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May 11, 2024 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
262.0lb
Weigh-in
262.5lb
Waldo Cortes Acosta def. Robelis Despaigne by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cortes Acosta6/101/104:32
Despaigne2/70/000:00
R2
Cortes Acosta25/541/202:44
Despaigne13/280/000:19
R3
Cortes Acosta21/371/102:33
Despaigne11/170/000:00
Total
Cortes Acosta52/1013/409:49
Despaigne26/520/000:19

Scorecards

Cortes Acosta vs Despaigne

RdChris LeeDavid HuyetteTravis BueskingCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-810-910-910-8.9
Total30-2630-2730-2729.9-26.9

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 16 Cortes Acosta · 0 Despaigne

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cortes Acosta-Despaigne.

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
Cortes AcostaWin probabilityDespaigne
47.7%52.3%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
22%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.6 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 Cortes Acosta, blue toward Despaigne. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cortes Acosta48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission10%21%
Decision23%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 52
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 3
Despaigne52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%45%
Submission12%24%
Decision17%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (2375)act 26
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R212%
R35%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Cortes Acosta
38.0%+161
Despaigne
-16161.0%
Most takedownstie 64.8%
Cortes Acosta
26.5%-303
Despaigne
+3038.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.3%
+151
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.5%
-151
04998
Despaigne
Expected: 55.5
55.5
Over 55.5
39.8%
+151
Under 55.5
60.2%
-151
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.3%
+254
Under 0.5
71.7%
-254
035
Despaigne
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.0%
Exactly 0
89.0%
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 8.6 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
Cortes Acosta47.7%33.1%+14.6+190
Despaigne52.3%66.9%−14.6-230

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
70.9Striking73.1
Despaigne +2.1
16.7Grappling0.0
Cortes Acosta +16.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Cortes AcostaDespaigne
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1528
1569
Divisional
1528
1515
Striking offense
1500
1507
Striking defense
1528
1474
Grappling offense
1483
1512
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'7"
78"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.81
Strikes landed / min
23.33
48%
Strike accuracy
78%
4.01
Strikes absorbed / min
6.67
53%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Waldo Cortes Acosta
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -7054mo before
  • WLukasz BrzeskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2209mo before
  • LMarcos Rogerio de LimaU-DEC R3
    Close +1491y before
  • WChase ShermanU-DEC R3
    Close -2391y 6mo before
  • WJared VanderaaU-DEC R3
    Close -2191y 6mo before
Robelis Despaigne
  • WJosh ParisianKO/TKO R1
    Close -3882mo before
Cortes Acosta — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Despaigne — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cortes Acosta
Despaigne
5
UFC fights
1
63.0 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
0.3 min · 0.3 avg
8y 2m
Career length
4y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cortes Acosta
Despaigne
90W–52L · 63.4%
Overall
15W–7L · 68.2%
70W–44L · 61.4%
Wins
15W–7L · 68.2%
20W–8L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cortes Acosta
Despaigne
52W–25L · 67.5%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
52W–25L · 67.5%
Wins
1W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cortes Acosta
Despaigne
6.52
Landed / min
18.75
47.1%
Accuracy
71.4%
53.0%
Defense
60.0%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
50.00
85.7%
Time at distance
88.9%
Grappling & control
Cortes Acosta
Despaigne
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
11.1%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Cortes Acosta
  • Head69%(252)div 65%
  • Body20%(75)div 20%
  • Legs11%(39)div 16%
Despaigne
  • Head100%(7)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Waldo Cortes Acosta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Robelis Despaigne
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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