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UFC Fight Night: Perez vs. Taira
Melquizael Costa
Melquizael Costa
20-7 · BRA
VS
June 15, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Melquizael Costa def. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 1:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa4/70/000:28
Nuerdanbieke1/23/403:52
R2
Costa6/162/201:41
Nuerdanbieke3/41/402:34
R3 · 1:50
Costa6/120/000:51
Nuerdanbieke2/20/200:00
Total
Costa16/352/203:00
Nuerdanbieke6/84/1006:26

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
CostaWin probabilityNuerdanbieke
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
24%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Costa, blue toward Nuerdanbieke. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Costa58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%17%
Submission14%24%16%
Decision26%45%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 16
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 2
Nuerdanbieke42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%41%11%
Submission9%22%8%
Decision16%37%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 6
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.4)act 4
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R221%
R310%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Costa
53.2%-117
Nuerdanbieke
+11745.4%
Most takedownstie 18.7%
Costa
12.9%+528
Nuerdanbieke
-52868.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
39.3%
+151
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.4%
-151
04793
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.7%
+154
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.8%
-154
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.3%
+209
Under 0.5
67.7%
-209
035
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.1%
-101
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
40.9%
+101
047

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 9.8 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
Costa58.0%65.5%−7.5-218
Nuerdanbieke42.0%34.5%+7.5+176
By method
Costa by KO/TKO20.2%16.6%+3.6+394
Costa by submission13.7%15.9%−2.2+417
Costa by decision24.1%29.5%−5.4+178
Nuerdanbieke by KO/TKO14.6%11.1%+3.5+640
Nuerdanbieke by submission9.9%8.3%+1.6+888
Nuerdanbieke by decision17.4%18.6%−1.2+340
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.5%69.6%+2.9-289
Over 2.5 rds52.0%54.7%−2.7-140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.5%50.6%−9.1-118

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
71.0Striking59.5
Costa +11.5
43.2Grappling40.8
Costa +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaNuerdanbieke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1556
1546
Divisional
1557
1501
Striking offense
1498
1497
Striking defense
1486
1501
Grappling offense
1525
1493
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.29
Strikes landed / min
2.28
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.99
Strikes absorbed / min
2.94
59%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
28%
Takedown accuracy
33%
43%
Takedown defense
40%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
434
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melquizael Costa
  • LSteve GarciaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2866mo before
  • WAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close -23811mo before
  • LThiago MoisesSUB R2
    Close +3141y 5mo before
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
  • LSteve GarciaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1831y 2mo before
  • WDarrick MinnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -3711y 7mo before
  • WTJ BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +1772y before
  • WSean SorianoU-DEC R3
    Close +2212y 7mo before
  • LJosh CulibaoU-DEC R3
    Close +1953y 1mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
35% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (32%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (32%)Decision(60%) 3
Nuerdanbieke — win / loss by method
Record: 39-11-0

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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
49% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
55% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
36win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
18 (50%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
10 (28%)Submission(67%) 6
8 (22%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Nuerdanbieke
3
UFC fights
5
30.1 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
51.7 min · 10.3 avg
12y 5m
Career length
10y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Nuerdanbieke
39W–13L · 75.0%
Overall
77W–34L · 69.4%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Wins
56W–28L · 66.7%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
21W–6L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Nuerdanbieke
164W–84L · 66.1%
Overall
262W–158L · 62.4%
116W–74L · 61.1%
Wins
194W–133L · 59.3%
48W–10L · 82.8%
Losses
68W–25L · 73.1%
Distance striking
Costa
Nuerdanbieke
7.52
Landed / min
3.42
45.1%
Accuracy
38.0%
68.2%
Defense
52.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.87
51.2%
Time at distance
40.2%
Grappling & control
Costa
Nuerdanbieke
2.49
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
27.8%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
42.9%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
54.2%
Control share
83.5%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head33%(42)div 63%
  • Body47%(60)div 20%
  • Legs21%(27)div 16%
Nuerdanbieke
  • Head84%(99)div 63%
  • Body8%(9)div 20%
  • Legs8%(10)div 16%

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

Melquizael Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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