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UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall
14-3 · GBR
VS
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes
18-4 · USA
July 27, 2024 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 5 rounds
Tom Aspinall def. Curtis Blaydes by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:00
Aspinall14/190/010:13
Blaydes5/110/000:00
Total
Aspinall14/190/010:13
Blaydes5/110/000:00

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
AspinallWin probabilityBlaydes
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
59%
Submission
15%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 12.7 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 Aspinall, blue toward Blaydes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aspinall53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%62%52%
Submission12%23%16%
Decision8%15%6%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1961)act 14
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Blaydes47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%56%14%
Submission3%5%4%
Decision18%39%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 5
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R221%
R311%
R46%
R55%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Aspinall
50.6%-105
Blaydes
+10548.3%
Most takedownstie 47.2%
Aspinall
14.2%+272
Blaydes
-27238.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aspinall
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
39.0%
+154
Exactly 45
1.1%
push
Under 45
59.9%
-154
057113
Blaydes
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
39.2%
+153
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.7%
-153
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Aspinall
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.4%
+391
Under 0.5
79.6%
-391
035
Blaydes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.2%
+194
Exactly 1
14.3%
push
Under 1
56.6%
-194
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 12.7 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
Aspinall53.1%76.6%−23.5-416
Blaydes46.9%23.4%+23.5+307
By method
Aspinall by KO/TKO31.4%52.1%−20.7-163
Aspinall by submission7.8%16.2%−8.4+418
Aspinall by decision14.0%6.5%+7.5+1200
Blaydes by KO/TKO27.7%14.1%+13.6+494
Blaydes by submission6.9%4.1%+2.8+1966
Blaydes by decision12.3%7.1%+5.2+1090
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.1%39.5%+29.6+137
Over 2.5 rds48.2%24.4%+23.8+285
Over 3.5 rds37.2%19.4%+17.8+378
Over 4.5 rds30.7%15.2%+15.5+512
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision26.3%14.1%+12.2+563

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
88.5Striking74.8
Aspinall +13.7
88.9Grappling58.1
Aspinall +30.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AspinallBlaydes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1618
Pound-for-pound
1661
1618
Divisional
1660
1544
Striking offense
1532
1516
Striking defense
1514
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'5"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.72
Strikes landed / min
3.53
67%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.77
Strikes absorbed / min
1.83
66%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.46
Takedowns / 15 min
5.72
100%
Takedown accuracy
53%
100%
Takedown defense
32%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
88%
UFC win rate
72%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
62%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Aspinall
  • WSergei PavlovichKO/TKO R1
    Close -1309mo before
  • WMarcin TyburaKO/TKO R1
    Close -5211y before
  • LCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1602y before
  • WAlexander VolkovSUB R1
    Close -1392y 4mo before
  • WSerghei SpivacKO/TKO R1
    Close -2402y 11mo before
Curtis Blaydes
  • WJailton AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1155mo before
  • LSergei PavlovichKO/TKO R1
    Close -1331y 3mo before
  • WTom AspinallKO/TKO R1
    Close +1342y before
  • WChris DaukausKO/TKO R2
    Close -4982y 4mo before
  • WJairzinho RozenstruikU-DEC R3
    Close -3282y 10mo before
Aspinall — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1
Blaydes — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-0, 1 NC

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
13 wins, 4 losses
W
72% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
13win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Aspinall
Blaydes
8
UFC fights
18
17.4 min · 2.2 avg
Octagon time
162.5 min · 9.0 avg
11y 7m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aspinall
Blaydes
154W–46L · 77.0%
Overall
336W–85L · 79.8%
138W–43L · 76.2%
Wins
278W–73L · 79.2%
16W–3L · 84.2%
Losses
58W–12L · 82.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aspinall
Blaydes
35W–20L · 63.6%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
16W–13L · 55.2%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
19W–7L · 73.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aspinall
Blaydes
6.77
Landed / min
3.79
62.1%
Accuracy
34.5%
66.7%
Defense
63.8%
3.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.18
65.5%
Time at distance
42.2%
Grappling & control
Aspinall
Blaydes
3.46
Takedowns / 15 min
5.72
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
53.4%
100.0%
Takedown defense
31.6%
1.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
99.7%
Control share
91.2%
Strike target map
Aspinall
  • Head68%(91)div 65%
  • Body13%(18)div 20%
  • Legs19%(25)div 16%
Blaydes
  • Head69%(395)div 65%
  • Body12%(69)div 20%
  • Legs19%(110)div 16%

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

Tom Aspinall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Curtis Blaydes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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