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UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
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Charles Byrd
Charles Byrd
10-5 · USA
March 2, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Edmen Shahbazyan def. Charles Byrd by KO/TKO (Elbows), R1 0:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:38
Shahbazyan13/210/010:02
Byrd1/60/100:03
Total
Shahbazyan13/210/010:02
Byrd1/60/100:03

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
ShahbazyanWin probabilityByrd
90.3%9.7%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
30%
Decision
33%
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 Shahbazyan, blue toward Byrd. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Shahbazyan90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%39%
Submission25%28%
Decision30%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 13
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 0
Byrd10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%22%
Submission5%51%
Decision3%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 1
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R213%
R315%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Shahbazyan
78.6%-389
Byrd
+38920.2%
Most takedownstie 38.5%
Shahbazyan
29.7%+107
Byrd
-10731.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 49.3
49.5
Over 49.5
42.3%
+137
Under 49.5
57.7%
-137
062124
Byrd
Expected: 24.2
24
Over 24
41.7%
+133
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.6%
-133
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
035
Byrd
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
43.9%
+128
Under 0.5
56.1%
-128
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
Shahbazyan90.3%58.0%+32.3-150
Byrd9.7%42.0%−32.3+130

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
66.0Striking82.3
Byrd +16.3
60.8Grappling34.7
Shahbazyan +26.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ShahbazyanByrd
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1506
1540
Divisional
1506
1497
Striking offense
1502
1503
Striking defense
1493
1506
Grappling offense
1503
1498
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
21 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.47
Strikes landed / min
4.36
59%
Strike accuracy
64%
2.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.13
52%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
8.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
38%
Takedown accuracy
25%
67%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
92
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edmen Shahbazyan
  • WDarren StewartS-DEC R3
    Close -1203mo before
Charles Byrd
  • LDarren StewartKO/TKO R2
    Close -1706mo before
  • WJohn PhillipsSUB R1
    Close -10511mo before
Shahbazyan — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Byrd — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0

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
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (44%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (22%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Shahbazyan
Byrd
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11.3 min · 5.6 avg
9y 5m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shahbazyan
Byrd
9W–3L · 75.0%
Overall
29W–9L · 76.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Wins
21W–6L · 77.8%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shahbazyan
Byrd
28W–45L · 38.4%
Overall
87W–48L · 64.4%
28W–45L · 38.4%
Wins
61W–33L · 64.9%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–15L · 63.4%
Distance striking
Shahbazyan
Byrd
3.38
Landed / min
7.46
47.6%
Accuracy
55.6%
72.5%
Defense
79.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.7%
Time at distance
29.8%
Grappling & control
Shahbazyan
Byrd
8.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
38.1%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.33
93.6%
Control share
84.8%
Strike target map
Shahbazyan
  • Head55%(12)div 63%
  • Body27%(6)div 19%
  • Legs18%(4)div 18%
Byrd
  • Head88%(43)div 63%
  • Body6%(3)div 19%
  • Legs6%(3)div 18%

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

Edmen Shahbazyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles Byrd
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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