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Curtis Blaydes vs Rizvan Kuniev

Statlab take

baseline
Clear edge Confidence: High
Curtis Blaydes
Rizvan Kuniev
66% 34%
Why
80"
Reach
Δ 4"
76"
34
Age
Δ 1y
33
L1
Current streak
19
UFC fights in our DB
0

Logistic-regression model trained on ~5,000 UFC/DWCS fights since 2016 (71.9% test accuracy). The "Why" panel shows interpretable inputs; the headline probability comes from the model.

Statlab projections

Method classifier: 0.55 accuracy on 2083 fights
Actual result
Decision - Split · Round 3
Blaydes: 56 sig / 2 TD · Kuniev: 45 sig / 0 TD
Curtis Blaydes
Rizvan Kuniev
37
Sig strikes landed
31
69
Sig strikes attempted
65
60
Total strikes landed
51
1.8
Takedowns landed
0.6
4.7
Takedowns attempted
1.3
0.20
Knockdowns
0.20
220s
Control time
105s
Method
Decision
35%
KO/TKO
55%
Submission
11%

Stat regressor (GBT MultiOutput) trained on 8348 fighter-fight rows. Per-stat MAE vs naive-mean baseline: SigStrikesLanded: 25.4 (naive 28.2); SigStrikesAttempted: 52.3 (naive 59.4); TakedownsLanded: 1.1 (naive 1.3); TakedownsAttempted: 2.5 (naive 3.0); Knockdowns: 0.3 (naive 0.3); ControlTimeSeconds: 113.9 (naive 131.8); TotalStrikesLanded: 33.8 (naive 37.1).

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L1

Curtis Blaydes

"Razor"
19-7 (1 NC)
Career record
Height
76"
Reach
80"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
34
In our database 19 fights · 13-5
Last 5
L UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
W UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
L UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. …
W UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. As…
W UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Da…
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Rizvan Kuniev

0-0
Career record
Height
76"
Reach
76"
Stance
Orthodox
Age
33