
Rothwell28/590/000:00
R3
Ivanov24/640/000:00
Rothwell33/820/000:00
Total
Ivanov72/1780/000:00
Rothwell70/1630/000:00

Scorecards

Ivanov vs Rothwell

RdDerek ClearyKevin ChampionSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R210-910-99-109.5-9.5
R39-1010-910-99.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828-29

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 16 Ivanov · 0 Rothwell

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

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 probabilityRothwell
71.4%28.6%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
8%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.0 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 Rothwell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ivanov71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%55%
Submission6%9%
Decision26%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 72
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Rothwell29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%75%
Submission2%6%
Decision5%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 70
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R217%
R38%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Ivanov
53.0%-117
Rothwell
+11745.5%
Most takedownstie 59.5%
Ivanov
11.6%+248
Rothwell
-24828.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ivanov
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Rothwell
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Ivanov
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.3%
Exactly 0
84.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rothwell
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+214
Under 0.5
68.1%
-214
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 8.0 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
Ivanov71.4%47.8%+23.6+100
Rothwell28.6%52.2%−23.6-120

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
45.2Striking50.7
Rothwell +5.5
25.0Grappling44.0
Rothwell +19.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
IvanovRothwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1588
1542
Divisional
1587
1474
Striking offense
1506
1501
Striking defense
1494
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'4"
73"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.04
Strikes landed / min
2.97
22%
Strike accuracy
43%
4.40
Strikes absorbed / min
4.61
56%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
Takedown accuracy
33%
100%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
1063
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Blagoy Ivanov
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +1658mo before
Ben Rothwell
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close -1052y 11mo before
  • WJosh BarnettSUB R2
    Close +1203y 1mo before
  • WMatt MitrioneSUB R1
    Close +1453y 9mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close +3004y 6mo before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R3
    Close -1555y 6mo before
Ivanov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0, 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
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Rothwell — win / loss by method
Record: 36-10-0

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
27 wins, 4 losses
W
75% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
30win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
24 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (13%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (7%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Ivanov
Rothwell
1
UFC fights
10
25.0 min · 25.0 avg
Octagon time
93.1 min · 9.3 avg
18y 9m
Career length
25y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ivanov
Rothwell
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
178W–62L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Wins
136W–45L · 75.1%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Losses
42W–17L · 71.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ivanov
Rothwell
222W–74L · 75.0%
Overall
509W–183L · 73.6%
201W–70L · 74.2%
Wins
472W–168L · 73.8%
21W–4L · 84.0%
Losses
37W–15L · 71.2%
Distance striking
Ivanov
Rothwell
1.97
Landed / min
3.40
21.6%
Accuracy
37.2%
55.6%
Defense
42.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
99.6%
Time at distance
60.3%
Grappling & control
Ivanov
Rothwell
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
54.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
100.0%
Control share
52.8%
Strike target map
Ivanov
  • Head78%(40)div 66%
  • Body20%(10)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 15%
Rothwell
  • Head74%(204)div 66%
  • Body14%(40)div 19%
  • Legs12%(32)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.

Ben Rothwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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