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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. De Ridder
Martin Buday
Martin Buday
15-2 · SVK
VS
Marcus Buchecha
Marcus Buchecha
5-1 · BRA
July 26, 2025 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
266.0lb
Weigh-in
254.0lb
Martin Buday def. Marcus Buchecha by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Buday19/440/000:43
Buchecha19/420/600:32
R2
Buday9/120/000:50
Buchecha3/81/103:01
R3
Buday13/300/001:18
Buchecha2/100/401:32
Total
Buday41/860/002:51
Buchecha24/601/1105:05

Scorecards

Buday vs Buchecha

RdBen CartlidgeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Buday · 0 Buchecha

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Buday-Buchecha.

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
BudayWin probabilityBuchecha
60.5%39.5%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
13%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Buday61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%46%11%
Submission5%9%4%
Decision28%45%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 41
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Buchecha39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%50%11%
Submission7%19%43%
Decision12%31%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1345)act 24
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.9)act 1
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R220%
R37%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Buday
54.8%-125
Buchecha
+12543.9%
Most takedownstie 34.6%
Buday
14.8%+341
Buchecha
-34150.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Buday
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
39.3%
+151
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.4%
-151
04998
Buchecha
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
39.1%
+152
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.5%
-152
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Buday
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.6%
+291
Under 0.5
74.4%
-291
035
Buchecha
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
39.8%
+104
Exactly 1
18.7%
push
Under 1
41.5%
-104
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 9.2 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
Buday60.5%30.6%+29.9+212
Buchecha39.5%69.4%−29.9-266
By method
Buday by KO/TKO28.8%11.2%+17.6+657
Buday by submission7.7%3.6%+4.1+2278
Buday by decision24.0%16.6%+7.4+411
Buchecha by KO/TKO18.8%11.4%+7.4+643
Buchecha by submission5.0%42.6%−37.6-102
Buchecha by decision15.7%14.7%+1.0+476
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.5%98.7%−31.2-132
Over 2.5 rds47.0%38.7%+8.3+141
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.7%33.2%+6.5+181

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
BudayBuchecha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1519
1597
Divisional
1519
1510
Striking offense
1474
1481
Striking defense
1500
1492
Grappling offense
1561
1524
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
33 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.67
Strikes landed / min
53%
Strike accuracy
5.14
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.18
Takedowns / 15 min
25%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
80%
Last-5 win rate
17%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Martin Buday
  • WUran SatybaldievU-DEC R3
    Close -1684mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiS-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 1mo before
  • LShamil GazievKO/TKO R2
    Close -1201y 7mo before
  • WJosh ParisianSUB R1
    Close -2121y 11mo before
  • WJake CollierU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 3mo before
Marcus Buchecha
No prior UFC fights.
Buday — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 1
Buchecha — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Buday
Buchecha
7
UFC fights
0
81.8 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
10y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Buday
Buchecha
111W–45L · 71.2%
Overall
100W–45L · 69.0%
Wins
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Buday
Buchecha
57W–37L · 60.6%
Overall
34W–8L · 81.0%
50W–36L · 58.1%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Buday
Buchecha
6.15
Landed / min
46.1%
Accuracy
58.8%
Defense
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
53.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Buday
Buchecha
0.18
Takedowns / 15 min
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
60.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Buday
  • Head63%(242)div 65%
  • Body23%(87)div 20%
  • Legs14%(53)div 16%
Buchecha
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • 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.

Martin Buday
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcus Buchecha

No UFC fights on record.

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