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Arjan Bhullar
Arjan Bhullar
7-1 · CAN
VS
Marcelo Golm
Marcelo Golm
6-1 · BRA
October 27, 2018 · Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
242.0lb
Weigh-in
255.5lb
Arjan Bhullar def. Marcelo Golm by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bhullar21/370/000:37
Golm23/450/000:00
R2
Bhullar12/250/102:17
Golm16/350/100:28
R3
Bhullar14/221/104:04
Golm4/70/000:00
Total
Bhullar47/841/206:58
Golm43/870/100:28

Scorecards

Bhullar vs Golm

RdDeclan WoodsEmile ArsenaultJames LockeCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.3
R29-109-109-109.2-9.8
R310-910-910-810-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2729-28

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Bhullar · 0 Golm

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bhullar-Golm.

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
BhullarWin probabilityGolm
58.3%41.7%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
14%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bhullar58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%42%
Submission5%10%
Decision28%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 47
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.5)act 1
Golm42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%53%
Submission8%19%
Decision12%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 43
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R225%
R38%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Bhullar
51.8%-111
Golm
+11146.5%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Bhullar
69.8%-1103
Golm
+11036.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bhullar
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.3%
+136
Under 32.5
57.7%
-136
04182
Golm
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
42.6%
+134
Under 30.5
57.4%
-134
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Bhullar
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.0%
+120
Exactly 2
18.6%
push
Under 2
44.4%
-120
036
Golm
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.1%
Exactly 0
83.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 9.5 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
Bhullar58.3%59.6%−1.3-160
Golm41.7%40.4%+1.3+140

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
67.5Striking70.6
Golm +3.2
35.2Grappling65.3
Golm +30.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BhullarGolm
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1516
1520
Divisional
1516
1474
Striking offense
1503
1500
Striking defense
1508
1549
Grappling offense
1508
1547
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.50
Strikes landed / min
5.49
49%
Strike accuracy
67%
2.05
Strikes absorbed / min
4.61
68%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.05
Takedowns / 15 min
0.88
75%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arjan Bhullar
  • LAdam WieczorekSUB R2
    Close -3256mo before
  • WLuis HenriqueU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 2mo before
Marcelo Golm
  • LTimothy JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1709mo before
  • WChristian ColomboSUB R1
    Close -2651y before
Bhullar — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Golm — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Bhullar
Golm
2
UFC fights
2
22.0 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
17.1 min · 8.6 avg
11y 9m
Career length
11y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bhullar
Golm
19W–4L · 82.6%
Overall
19W–6L · 76.0%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
8W–2L · 80.0%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bhullar
Golm
22W–10L · 68.8%
Overall
1W–4L · 20.0%
22W–10L · 68.8%
Wins
1W–4L · 20.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Bhullar
Golm
1.70
Landed / min
6.79
42.2%
Accuracy
52.3%
70.7%
Defense
72.4%
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.8%
Time at distance
29.2%
Grappling & control
Bhullar
Golm
2.05
Takedowns / 15 min
0.88
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.88
100.0%
Control share
29.4%
Strike target map
Bhullar
  • Head97%(32)div 66%
  • Body3%(1)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
Golm
  • Head77%(72)div 66%
  • Body15%(14)div 19%
  • Legs9%(8)div 15%

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

Arjan Bhullar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcelo Golm
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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