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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Aleksei Oleinik
Aleksei Oleinik
55-11-1 · RUS
VS
Junior Albini
Junior Albini
14-3 · BRA
May 12, 2018 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
235.0lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
Aleksei Oleinik def. Junior Albini by SUB (Ezekiel Choke), R1 1:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:45
Oleinik10/170/300:15
Albini10/151/100:13
Total
Oleinik10/170/300:15
Albini10/151/100:13

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
OleinikWin probabilityAlbini
29.9%70.1%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
30%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 6.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oleinik30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%36%
Submission15%51%
Decision4%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 10
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Albini70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%61%
Submission15%21%
Decision12%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 10
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R159%
R218%
R37%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Oleinik
49.9%-104
Albini
+10447.9%
Most takedownstie 53.0%
Oleinik
26.1%-126
Albini
+12620.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oleinik
Expected: 25.2
25
Over 25
41.7%
+133
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
55.7%
-133
03264
Albini
Expected: 24.7
24.5
Over 24.5
42.9%
+133
Under 24.5
57.1%
-133
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Oleinik
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.7%
+216
Under 0.5
68.3%
-216
035
Albini
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
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 6.1 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
Oleinik29.9%41.8%−11.9+135
Albini70.1%58.2%+11.9-145

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
64.9Striking56.2
Oleinik +8.7
68.1Grappling25.0
Oleinik +43.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OleinikAlbini
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1532
1596
Divisional
1531
1513
Striking offense
1507
1493
Striking defense
1496
1512
Grappling offense
1493
1484
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
40 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.21
Strikes landed / min
3.87
52%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.39
Strikes absorbed / min
6.22
52%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53%
Takedown accuracy
0%
13%
Takedown defense
100%
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aleksei Oleinik
  • LCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +2506mo before
  • WTravis BrowneSUB R2
    Close +24510mo before
  • WViktor PestaSUB R1
    Close -1401y 4mo before
  • LDaniel OmielanczukM-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 10mo before
  • WJared RosholtKO/TKO R1
    Close +3753y 6mo before
Junior Albini
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -3206mo before
  • WTimothy JohnsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +24010mo before
Oleinik — win / loss by method
Record: 55-11-1

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
8 wins, 5 losses
W
15% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
43 wins, 2 losses
W
78% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
51win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (14%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
40 (78%)Submission(22%) 2
4 (8%)Decision(33%) 3
Albini — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (46%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oleinik
Albini
6
UFC fights
2
39.0 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
17.9 min · 8.9 avg
29y 9m
Career length
17y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oleinik
Albini
76W–18L · 80.9%
Overall
36W–18L · 66.7%
51W–12L · 81.0%
Wins
11W–3L · 78.6%
25W–6L · 80.6%
Losses
25W–15L · 62.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oleinik
Albini
399W–173L · 69.8%
Overall
58W–48L · 54.7%
292W–142L · 67.3%
Wins
53W–47L · 53.0%
107W–31L · 77.5%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Oleinik
Albini
6.60
Landed / min
4.31
41.8%
Accuracy
42.2%
63.9%
Defense
58.8%
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.84
27.6%
Time at distance
63.7%
Grappling & control
Oleinik
Albini
3.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
12.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
2.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
58.1%
Control share
72.5%
Strike target map
Oleinik
  • Head67%(84)div 66%
  • Body23%(29)div 19%
  • Legs10%(12)div 15%
Albini
  • Head67%(46)div 66%
  • Body22%(15)div 19%
  • Legs12%(8)div 15%

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

Aleksei Oleinik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Junior Albini
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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