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Arnold Allen
Arnold Allen
12-1 · GBR
VS
Mads Burnell
Mads Burnell
9-2 · DNK
May 27, 2018 · Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Arnold Allen def. Mads Burnell by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 2:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Allen27/710/000:06
Burnell14/371/401:24
R2
Allen0/130/000:00
Burnell4/133/304:10
R3 · 2:41
Allen2/60/000:03
Burnell2/62/502:13
Total
Allen29/900/000:09
Burnell20/566/1207:47

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
AllenWin probabilityBurnell
78.5%21.5%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
37%
Decision
42%
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 Allen, blue toward Burnell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Allen78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%23%
Submission27%35%
Decision33%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 29
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Burnell22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%11%
Submission10%45%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 20
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 6
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R28%
R36%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Allen
62.2%-173
Burnell
+17335.9%
Most takedownstie 29.5%
Allen
27.7%+155
Burnell
-15542.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Allen
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.2%
+137
Under 32.5
57.8%
-137
04181
Burnell
Expected: 24.1
24
Over 24
41.4%
+135
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.9%
-135
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Allen
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
47.5%
+111
Under 0.5
52.5%
-111
035
Burnell
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.6%
+112
Exactly 1
28.7%
push
Under 1
37.7%
-112
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
Allen78.5%68.4%+10.1-245
Burnell21.5%31.6%−10.1+205

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
60.9Striking51.9
Allen +9.0
69.2Grappling41.3
Allen +28.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AllenBurnell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1524
1574
Divisional
1535
1493
Striking offense
1484
1508
Striking defense
1495
1515
Grappling offense
1542
1502
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
24 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.06
Strikes landed / min
1.13
34%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.85
Strikes absorbed / min
2.91
55%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.88
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
57%
Takedown accuracy
43%
75%
Takedown defense
22%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
435
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Arnold Allen
  • WMakwan AmirkhaniS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 2mo before
  • WYaotzin MezaU-DEC R3
    Close -3402y 3mo before
  • WAlan OmerSUB R3
    Close +1452y 11mo before
Mads Burnell
  • WMike SantiagoU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1654mo before
  • LMichel PrazeresSUB R3
    opp missedClose +3209mo before
Allen — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1
Burnell — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% 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
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Allen
Burnell
3
UFC fights
2
41.7 min · 13.9 avg
Octagon time
26.4 min · 13.2 avg
14y 4m
Career length
12y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Allen
Burnell
53W–16L · 76.8%
Overall
43W–12L · 78.2%
53W–16L · 76.8%
Wins
21W–10L · 67.7%
0W–0L
Losses
22W–2L · 91.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Allen
Burnell
58W–26L · 69.0%
Overall
65W–36L · 64.4%
51W–24L · 68.0%
Wins
56W–34L · 62.2%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Allen
Burnell
3.04
Landed / min
4.68
25.8%
Accuracy
31.0%
62.0%
Defense
60.0%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.5%
Time at distance
10.5%
Grappling & control
Allen
Burnell
2.88
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
75.0%
Takedown defense
22.2%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.57
52.0%
Control share
41.7%
Strike target map
Allen
  • Head78%(67)div 65%
  • Body15%(13)div 19%
  • Legs7%(6)div 17%
Burnell
  • Head80%(24)div 65%
  • Body17%(5)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 17%

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

Arnold Allen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mads Burnell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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