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UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir
13-1 · CHE
VS
Misha Cirkunov
Misha Cirkunov
13-2 · LVA
May 28, 2017 · Stockholm, Sweden
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Volkan Oezdemir def. Misha Cirkunov by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:28
Oezdemir5/70/010:02
Cirkunov9/190/000:00
Total
Oezdemir5/70/010:02
Cirkunov9/190/000:00

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
OezdemirWin probabilityCirkunov
54.6%45.4%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
23%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oezdemir55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%58%
Submission7%14%
Decision16%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 5
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Cirkunov45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%45%
Submission16%35%
Decision9%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 9
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R219%
R320%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Oezdemir
62.8%-176
Cirkunov
+17635.7%
Most takedownstie 48.3%
Oezdemir
12.7%+306
Cirkunov
-30638.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 40.6
40.5
Over 40.5
42.6%
+135
Under 40.5
57.4%
-135
051102
Cirkunov
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
41.5%
+136
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.3%
-136
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Oezdemir
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.3%
+448
Under 0.5
81.7%
-448
035
Cirkunov
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+205
Exactly 1
16.1%
push
Under 1
56.4%
-205
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 8.5 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
Oezdemir54.6%20.3%+34.3+375
Cirkunov45.4%79.7%−34.3-470

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
66.7Striking77.8
Cirkunov +11.1
25.0Grappling89.0
Cirkunov +64.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OezdemirCirkunov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1581
1553
Divisional
1581
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.47
Strikes landed / min
3.97
45%
Strike accuracy
53%
5.07
Strikes absorbed / min
2.28
60%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.96
0%
Takedown accuracy
56%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
113
Days since last fight
169
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Volkan Oezdemir
  • WOvince Saint PreuxS-DEC R3
    Close +3354mo before
Misha Cirkunov
  • WNikita KrylovSUB R1
    Close -1056mo before
  • WIon CutelabaSUB R3
    Close -22011mo before
  • WAlex NicholsonSUB R2
    Close -7001y 4mo before
  • WDaniel JollyKO/TKO R1
    Close -5701y 9mo before
Oezdemir — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Cirkunov — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oezdemir
Cirkunov
1
UFC fights
4
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
27.2 min · 6.8 avg
15y 11m
Career length
16y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oezdemir
Cirkunov
19W–9L · 67.9%
Overall
38W–5L · 88.4%
19W–9L · 67.9%
Wins
38W–5L · 88.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oezdemir
Cirkunov
37W–32L · 53.6%
Overall
80W–36L · 69.0%
31W–29L · 51.7%
Wins
68W–29L · 70.1%
6W–3L · 66.7%
Losses
12W–7L · 63.2%
Distance striking
Oezdemir
Cirkunov
5.87
Landed / min
4.13
42.8%
Accuracy
44.2%
61.0%
Defense
73.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
80.6%
Time at distance
57.8%
Grappling & control
Oezdemir
Cirkunov
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.96
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.65
68.6%
Control share
76.1%
Strike target map
Oezdemir
  • Head62%(51)div 65%
  • Body21%(17)div 19%
  • Legs17%(14)div 16%
Cirkunov
  • Head79%(85)div 65%
  • Body18%(19)div 19%
  • Legs4%(4)div 16%

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

Volkan Oezdemir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Misha Cirkunov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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