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UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs Cro Cop 2
Leon Edwards
Leon Edwards
8-2 · GBR
VS
Seth Baczynski
Seth Baczynski
18-10 · USA
April 11, 2015 · Krakow, Poland
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Leon Edwards def. Seth Baczynski by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:08
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:08
Edwards3/30/010:02
Baczynski0/40/000:00
Total
Edwards3/30/010:02
Baczynski0/40/000:00

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
EdwardsWin probabilityBaczynski
95.4%4.6%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
49%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edwards95%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%21%
Submission47%49%
Decision28%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 3
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 0
Baczynski5%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%18%
Submission3%59%
Decision1%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R155%
R27%
R39%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Edwards
69.6%-244
Baczynski
+24428.5%
Most takedownstie 38.5%
Edwards
53.1%-628
Baczynski
+6288.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 30.5
30.5
Over 30.5
42.6%
+135
Under 30.5
57.4%
-135
03977
Baczynski
Expected: 18.9
19
Over 19
40.6%
+138
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
56.1%
-138
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.2%
+126
Exactly 1
25.0%
push
Under 1
41.8%
-126
035
Baczynski
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
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 7.4 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
Edwards95.4%61.2%+34.2-170
Baczynski4.6%38.8%−34.2+150

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
68.9Striking56.9
Edwards +11.9
18.5Grappling34.8
Baczynski +16.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsBaczynski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1510
1505
Divisional
1520
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.20
Strikes landed / min
3.09
54%
Strike accuracy
32%
2.27
Strikes absorbed / min
3.12
58%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
Takedown accuracy
17%
67%
Takedown defense
48%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leon Edwards
  • LClaudio SilvaS-DEC R3
    Close -2155mo before
Seth Baczynski
  • LAlan JoubanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1558mo before
  • LThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close +4231y before
  • WNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 5mo before
  • LBrian MelanconKO/TKO R1
    Close -2801y 9mo before
  • LMike PierceU-DEC R3
    Close +3552y 4mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Baczynski — win / loss by method
Record: 18-10-0

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, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
13win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (62%)Submission(60%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Baczynski
1
UFC fights
10
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
100.4 min · 10.0 avg
15y 2m
Career length
20y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Baczynski
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
106W–34L · 75.7%
0W–0L
Wins
52W–16L · 76.5%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
54W–18L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Baczynski
45W–12L · 78.9%
Overall
83W–49L · 62.9%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
53W–29L · 64.6%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
30W–20L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Edwards
Baczynski
3.96
Landed / min
5.30
44.9%
Accuracy
26.0%
65.2%
Defense
57.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
37.1%
Time at distance
39.2%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Baczynski
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
48.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.75
18.4%
Control share
38.8%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head76%(25)div 63%
  • Body24%(8)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Baczynski
  • Head66%(206)div 63%
  • Body23%(70)div 21%
  • Legs11%(34)div 16%

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

Leon Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Seth Baczynski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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