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UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
Zak Ottow
Zak Ottow
15-5 · USA
VS
Mike Pyle
Mike Pyle
27-13-1 · USA
March 3, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Zak Ottow def. Mike Pyle by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:34
Ottow22/500/010:20
Pyle4/200/000:00
Total
Ottow22/500/010:20
Pyle4/200/000:00

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
OttowWin probabilityPyle
81.1%18.9%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
11%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ottow81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%38%
Submission9%11%
Decision41%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2659)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Pyle19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%51%
Submission2%12%
Decision7%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R216%
R38%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ottow
66.3%-205
Pyle
+20532.4%
Most takedownstie 56.1%
Ottow
27.1%-161
Pyle
+16116.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ottow
Expected: 45.7
45.5
Over 45.5
42.8%
+134
Under 45.5
57.2%
-134
058115
Pyle
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
42.0%
+133
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
55.9%
-133
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Ottow
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+222
Under 0.5
69.0%
-222
035
Pyle
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.4%
+367
Under 0.5
78.6%
-367
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 10.1 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
Ottow81.1%74.0%+7.1-330
Pyle18.9%26.0%−7.1+270

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
64.2Striking64.9
Pyle +0.8
40.7Grappling63.1
Pyle +22.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OttowPyle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1547
1531
Divisional
1548
1496
Striking offense
1496
1499
Striking defense
1484
1487
Grappling offense
1488
1505
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
31 yrs
Age
42 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.15
Strikes landed / min
2.57
39%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.77
Strikes absorbed / min
2.85
58%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.63
33%
Takedown accuracy
37%
67%
Takedown defense
73%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
428
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zak Ottow
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R1
    Close +1703mo before
  • WKiichi KunimotoS-DEC R3
    Close -3709mo before
  • LSergio MoraesS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 3mo before
  • WJoshua BurkmanS-DEC R3
    Close +2201y 5mo before
Mike Pyle
  • LAlex GarciaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1801y 2mo before
  • LAlberto MinaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1251y 8mo before
  • WSean SpencerKO/TKO R3
    Close +1352y 1mo before
  • LColby CovingtonU-DEC R3
    Close +2652y 9mo before
  • LJordan MeinKO/TKO R1
    Close +2453y 6mo before
Ottow — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(33%) 1
Pyle — win / loss by method
Record: 27-13-1

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
7 wins, 7 losses
W
26% of wins
L
54% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
59% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
15% of losses
UFC
10win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(75%) 6
2 (20%)Submission(13%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(13%) 1
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
14 (82%)Submission(60%) 3
1 (6%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ottow
Pyle
4
UFC fights
18
48.0 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
147.6 min · 8.2 avg
14y 3m
Career length
26y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ottow
Pyle
68W–24L · 73.9%
Overall
287W–76L · 79.1%
45W–18L · 71.4%
Wins
150W–45L · 76.9%
23W–6L · 79.3%
Losses
137W–31L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ottow
Pyle
135W–156L · 46.4%
Overall
218W–85L · 71.9%
105W–147L · 41.7%
Wins
157W–66L · 70.4%
30W–9L · 76.9%
Losses
61W–19L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Ottow
Pyle
4.44
Landed / min
3.51
38.4%
Accuracy
34.6%
61.8%
Defense
68.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
67.2%
Time at distance
42.8%
Grappling & control
Ottow
Pyle
0.63
Takedowns / 15 min
1.63
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
37.2%
66.7%
Takedown defense
73.1%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.42
16.5%
Control share
37.0%
Strike target map
Ottow
  • Head56%(84)div 63%
  • Body19%(28)div 20%
  • Legs26%(39)div 16%
Pyle
  • Head68%(258)div 63%
  • Body16%(59)div 20%
  • Legs16%(62)div 16%

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

Zak Ottow
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pyle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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