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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
Chris Padilla
Chris Padilla
14-6 · USA
VS
Zhu Rongzhu
Zhu Rongzhu
22-5 · CHN
September 7, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Chris Padilla def. Zhu Rongzhu by KO/TKO (Eye injury to Rongzhu), R2 4:14
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Padilla35/530/000:00
Rongzhu27/540/000:00
R2 · 4:14
Padilla33/520/100:00
Rongzhu22/340/000:12
Total
Padilla68/1050/100:00
Rongzhu49/880/000:12

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
PadillaWin probabilityRongzhu
46.4%53.6%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
20%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Padilla, blue toward Rongzhu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Padilla46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%26%
Submission10%23%
Decision24%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 68
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.4)act 0
Rongzhu54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%38%
Submission10%18%
Decision24%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 49
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R217%
R310%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Padilla
48.9%+102
Rongzhu
-10249.7%
Most takedownstie 25.4%
Padilla
51.9%-228
Rongzhu
+22822.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Padilla
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
39.9%
+151
Under 32.5
60.1%
-151
04182
Rongzhu
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.7%
+154
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.8%
-154
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Padilla
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
46.7%
+114
Under 1.5
53.3%
-114
035
Rongzhu
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.6%
+146
Under 0.5
59.4%
-146
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 10.3 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
Padilla46.4%30.9%+15.5+210
Rongzhu53.6%69.1%−15.5-258

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
57.2Striking53.5
Padilla +3.7
75.0Grappling68.2
Padilla +6.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PadillaRongzhu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1525
1524
Divisional
1525
1497
Striking offense
1506
1498
Striking defense
1489
1507
Grappling offense
1499
1507
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
28 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.64
Strikes landed / min
4.27
46%
Strike accuracy
48%
4.18
Strikes absorbed / min
6.38
53%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
9.89
Takedowns / 15 min
3.64
100%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
100%
3.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
924
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Padilla
  • WJames LlontopSUB R1
    opp missedClose +3334mo before
Zhu Rongzhu
  • LIgnacio BahamondesSUB R3
    Close +1832y 6mo before
  • WBrandon JenkinsKO/TKO R3
    missedClose -2503y before
  • LKazula VargasU-DEC R3
    Close -2103y 4mo before
Padilla — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
4 (31%)Submission(33%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(50%) 3
Rongzhu — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
21win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (24%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Padilla
Rongzhu
1
UFC fights
3
4.5 min · 4.5 avg
Octagon time
41.3 min · 13.8 avg
12y 4m
Career length
10y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Padilla
Rongzhu
14W–2L · 87.5%
Overall
38W–15L · 71.7%
14W–2L · 87.5%
Wins
15W–7L · 68.2%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–8L · 74.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Padilla
Rongzhu
156W–98L · 61.4%
Overall
165W–83L · 66.5%
97W–74L · 56.7%
Wins
142W–69L · 67.3%
59W–24L · 71.1%
Losses
23W–14L · 62.2%
Distance striking
Padilla
Rongzhu
2.89
Landed / min
5.00
39.1%
Accuracy
43.0%
52.5%
Defense
45.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
68.5%
Time at distance
62.6%
Grappling & control
Padilla
Rongzhu
9.89
Takedowns / 15 min
3.64
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
3.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
82.9%
Strike target map
Padilla
  • Head50%(6)div 63%
  • Body8%(1)div 21%
  • Legs42%(5)div 16%
Rongzhu
  • Head82%(145)div 63%
  • Body11%(19)div 21%
  • Legs7%(12)div 16%

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

Chris Padilla
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zhu Rongzhu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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