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UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
Adam Milstead
Adam Milstead
8-1 · USA
VS
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
6-1 · USA
February 4, 2017 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
233.5lb
Weigh-in
264.5lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Milstead1/10/000:00
Blaydes18/267/804:20
R2 · 0:59
Milstead0/00/000:00
Blaydes7/71/200:44
Total
Milstead1/10/000:00
Blaydes25/338/1005:04

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
MilsteadWin probabilityBlaydes
6.6%93.4%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
10%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 7.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Milstead7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%57%
Submission1%19%
Decision2%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Blaydes93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO59%64%
Submission9%9%
Decision25%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 25
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 8
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R226%
R34%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Milstead
22.1%+345
Blaydes
-34576.5%
Most takedownstie 32.9%
Milstead
3.7%+1722
Blaydes
-172263.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Milstead
Expected: 21.7
21.5
Over 21.5
42.9%
+133
Under 21.5
57.1%
-133
02855
Blaydes
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.7%
+134
Under 41.5
57.3%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Milstead
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.2%
Exactly 0
91.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Blaydes
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.6%
+119
Under 1.5
54.4%
-119
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 7.5 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
Milstead6.6%24.1%−17.5+300
Blaydes93.4%75.9%+17.5-370

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
75.7Striking72.7
Milstead +3.0
25.0Grappling50.0
Blaydes +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MilsteadBlaydes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1507
Striking offense
1492
1498
Striking defense
1490
1501
Grappling offense
1553
1504
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
76"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.43
Strikes landed / min
4.46
50%
Strike accuracy
55%
4.33
Strikes absorbed / min
3.35
60%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
6.16
Takedown accuracy
58%
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
251
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Adam Milstead
  • WChris de la RochaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2908mo before
Curtis Blaydes
  • WCody EastKO/TKO R2
    Close -2354mo before
  • LFrancis NgannouKO/TKO R2
    Close -16010mo before
Milstead — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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

Profiles

Experience
Milstead
Blaydes
1
UFC fights
2
9.0 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
17.0 min · 8.5 avg
15y 2m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Milstead
Blaydes
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
18W–3L · 85.7%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Milstead
Blaydes
37W–36L · 50.7%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
37W–35L · 51.4%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Milstead
Blaydes
9.11
Landed / min
3.50
47.0%
Accuracy
41.3%
63.7%
Defense
60.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.2%
Time at distance
52.0%
Grappling & control
Milstead
Blaydes
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
6.16
Takedown accuracy
58.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
10.1%
Control share
76.5%
Strike target map
Milstead
  • Head90%(52)div 67%
  • Body9%(5)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 15%
Blaydes
  • Head75%(57)div 67%
  • Body11%(8)div 19%
  • Legs14%(11)div 15%

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

Adam Milstead
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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