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UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo
Movsar Evloev
Movsar Evloev
16-0 · RUS
VS
Diego Lopes
Diego Lopes
21-5 · BRA
May 6, 2023 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Movsar Evloev def. Diego Lopes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evloev16/221/203:34
Lopes17/270/000:25
R2
Evloev39/661/102:20
Lopes10/240/000:00
R3
Evloev33/412/402:36
Lopes10/180/000:16
Total
Evloev88/1294/708:30
Lopes37/690/000:41

Scorecards

Evloev vs Lopes

RdDave TirelliDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-99-109.5-9.5
Total30-2729-2829-2828.7-28.3

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 16 Evloev · 0 Lopes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Evloev-Lopes.

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
EvloevWin probabilityLopes
79.8%20.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
22%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Evloev, blue toward Lopes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Evloev80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%28%31%
Submission15%18%15%
Decision43%54%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 88
Takedowns1.8 (0.05.1)act 4
Lopes20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%44%5%
Submission7%34%7%
Decision4%22%4%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 37
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R217%
R310%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Evloev
57.4%-139
Lopes
+13941.2%
Most takedownstie 24.6%
Evloev
59.6%-376
Lopes
+37615.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evloev
Expected: 38.3
38.5
Over 38.5
39.5%
+153
Under 38.5
60.5%
-153
04896
Lopes
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
38.6%
+155
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.8%
-155
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Evloev
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.1%
+134
Exactly 2
15.8%
push
Under 2
48.2%
-134
036
Lopes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+191
Under 0.5
65.7%
-191
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 10.4 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
Evloev79.8%86.7%−6.9-997
Lopes20.2%13.3%+6.9+616
By method
Evloev by KO/TKO24.6%31.4%−6.8+167
Evloev by submission17.2%15.2%+2.0+452
Evloev by decision38.0%37.2%+0.8+126
Lopes by KO/TKO6.2%4.7%+1.5+1686
Lopes by submission4.4%7.1%−2.7+1087
Lopes by decision9.6%4.4%+5.2+1803
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds75.4%63.0%+12.4-205
Over 2.5 rds58.2%47.6%+10.6-104
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision47.7%43.4%+4.3+116

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvloevLopes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1632
Pound-for-pound
1535
1617
Divisional
1535
1500
Striking offense
1500
1508
Striking defense
1500
1521
Grappling offense
1500
1507
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.36
Strikes landed / min
46%
Strike accuracy
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
63%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.83
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
71%
Takedown defense
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+6
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Movsar Evloev
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -42511mo before
  • WHakeem DawoduU-DEC R3
    Close -2311y 11mo before
  • WNik LentzS-DEC R3
    Close -5792y 3mo before
  • WMike GrundyU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 9mo before
  • WEnrique BarzolaU-DEC R3
    Close -2003y 6mo before
Diego Lopes
No prior UFC fights.
Evloev — win / loss by method
Record: 16-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0
Lopes — win / loss by method
Record: 21-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
11 (52%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (10%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Evloev
Lopes
6
UFC fights
0
90.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Evloev
Lopes
92W–23L · 80.0%
Overall
92W–23L · 80.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evloev
Lopes
77W–23L · 77.0%
Overall
166W–86L · 65.9%
77W–23L · 77.0%
Wins
136W–75L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
30W–11L · 73.2%
Distance striking
Evloev
Lopes
6.22
Landed / min
40.3%
Accuracy
66.8%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
52.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Evloev
Lopes
4.83
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
Takedown defense
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
87.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Evloev
  • Head80%(315)div 64%
  • Body11%(45)div 20%
  • Legs8%(32)div 16%
Lopes
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Movsar Evloev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Diego Lopes

No UFC fights on record.

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