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UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
Charles Byrd
Charles Byrd
9-4 · USA
VS
John Phillips
John Phillips
21-6 · GBR
March 17, 2018 · London, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Charles Byrd def. John Phillips by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 3:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:58
Byrd11/141/103:54
Phillips0/10/000:00
Total
Byrd11/141/103:54
Phillips0/10/000:00

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
ByrdWin probabilityPhillips
41.6%58.4%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
23%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Byrd42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission12%29%
Decision23%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 11
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 1
Phillips58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%44%
Submission11%19%
Decision21%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R216%
R310%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Byrd
48.1%+104
Phillips
-10450.1%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Byrd
54.3%-584
Phillips
+5849.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Byrd
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
41.1%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.8%
-138
03978
Phillips
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
42.5%
+135
Under 31.5
57.5%
-135
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Byrd
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
42.7%
+134
Under 1.5
57.3%
-134
035
Phillips
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
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 9.8 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
Byrd41.6%48.9%−7.3-105
Phillips58.4%51.1%+7.3-115

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1532
1506
Divisional
1532
Striking offense
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
34 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Charles Byrd
No prior UFC fights.
John Phillips
No prior UFC fights.
Byrd — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 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
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0, 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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
90% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
21win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
19 (90%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
2 (10%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Byrd
Phillips
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Byrd
Phillips
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Byrd
Phillips
87W–48L · 64.4%
Overall
217W–109L · 66.6%
61W–33L · 64.9%
Wins
141W–83L · 62.9%
26W–15L · 63.4%
Losses
76W–26L · 74.5%
Distance striking
Byrd
Phillips
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Byrd
Phillips
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Byrd
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Phillips
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Charles Byrd

No UFC fights on record.

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

John Phillips

No UFC fights on record.

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