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UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
14-4 · CAN
VS
Muslim Salikhov
Muslim Salikhov
14-1 · RUS
November 25, 2017 · Shanghai, Hebei, China
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Alex Garcia def. Muslim Salikhov by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia2/122/402:11
Salikhov7/140/000:00
R2 · 3:22
Garcia4/121/300:56
Salikhov3/130/000:00
Total
Garcia6/243/703:07
Salikhov10/270/000:00

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
GarciaWin probabilitySalikhov
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
14%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garcia53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission9%16%
Decision35%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 6
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.1)act 3
Salikhov47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%28%
Submission6%12%
Decision28%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R220%
R36%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garcia
42.5%+132
Salikhov
-13256.1%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Garcia
52.6%-480
Salikhov
+48011.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.8%
+134
Under 37.5
57.2%
-134
04895
Salikhov
Expected: 43.6
43.5
Over 43.5
42.7%
+134
Under 43.5
57.3%
-134
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.4%
+110
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
41.1%
-110
035
Salikhov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.7%
Exactly 0
80.3%
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 12.0 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
Garcia53.1%34.2%+18.9+180
Salikhov46.9%65.8%−18.9-220

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaSalikhov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1546
Pound-for-pound
1541
1544
Divisional
1541
1495
Striking offense
1500
1508
Striking defense
1533
1502
Grappling offense
1480
1524
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.13
Strikes landed / min
31%
Strike accuracy
3.43
Strikes absorbed / min
62%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
3.81
Takedowns / 15 min
54%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
153
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Garcia
  • LTim MeansU-DEC R3
    Close +2555mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -22011mo before
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R3
    Close -1051y 9mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close -4702y 5mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -1453y 3mo before
Muslim Salikhov
No prior UFC fights.
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Salikhov — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (14%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Salikhov
7
UFC fights
0
78.7 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
16y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Salikhov
113W–31L · 78.5%
Overall
60W–19L · 75.9%
Wins
53W–12L · 81.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Salikhov
57W–34L · 62.6%
Overall
117W–52L · 69.2%
44W–26L · 62.9%
Wins
115W–52L · 68.9%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Garcia
Salikhov
2.91
Landed / min
28.4%
Accuracy
65.5%
Defense
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
58.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Garcia
Salikhov
3.81
Takedowns / 15 min
54.1%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
75.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head88%(147)div 63%
  • Body10%(17)div 20%
  • Legs2%(4)div 16%
Salikhov
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Alex Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Muslim Salikhov

No UFC fights on record.

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