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UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs Story
Zubaira Tukhugov
Zubaira Tukhugov
16-3 · RUS
VS
Ernest Chavez
Ernest Chavez
8-1 · USA
October 4, 2014 · Stockholm, Sweden
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Zubaira Tukhugov def. Ernest Chavez by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:21
Tukhugov40/670/000:08
Chavez12/300/000:00
Total
Tukhugov40/670/000:08
Chavez12/300/000:00

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
TukhugovWin probabilityChavez
82.9%17.1%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
25%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tukhugov83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%17%
Submission20%24%
Decision49%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 40
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Chavez17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%20%
Submission4%26%
Decision9%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 12
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R25%
R37%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Tukhugov
58.8%-148
Chavez
+14839.8%
Most takedownstie 37.8%
Tukhugov
43.3%-229
Chavez
+22918.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tukhugov
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.0%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.4%
-134
053106
Chavez
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.1%
+138
Under 34.5
57.9%
-138
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Tukhugov
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.9%
+152
Exactly 1
22.0%
push
Under 1
47.1%
-152
035
Chavez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.9%
+223
Under 0.5
69.1%
-223
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 10.7 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
Tukhugov82.9%71.1%+11.8-260
Chavez17.1%28.9%−11.8+240

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
66.8Striking64.6
Tukhugov +2.3
37.7Grappling34.2
Tukhugov +3.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TukhugovChavez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1524
1548
Divisional
1523
1480
Striking offense
1496
1506
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
23 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.33
Strikes landed / min
2.79
37%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.80
Strikes absorbed / min
3.10
72%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
50%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
50%
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%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zubaira Tukhugov
  • WDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -1058mo before
Ernest Chavez
  • LElias SilverioSUB R3
    Close +4354mo before
  • WYosdenis CedenoS-DEC R3
    Close +2757mo before
Tukhugov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (7%)Submission(33%) 1
9 (60%)Decision(33%) 1
Chavez — 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tukhugov
Chavez
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
29.4 min · 14.7 avg
16y 5m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tukhugov
Chavez
22W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
19W–2L · 90.5%
22W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tukhugov
Chavez
55W–33L · 62.5%
Overall
26W–25L · 51.0%
48W–30L · 61.5%
Wins
26W–25L · 51.0%
7W–3L · 70.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tukhugov
Chavez
2.31
Landed / min
3.60
39.7%
Accuracy
37.9%
73.0%
Defense
66.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
83.7%
Time at distance
65.4%
Grappling & control
Tukhugov
Chavez
3.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
83.4%
Strike target map
Tukhugov
  • Head71%(25)div 64%
  • Body26%(9)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 17%
Chavez
  • Head51%(42)div 64%
  • Body21%(17)div 19%
  • Legs28%(23)div 17%

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

Zubaira Tukhugov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ernest Chavez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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