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Light Heavyweight
3 Rounds
Johnny Walker won · KO/TKO R1
Elo1437
Misha Cirkunov
Elo1495

Misha CirkunovvsJohnny WalkerUFC Prediction Result

UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith · Saturday, March 2, 2019Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Johnny Walker won

KO/TKO · Round 1 · 0:36

Style matchupMisha Cirkunov: WrestlervsJohnny Walker: Well-rounded

Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.

Model Prediction: Misha Cirkunov wins(55.2%)

Actual result: Johnny Walker wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Misha Cirkunov at +155 American odds

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Misha Cirkunov enters on a 4-fight losing streak.
  • Johnny Walker is a KO finisher (75% of wins). Misha Cirkunov has lost 71% of fights by KO.
  • Misha Cirkunov has 11pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Misha Cirkunov has 19pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
  • Johnny Walker has a 13cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Misha Cirkunov
Red Corner
VS
Johnny Walker
Blue Corner
+155
(39%)
Vegas Odds
-175
(64%)
1437
Elo
1495
39
Age
34
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'3"
Height
6'6"
195.58 cm
Reach
208.28 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Misha CirkunovL4 streak
oldest →
W
SUBvs Jimmy Crute · Sep 19
L
KOvs Ryan Spann · Mar 21
L
vs Krzysztof Jotko · Oct 21
L
SUBvs Wellington Turman · Feb 22
L
KOvs Alonzo Menifield · Oct 22
latest
Johnny Walker
oldest →
W
vs Anthony Smith · May 23
L
KOvs Magomed Ankalaev · Jan 24
L
KOvs Volkan Oezdemir · Jun 24
W
KOvs Zhang Mingyang · Aug 25
L
DECvs Dominick Reyes · Apr 26
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Misha CirkunovMetricJohnny Walker
3.86
Strikes / min
3.90
3.06
Strikes absorbed / min
2.99
57%
Strike defense
46%
4.15
TDs / 15 min
0.36
76%
Takedown defense
57%
1.70
Sub atts / 15 min
0.70
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.80evenly matched on net striking+0.91

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1545 vs 1533Strikes21.3 vs 8.5Takedowns1.4 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.71 vs 0.00Form0.3 vs 1.0
Misha CirkunovJohnny Walker

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Misha Cirkunov(10 fights)Johnny Walker(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -57.6|Blue +57.6
Recent Form
Red -0.7|Blue +0.7
Striker Score
Red +0.9|Blue -0.9
Grappler Score
Red +0.5|Blue -0.5
Layoff
Red +98.0|Blue -98.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Misha CirkunovTargetJohnny Walker

By target zone

0
0% acc
Head
4
50% acc · 100%
0
Body
0
1
100% acc · 100%
Leg
0

By position

1
50% acc · 100%
Distance
1
50% acc · 25%
0
Clinch
0
0
Ground
3
50% acc · 75%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

0
Misha Cirkunov rounds
0
even
1
Johnny Walker rounds
Round 1Johnny Walker edged it
Sig. strikes1
Takedowns0
Control0:00
Knockdowns0
4Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:04Control
1Knockdowns
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
1
1 / 2
Sig Strikes
4 / 8
50%
Sig Str %
50%
1 / 2
Total Strikes
4 / 8
0 / 0
TDs
0 / 0
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:00
Ctrl Time
0:04

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Johnny Walker4 / 84 / 80 / 00
1Misha Cirkunov1 / 21 / 20 / 00

Misha Cirkunov

StanceOrthodox
Height75.0"
Reach77.0"
Fights13

Johnny Walker

StanceOrthodox
Height78.0"
Reach82.0"
Fights14