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Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
8-1 · USA
VS
Mark Hunt
Mark Hunt
13-11-1 · NZL
February 10, 2018 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
255.5lb
Weigh-in
265.0lb
Curtis Blaydes def. Mark Hunt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blaydes9/353/402:16
Hunt11/210/010:01
R2
Blaydes16/321/402:37
Hunt2/90/000:01
R3
Blaydes31/386/604:42
Hunt1/20/000:05
Total
Blaydes56/10510/1409:35
Hunt14/320/010:07

Scorecards

Blaydes vs Hunt

RdAdam MetcalfEvan FieldHowie BoothCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---10-9
R3---10-8.4
Total30-2630-2629-2729.2-27.2

Media (22 cards) · avg 29.227.3 · 22 Blaydes · 0 Hunt

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blaydes-Hunt.

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
BlaydesWin probabilityHunt
94.6%5.4%
KO / TKO
67%
Submission
11%
Decision
22%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO63%67%
Submission11%11%
Decision21%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 56
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 10
Hunt5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%69%
Submission0%9%
Decision1%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 14
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R215%
R339%
Distance22%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Blaydes
80.4%-432
Hunt
+43218.6%
Most takedownstie 36.4%
Blaydes
59.7%-1508
Hunt
+15084.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 56.0
56
Over 56
41.9%
+136
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
56.9%
-136
071141
Hunt
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
41.5%
+135
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.0%
-135
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.1%
+127
Under 1.5
55.9%
-127
035
Hunt
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
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 9.9 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
Blaydes94.6%63.5%+31.1-190
Hunt5.4%36.5%−31.1+165

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
71.8Striking58.8
Blaydes +13.0
54.1Grappling49.2
Blaydes +4.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlaydesHunt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1570
1555
Divisional
1570
1503
Striking offense
1532
1496
Striking defense
1510
1533
Grappling offense
1476
1519
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
26 yrs
Age
43 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'10"
80"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.75
Strikes landed / min
2.64
48%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.30
57%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
49%
Takedown accuracy
54%
25%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
57%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • WAleksei OleinikKO/TKO R2
    Close -3003mo before
  • WDaniel OmielanczukU-DEC R3
    Close -6407mo before
  • WCody EastKO/TKO R2
    Close -2351y 4mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y 10mo before
Mark Hunt
  • WDerrick LewisKO/TKO R4
    Close +1308mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R3
    Close +11011mo before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 11mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2902y 3mo before
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R5
    Close +1952y 9mo before
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
88% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Hunt — win / loss by method
Record: 13-11-1, 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
10 wins, 5 losses
W
77% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 6 losses
W
0% of wins
L
55% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win5loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Hunt
5
UFC fights
15
44.7 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
166.5 min · 11.1 avg
12y 2m
Career length
22y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Hunt
92W–20L · 82.1%
Overall
263W–75L · 77.8%
86W–19L · 81.9%
Wins
168W–51L · 76.7%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
95W–24L · 79.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Hunt
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
199W–52L · 79.3%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
78W–29L · 72.9%
0W–0L
Losses
121W–23L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Blaydes
Hunt
4.44
Landed / min
3.62
32.3%
Accuracy
41.3%
61.8%
Defense
56.0%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
47.9%
Time at distance
61.2%
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Hunt
6.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
48.7%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
25.0%
Takedown defense
73.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.09
90.0%
Control share
33.6%
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head67%(141)div 66%
  • Body16%(34)div 19%
  • Legs17%(37)div 15%
Hunt
  • Head82%(360)div 66%
  • Body9%(40)div 19%
  • Legs9%(40)div 15%

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mark Hunt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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