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UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
26-15 · BLR
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
28-9 · NLD
March 3, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
247.5lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
Andrei Arlovski def. Stefan Struve by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Arlovski14/252/201:42
Struve14/240/100:01
R2
Arlovski8/201/301:41
Struve7/180/101:16
R3
Arlovski24/431/401:08
Struve13/320/100:00
Total
Arlovski46/884/904:31
Struve34/740/301:17

Scorecards

Arlovski vs Struve

RdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgeTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-99-109.5-9.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2729-2829.4-27.7

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.427.8 · 12 Arlovski · 0 Struve

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Arlovski-Struve.

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
ArlovskiWin probabilityStruve
15.4%84.6%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
6%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Arlovski15%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%54%
Submission0%1%
Decision7%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 46
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 4
Struve85%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%49%
Submission6%7%
Decision37%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 34
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~0.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R219%
R314%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Arlovski
48.3%+105
Struve
-10550.6%
Most takedownstie 85.4%
Arlovski
4.4%+229
Struve
-22910.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Arlovski
Expected: 51.9
52
Over 52
41.8%
+136
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.9%
-136
065130
Struve
Expected: 53.2
53
Over 53
42.2%
+134
Exactly 53
1.3%
push
Under 53
56.6%
-134
067134
Takedowns — over/under
Arlovski
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.8%
Exactly 0
95.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.4%
Exactly 0
89.6%
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 10.3 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
Arlovski15.4%37.2%−21.8+160
Struve84.6%62.8%+21.8-185

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
65.8Striking58.5
Arlovski +7.3
42.7Grappling70.0
Struve +27.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ArlovskiStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1592
1584
Divisional
1592
1541
Striking offense
1514
1532
Striking defense
1483
1488
Grappling offense
1505
1547
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
39 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'11"
77"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.22
Strikes landed / min
3.36
41%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.63
Strikes absorbed / min
4.14
58%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
30%
Takedown accuracy
67%
82%
Takedown defense
60%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.2
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
73%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Andrei Arlovski
  • WJunior AlbiniU-DEC R3
    Close +2604mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close +1909mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouKO/TKO R1
    Close +3351y 1mo before
  • LJosh BarnettSUB R3
    Close +1101y 6mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R2
    Close +2001y 10mo before
Stefan Struve
  • LAlexander VolkovKO/TKO R3
    Close +1106mo before
  • WDaniel OmielanczukSUB R2
    Close -1901y 5mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 10mo before
  • LJared RosholtU-DEC R3
    Close -1602y 4mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1702y 7mo before
Arlovski — win / loss by method
Record: 26-15-0, 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
17 wins, 10 losses
W
65% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
15win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(67%) 6
2 (13%)Submission(11%) 1
4 (27%)Decision(22%) 2
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(33%) 2
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 28-9-0

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
8 wins, 7 losses
W
29% of wins
L
78% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
11% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(86%) 6
5 (42%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Arlovski
Struve
24
UFC fights
19
183.2 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
135.3 min · 7.1 avg
27y 4m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Arlovski
Struve
364W–85L · 81.1%
Overall
292W–78L · 78.9%
192W–50L · 79.3%
Wins
176W–44L · 80.0%
172W–35L · 83.1%
Losses
116W–34L · 77.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Arlovski
Struve
458W–117L · 79.7%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
376W–106L · 78.0%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
82W–11L · 88.2%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Arlovski
Struve
4.05
Landed / min
5.05
36.2%
Accuracy
43.6%
66.5%
Defense
49.1%
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
58.1%
Time at distance
54.3%
Grappling & control
Arlovski
Struve
0.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
81.8%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.22
31.7%
Control share
29.9%
Strike target map
Arlovski
  • Head60%(355)div 66%
  • Body15%(88)div 19%
  • Legs25%(147)div 15%
Struve
  • Head57%(259)div 66%
  • Body21%(97)div 19%
  • Legs22%(98)div 15%

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

Andrei Arlovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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