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UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev
Justin Gaethje
Justin Gaethje
25-5 · USA
VS
Rafael Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev
12-3 · KAZ
March 8, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Justin Gaethje def. Rafael Fiziev by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gaethje12/210/100:14
Fiziev21/322/200:40
R2
Gaethje21/520/010:43
Fiziev17/400/000:00
R3
Gaethje39/610/200:35
Fiziev30/470/000:00
Total
Gaethje72/1340/311:32
Fiziev68/1192/200:40

Scorecards

Gaethje vs Fiziev

RdBen CartlidgeChris LeeRon McCarthyCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Gaethje · 0 Fiziev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gaethje-Fiziev.

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
GaethjeWin probabilityFiziev
60.3%39.7%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
10%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.9 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 Gaethje, blue toward Fiziev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gaethje60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%37%
Submission6%10%
Decision32%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (35111)act 72
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Fiziev40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%24%
Submission5%11%
Decision26%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (33106)act 68
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 2
Combined totals~160 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R215%
R314%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Gaethje
51.1%-106
Fiziev
+10648.3%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Gaethje
15.1%+199
Fiziev
-19930.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 81.8
82
Over 82
39.4%
+153
Exactly 82
0.6%
push
Under 82
60.0%
-153
0103205
Fiziev
Expected: 77.8
78
Over 78
39.3%
+153
Exactly 78
0.6%
push
Under 78
60.1%
-153
098195
Takedowns — over/under
Gaethje
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.8%
Exactly 0
80.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Fiziev
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+192
Under 0.5
65.7%
-192
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 11.9 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
Gaethje60.3%41.8%+18.5+130
Fiziev39.7%58.2%−18.5-154

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
69.7Striking63.6
Gaethje +6.1
32.7Grappling44.4
Fiziev +11.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GaethjeFiziev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1637
Pound-for-pound
1580
1623
Divisional
1579
1549
Striking offense
1516
1476
Striking defense
1487
1475
Grappling offense
1478
1523
Grappling defense
1545
Physical
36 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
6.78
Strikes landed / min
4.90
59%
Strike accuracy
52%
7.46
Strikes absorbed / min
4.97
52%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
0.29
25%
Takedown accuracy
40%
75%
Takedown defense
89%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
62%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
329
Days since last fight
532
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Gaethje
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R5
    Close -18211mo before
  • WDustin PoirierKO/TKO R2
    Close +1251y 7mo before
  • WRafael FizievM-DEC R3
    Close +1952y before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R1
    Close +1172y 10mo before
  • WMichael ChandlerU-DEC R3
    Close -2183y 4mo before
Rafael Fiziev
  • LMateusz GamrotKO/TKO R2
    Close -1431y 5mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeM-DEC R3
    Close -2452y before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R5
    Close -2132y 8mo before
  • WBrad RiddellKO/TKO R3
    Close -1243y 3mo before
  • WKing GreenU-DEC R3
    Close -3003y 7mo before
Gaethje — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0

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
20 wins, 3 losses
W
80% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
4% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (82%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (6%)Submission() 0
2 (12%)Decision() 0
Fiziev — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Gaethje
Fiziev
13
UFC fights
9
142.2 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
105.2 min · 11.7 avg
14y 11m
Career length
11y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gaethje
Fiziev
309W–72L · 81.1%
Overall
167W–45L · 78.8%
174W–47L · 78.7%
Wins
109W–36L · 75.2%
135W–25L · 84.4%
Losses
58W–9L · 86.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gaethje
Fiziev
244W–97L · 71.6%
Overall
22W–18L · 55.0%
244W–97L · 71.6%
Wins
22W–18L · 55.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gaethje
Fiziev
6.60
Landed / min
5.59
57.3%
Accuracy
49.8%
53.6%
Defense
51.3%
0.63
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
90.5%
Time at distance
78.4%
Grappling & control
Gaethje
Fiziev
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
0.29
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
89.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.2%
Control share
45.0%
Strike target map
Gaethje
  • Head61%(586)div 63%
  • Body11%(107)div 21%
  • Legs28%(271)div 16%
Fiziev
  • Head45%(232)div 63%
  • Body37%(191)div 21%
  • Legs18%(92)div 16%

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

Justin Gaethje
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Fiziev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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