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Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
18-5 · USA
VS
Rizvan Kuniev
Rizvan Kuniev
12-2-1 · RUS
June 21, 2025 · Baku, Azerbaijan
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
258.0lb
Weigh-in
264.5lb
Curtis Blaydes def. Rizvan Kuniev by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blaydes12/232/903:01
Kuniev8/220/000:00
R2
Blaydes16/390/400:08
Kuniev24/520/000:04
R3
Blaydes28/330/202:12
Kuniev13/340/000:22
Total
Blaydes56/952/1505:21
Kuniev45/1080/000:26

Scorecards

Blaydes vs Kuniev

RdBen CartlidgeDarryl RansomEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R39-1010-910-99.4-9.7
Total28-2929-2829-2828.4-28.7

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 Blaydes · 0 Kuniev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blaydes-Kuniev.

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 probabilityKuniev
81.0%19.0%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
15%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.1 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 Blaydes, blue toward Kuniev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blaydes81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%58%35%
Submission9%11%5%
Decision25%31%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1137)act 56
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 2
Kuniev19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%44%13%
Submission6%31%6%
Decision5%25%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (930)act 45
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R226%
R36%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Blaydes
55.8%-132
Kuniev
+13242.3%
Most takedownstie 34.0%
Blaydes
55.8%-549
Kuniev
+54910.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 27.4
27.5
Over 27.5
39.6%
+153
Under 27.5
60.4%
-153
03569
Kuniev
Expected: 22.2
22
Over 22
39.0%
+151
Exactly 22
2.2%
push
Under 22
58.8%
-151
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Blaydes
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.6%
-107
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
38.1%
+107
035
Kuniev
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
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 8.1 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
Blaydes81.0%68.5%+12.5-252
Kuniev19.0%31.5%−12.5+203
By method
Blaydes by KO/TKO44.8%35.3%+9.5+139
Blaydes by submission12.2%4.5%+7.7+1759
Blaydes by decision24.0%27.0%−3.0+212
Kuniev by KO/TKO10.5%13.0%−2.5+547
Kuniev by submission2.9%6.2%−3.3+1265
Kuniev by decision5.6%14.0%−8.4+503
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds61.7%63.0%−1.3-209
Over 2.5 rds35.7%46.7%−11.0+101
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.6%42.0%−12.4+123

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
BlaydesKuniev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1643
Pound-for-pound
1530
1642
Divisional
1530
1534
Striking offense
1500
1507
Striking defense
1533
1528
Grappling offense
1480
1521
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
1.91
Strikes absorbed / min
59%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.69
Takedowns / 15 min
53%
Takedown accuracy
32%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
68%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
62%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
329
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Blaydes
  • LTom AspinallKO/TKO R1
    Close +30711mo before
  • WJailton AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1151y 3mo before
  • LSergei PavlovichKO/TKO R1
    Close -1332y 2mo before
  • WTom AspinallKO/TKO R1
    Close +1342y 11mo before
  • WChris DaukausKO/TKO R2
    Close -4983y 3mo before
Rizvan Kuniev
No prior UFC fights.
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0, 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
13 wins, 5 losses
W
72% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
13win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 5
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Kuniev — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-1, 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, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
1 (8%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blaydes
Kuniev
19
UFC fights
0
163.5 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
12y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Blaydes
Kuniev
350W–88L · 79.9%
Overall
278W–73L · 79.2%
Wins
72W–15L · 82.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blaydes
Kuniev
18W–6L · 75.0%
Overall
116W–74L · 61.1%
18W–6L · 75.0%
Wins
111W–73L · 60.3%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Blaydes
Kuniev
3.82
Landed / min
34.6%
Accuracy
63.6%
Defense
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
42.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Blaydes
Kuniev
5.69
Takedowns / 15 min
53.4%
Takedown accuracy
31.6%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
91.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Blaydes
  • Head69%(400)div 65%
  • Body12%(69)div 20%
  • Legs19%(110)div 16%
Kuniev
  • 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.

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rizvan Kuniev

No UFC fights on record.

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