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UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
28-6 · USA
VS
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
14-3 · BRA
June 1, 2024 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Sean Strickland def. Paulo Costa by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland24/560/000:01
Costa31/430/000:00
R2
Strickland25/700/000:00
Costa32/490/000:00
R3
Strickland45/830/000:00
Costa34/540/000:00
R4
Strickland39/880/000:00
Costa29/530/000:00
R5
Strickland49/1050/000:00
Costa32/670/000:00
Total
Strickland182/4020/000:01
Costa158/2660/000:00

Scorecards

Strickland vs Costa

RdChris LeeDave TirelliSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.7-9.3
R210-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R310-99-1010-910-9
R410-99-1010-99.9-9.1
R510-910-910-99.9-9
Total50-4546-4949-4649.4-45.5

Media (24 cards) · avg 49.545.5 · 24 Strickland · 0 Costa

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-Costa.

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
StricklandWin probabilityCosta
57.7%42.3%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
22%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Strickland, blue toward Costa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Strickland58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%39%29%
Submission14%23%5%
Decision22%38%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes91 (38123)act 182
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Costa42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%61%18%
Submission8%20%4%
Decision8%19%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (2993)act 158
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R228%
R38%
R44%
R53%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Strickland
58.8%-145
Costa
+14540.6%
Most takedownstie 58.2%
Strickland
21.4%-105
Costa
+10520.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 90.6
90.5
Over 90.5
39.8%
+151
Under 90.5
60.2%
-151
0114227
Costa
Expected: 68.2
68
Over 68
39.6%
+151
Exactly 68
0.7%
push
Under 68
59.7%
-151
086171
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
25.3%
+295
Under 0.5
74.7%
-295
035
Costa
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.3%
+312
Under 0.5
75.7%
-312
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 12.9 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
Strickland57.7%66.9%−9.2-234
Costa42.3%33.1%+9.2+189
By method
Strickland by KO/TKO27.9%29.3%−1.4+184
Strickland by submission12.6%5.3%+7.3+1456
Strickland by decision17.2%33.3%−16.1+150
Costa by KO/TKO20.5%17.8%+2.7+367
Costa by submission9.3%3.7%+5.6+2130
Costa by decision12.6%10.6%+2.0+684
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.3%72.6%+0.7-350
Over 2.5 rds45.2%64.1%−18.9-212
Over 3.5 rds37.4%51.0%−13.6-120
Over 4.5 rds32.9%45.7%−12.8+105
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.8%45.5%−15.7+106

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
71.4Striking66.2
Strickland +5.2
53.0Grappling49.5
Strickland +3.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandCosta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1657
Pound-for-pound
1582
1622
Divisional
1593
1544
Striking offense
1529
1489
Striking defense
1483
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.91
Strikes landed / min
6.20
42%
Strike accuracy
58%
4.33
Strikes absorbed / min
6.38
63%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
64%
Takedown accuracy
75%
77%
Takedown defense
80%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
33%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • LDricus Du PlessisS-DEC R5
    Close -1074mo before
  • WIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +4109mo before
  • WAbus MagomedovKO/TKO R2
    Close -16211mo before
  • WNassourdine ImavovU-DEC R5
    Close +1131y 5mo before
  • LJared CannonierS-DEC R5
    Close -1031y 5mo before
Paulo Costa
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R3
    Close +1773mo before
  • WLuke RockholdU-DEC R3
    Close -3601y 9mo before
  • LMarvin VettoriU-DEC R5
    Close +1612y 7mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1513y 8mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close +1454y 9mo before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 28-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
39% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 4 losses
W
46% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (7%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (67%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Costa — 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Costa
21
UFC fights
9
319.3 min · 15.2 avg
Octagon time
100.4 min · 11.2 avg
18y 4m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Strickland
Costa
353W–84L · 80.8%
Overall
139W–42L · 76.8%
267W–67L · 79.9%
Wins
79W–30L · 72.5%
86W–17L · 83.5%
Losses
60W–12L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Costa
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
37W–14L · 72.5%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
37W–14L · 72.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Strickland
Costa
6.48
Landed / min
6.48
40.6%
Accuracy
56.2%
64.2%
Defense
48.7%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
82.8%
Time at distance
82.7%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Costa
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
64.3%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
77.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
62.1%
Control share
53.3%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head83%(1,558)div 63%
  • Body12%(233)div 20%
  • Legs5%(96)div 17%
Costa
  • Head54%(333)div 63%
  • Body38%(238)div 20%
  • Legs8%(51)div 17%

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paulo Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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