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UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2
Martin Buday
Martin Buday
13-2 · SVK
VS
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
34-23 · BLR
June 29, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.5lb
Weigh-in
245.0lb
Martin Buday def. Andrei Arlovski by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Buday8/210/002:18
Arlovski14/250/100:48
R2
Buday22/320/000:10
Arlovski27/460/002:09
R3
Buday24/310/000:12
Arlovski33/480/002:01
Total
Buday54/840/002:40
Arlovski74/1190/104:58

Scorecards

Buday vs Arlovski

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1--10-99.8-9.2
R2--10-99.3-9.7
R3--10-99.3-9.7
Total28-2929-2830-2728.4-28.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 12 Buday · 0 Arlovski

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Buday-Arlovski.

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
BudayWin probabilityArlovski
76.1%23.9%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
4%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Buday, blue toward Arlovski. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Buday76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%43%
Submission3%4%
Decision40%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (2581)act 54
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Arlovski24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%45%
Submission1%3%
Decision12%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2373)act 74
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R220%
R38%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Buday
52.7%-113
Arlovski
+11346.5%
Most takedownstie 60.3%
Buday
35.8%-914
Arlovski
+9143.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Buday
Expected: 59.9
60
Over 60
39.3%
+152
Exactly 60
0.8%
push
Under 60
59.9%
-152
075150
Arlovski
Expected: 54.1
54
Over 54
39.4%
+151
Exactly 54
0.9%
push
Under 54
59.7%
-151
068136
Takedowns — over/under
Buday
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+171
Under 0.5
63.2%
-171
035
Arlovski
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.6%
Exactly 0
94.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.8 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
Buday76.1%70.5%+5.6-280
Arlovski23.9%29.5%−5.6+225

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
62.3Striking66.9
Arlovski +4.5
45.2Grappling42.1
Buday +3.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BudayArlovski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1559
1568
Divisional
1558
1510
Striking offense
1526
1481
Striking defense
1522
1495
Grappling offense
1417
1517
Grappling defense
1554
Physical
32 yrs
Age
45 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.22
Strikes landed / min
3.83
50%
Strike accuracy
45%
5.99
Strikes absorbed / min
3.27
55%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
33%
Takedown accuracy
36%
100%
Takedown defense
78%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
25%
Finish rate
48%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Martin Buday
  • LShamil GazievKO/TKO R2
    Close -1206mo before
  • WJosh ParisianSUB R1
    Close -21211mo before
  • WJake CollierU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 2mo before
  • WLukasz BrzeskiS-DEC R3
    Close -3091y 11mo before
  • WChris BarnettU-DEC R3
    Close -2692y 2mo before
Andrei Arlovski
  • LWaldo Cortes AcostaU-DEC R3
    Close +4886mo before
  • LDon'Tale MayesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1161y 1mo before
  • LMarcos Rogerio de LimaSUB R1
    Close +2091y 8mo before
  • WJake CollierS-DEC R3
    Close -1312y 2mo before
  • WJared VanderaaS-DEC R3
    Close -1552y 5mo before
Buday — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 1
Arlovski — win / loss by method
Record: 34-23-0, 2 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
17 wins, 12 losses
W
50% of wins
L
52% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 8 losses
W
41% of wins
L
35% of losses
UFC
23win17loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (39%)KO/TKO(47%) 8
2 (9%)Submission(18%) 3
12 (52%)Decision(35%) 6
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Buday
Arlovski
5
UFC fights
41
51.8 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
395.0 min · 9.6 avg
10y 9m
Career length
27y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Buday
Arlovski
69W–22L · 75.8%
Overall
606W–154L · 79.7%
58W–22L · 72.5%
Wins
340W–98L · 77.6%
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
266W–56L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Buday
Arlovski
57W–37L · 60.6%
Overall
458W–117L · 79.7%
50W–36L · 58.1%
Wins
376W–106L · 78.0%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
82W–11L · 88.2%
Distance striking
Buday
Arlovski
6.67
Landed / min
4.69
44.5%
Accuracy
42.7%
57.1%
Defense
61.8%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
56.8%
Time at distance
70.1%
Grappling & control
Buday
Arlovski
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
36.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.19
61.8%
Control share
29.4%
Strike target map
Buday
  • Head70%(189)div 65%
  • Body22%(59)div 20%
  • Legs8%(22)div 16%
Arlovski
  • Head56%(841)div 65%
  • Body21%(313)div 20%
  • Legs24%(357)div 16%

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

Martin Buday
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andrei Arlovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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