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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott
Marcio Barbosa
Marcio Barbosa
17-2 · BRA
VS
Dennis Buzukja
Dennis Buzukja
12-5 · USA
April 18, 2026 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Marcio Barbosa def. Dennis Buzukja by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:20
Barbosa4/80/010:00
Buzukja5/130/000:00
Total
Barbosa4/80/010:00
Buzukja5/130/000:00

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
BarbosaWin probabilityBuzukja
70.5%29.5%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
20%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Barbosa, blue toward Buzukja. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Barbosa71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%38%57%
Submission15%22%10%
Decision28%40%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 4
Takedowns2.2 (0.05.6)act 0
Buzukja29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%22%11%
Submission5%17%4%
Decision18%61%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 5
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R217%
R36%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Barbosa
52.2%-112
Buzukja
+11246.6%
Most takedownstie 17.3%
Barbosa
74.1%-866
Buzukja
+8668.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Barbosa
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
39.2%
+152
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.6%
-152
053106
Buzukja
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
39.6%
+153
Under 38.5
60.4%
-153
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Barbosa
Expected: 2.2
2
Over 2
43.5%
-113
Exactly 2
18.2%
push
Under 2
38.3%
+113
047
Buzukja
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.7%
+305
Under 0.5
75.3%
-305
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 9.7 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
Barbosa70.5%76.8%−6.3-407
Buzukja29.5%23.2%+6.3+312
By method
Barbosa by KO/TKO23.8%56.9%−33.1-199
Barbosa by submission14.3%9.7%+4.6+780
Barbosa by decision32.5%9.6%+22.9+789
Buzukja by KO/TKO9.9%10.8%−0.9+696
Buzukja by submission6.0%4.2%+1.8+1922
Buzukja by decision13.6%8.7%+4.9+880
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.3%40.4%+28.9+131
Over 2.5 rds52.4%24.9%+27.5+274
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.0%19.9%+26.1+371

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
BarbosaBuzukja
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1546
Pound-for-pound
1498
1546
Divisional
1515
1482
Striking offense
1508
1500
Striking defense
1487
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.71
Strike accuracy
41%
Strikes absorbed / min
4.90
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
57%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
25%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
602
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcio Barbosa
No prior UFC fights.
Dennis Buzukja
  • LFrancis MarshallS-DEC R3
    Close +1641y 8mo before
  • WConnor MatthewsKO/TKO R3
    Close -1292y 1mo before
  • LJamall EmmersKO/TKO R1
    Close +2002y 5mo before
  • LSean WoodsonU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1502y 8mo before
Barbosa — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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
14 wins, 2 losses
W
82% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (12%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Buzukja — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
42% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Barbosa
Buzukja
0
UFC fights
4
Octagon time
41.2 min · 10.3 avg
Career length
7y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Barbosa
Buzukja
Overall
42W–11L · 79.2%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
35W–10L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Barbosa
Buzukja
105W–36L · 74.5%
Overall
57W–40L · 58.8%
83W–29L · 74.1%
Wins
51W–38L · 57.3%
22W–7L · 75.9%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Barbosa
Buzukja
Landed / min
6.93
Accuracy
41.0%
Defense
55.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
Time at distance
62.0%
Grappling & control
Barbosa
Buzukja
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
57.1%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
18.6%
Strike target map
Barbosa
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Buzukja
  • Head59%(114)div 63%
  • Body23%(44)div 20%
  • Legs19%(36)div 16%

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

Marcio Barbosa

No UFC fights on record.

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

Dennis Buzukja
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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