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UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
7-1 · USA
VS
Aleksei Oleinik
Aleksei Oleinik
55-10-1 · RUS
November 4, 2017 · New York City, New York, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
258.8lb
Weigh-in
246.2lb
Curtis Blaydes def. Aleksei Oleinik by KO/TKO (Doctor's Stoppage), R2 1:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blaydes30/743/311:17
Oleinik26/500/000:16
R2 · 1:39
Blaydes9/271/100:37
Oleinik8/180/000:00
Total
Blaydes39/1014/411:54
Oleinik34/680/000:16

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 probabilityOleinik
90.3%9.7%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
31%
Decision
12%
Expected fight time: 6.3 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 Oleinik. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO55%61%
Submission24%27%
Decision11%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 39
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 4
Oleinik10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%19%
Submission8%76%
Decision0%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 34
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R226%
R311%
Distance12%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Blaydes
76.5%-350
Oleinik
+35021.8%
Most takedownstie 43.0%
Blaydes
46.8%-458
Oleinik
+45810.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.4%
+136
Under 34.5
57.6%
-136
04487
Oleinik
Expected: 17.7
17.5
Over 17.5
43.2%
+131
Under 17.5
56.8%
-131
02345
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.2%
+147
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
48.7%
-147
035
Oleinik
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.0%
Exactly 0
83.0%
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 6.3 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
Blaydes90.3%72.4%+17.9-300
Oleinik9.7%27.6%−17.9+250

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
74.3Striking63.8
Blaydes +10.5
51.4Grappling74.7
Oleinik +23.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlaydesOleinik
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1616
1535
Divisional
1616
1493
Striking offense
1506
1498
Striking defense
1500
1536
Grappling offense
1533
1520
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
26 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
80"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.55
Strikes landed / min
2.81
51%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.87
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
59%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.92
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
43%
Takedown accuracy
53%
25%
Takedown defense
25%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
80%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • WDaniel OmielanczukU-DEC R3
    Close -6404mo before
  • WCody EastKO/TKO R2
    Close -2351y 1mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y 7mo before
Aleksei Oleinik
  • WTravis BrowneSUB R2
    Close +2454mo before
  • WViktor PestaSUB R1
    Close -14010mo before
  • LDaniel OmielanczukM-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 4mo before
  • WJared RosholtKO/TKO R1
    Close +3752y 11mo before
  • WAnthony HamiltonSUB R1
    Close -1403y 4mo before
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0, 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
86% 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
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Oleinik — win / loss by method
Record: 55-10-1

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
8 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
43 wins, 2 losses
W
78% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
51win9loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (14%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
40 (78%)Submission(22%) 2
4 (8%)Decision(33%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Oleinik
4
UFC fights
5
38.0 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
32.3 min · 6.5 avg
12y 2m
Career length
29y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Oleinik
37W–10L · 78.7%
Overall
69W–17L · 80.2%
31W–9L · 77.5%
Wins
51W–12L · 81.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
18W–5L · 78.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Oleinik
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
399W–173L · 69.8%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
292W–142L · 67.3%
0W–0L
Losses
107W–31L · 77.5%
Distance striking
Blaydes
Oleinik
4.05
Landed / min
6.38
34.0%
Accuracy
38.9%
64.1%
Defense
57.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.93
46.1%
Time at distance
21.3%
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Oleinik
5.92
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
25.0%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.78
90.2%
Control share
62.4%
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head62%(108)div 66%
  • Body18%(32)div 19%
  • Legs19%(33)div 15%
Oleinik
  • Head68%(62)div 66%
  • Body26%(24)div 19%
  • Legs5%(5)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.

Aleksei Oleinik
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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