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Dennis Buzukja
Dennis Buzukja
12-4 · USA
August 24, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Francis Marshall def. Dennis Buzukja by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Marshall6/191/203:56
Buzukja6/160/000:00
R2
Marshall23/560/111:01
Buzukja30/520/000:00
R3
Marshall28/750/300:29
Buzukja30/770/100:08
Total
Marshall57/1501/615:26
Buzukja66/1450/100:08

Scorecards

Marshall vs Buzukja

RdAdalaide ByrdBen CartlidgeJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-99-109.7-9.3
R39-1010-910-99.5-9.5
Total28-2930-2729-2829.2-27.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 11 Marshall · 0 Buzukja

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Marshall-Buzukja.

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
MarshallWin probabilityBuzukja
53.5%46.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
17%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Marshall, blue toward Buzukja. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Marshall54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%9%
Submission12%23%16%
Decision27%50%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1756)act 57
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 1
Buzukja46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%34%14%
Submission5%10%5%
Decision25%56%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 66
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R215%
R39%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Marshall
47.4%+109
Buzukja
-10951.5%
Most takedownstie 34.4%
Marshall
43.4%-195
Buzukja
+19522.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Marshall
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
39.9%
+151
Under 41.5
60.1%
-151
052104
Buzukja
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
39.2%
+152
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.7%
-152
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Marshall
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.4%
+126
Exactly 1
17.6%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-126
035
Buzukja
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.5%
+190
Under 0.5
65.5%
-190
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
Marshall53.5%63.7%−10.2-200
Buzukja46.5%36.3%+10.2+163
By method
Marshall by KO/TKO16.2%9.5%+6.7+786
Marshall by submission9.1%15.6%−6.5+439
Marshall by decision28.2%35.4%−7.2+137
Buzukja by KO/TKO14.1%13.7%+0.4+511
Buzukja by submission7.9%5.0%+2.9+1582
Buzukja by decision24.5%20.9%+3.6+301
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.7%74.3%+2.4-389
Over 2.5 rds61.9%65.1%−3.2-232
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.7%58.5%−5.8-166

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
42.1Striking56.0
Buzukja +13.9
40.1Grappling10.4
Marshall +29.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MarshallBuzukja
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1514
1522
Divisional
1528
1499
Striking offense
1506
1495
Striking defense
1489
1490
Grappling offense
1489
1505
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
1.54
Strikes landed / min
4.89
18%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.57
Strikes absorbed / min
5.54
48%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
38%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
33%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
378
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Francis Marshall
  • LIsaac DulgarianKO/TKO R1
    Close -1541y before
  • LWilliam GomisS-DEC R3
    Close -1971y 4mo before
  • WMarcelo RojoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1711y 9mo before
Dennis Buzukja
  • WConnor MatthewsKO/TKO R3
    Close -1295mo before
  • LJamall EmmersKO/TKO R1
    Close +2009mo before
  • LSean WoodsonU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1501y 1mo before
Marshall — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Buzukja — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Marshall
Buzukja
3
UFC fights
3
26.0 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
26.2 min · 8.7 avg
6y 9m
Career length
7y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Marshall
Buzukja
32W–10L · 76.2%
Overall
35W–9L · 79.5%
16W–8L · 66.7%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
16W–2L · 88.9%
Losses
28W–8L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Marshall
Buzukja
41W–39L · 51.3%
Overall
57W–40L · 58.8%
41W–39L · 51.3%
Wins
51W–38L · 57.3%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Marshall
Buzukja
2.12
Landed / min
6.87
14.4%
Accuracy
38.8%
55.4%
Defense
51.0%
0.58
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.57
54.4%
Time at distance
62.3%
Grappling & control
Marshall
Buzukja
1.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
37.5%
1.15
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
60.8%
Control share
28.4%
Strike target map
Marshall
  • Head75%(30)div 63%
  • Body15%(6)div 21%
  • Legs10%(4)div 16%
Buzukja
  • Head53%(68)div 63%
  • Body23%(30)div 21%
  • Legs23%(30)div 16%

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

Francis Marshall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.