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April 29, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
262.5lb
Weigh-in
258.0lb
Marcos Rogerio de Lima def. Waldo Cortes Acosta by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rogerio de Lima27/341/201:35
Cortes Acosta20/390/100:34
R2
Rogerio de Lima15/192/403:00
Cortes Acosta19/370/000:00
R3
Rogerio de Lima17/230/100:26
Cortes Acosta43/740/000:00
Total
Rogerio de Lima59/763/705:01
Cortes Acosta82/1500/100:34

Scorecards

Rogerio de Lima vs Cortes Acosta

RdAnthony ManessEric ColónMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 10 Rogerio de Lima · 0 Cortes Acosta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rogerio de Lima-Cortes Acosta.

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
Rogerio de LimaWin probabilityCortes Acosta
50.9%49.1%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
16%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 7.2 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 Rogerio de Lima, blue toward Cortes Acosta. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Rogerio de Lima51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%64%30%
Submission9%18%13%
Decision9%18%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 59
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 3
Cortes Acosta49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%52%20%
Submission7%14%4%
Decision17%34%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 82
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R215%
R37%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Rogerio de Lima
46.7%+111
Cortes Acosta
-11151.6%
Most takedownstie 42.5%
Rogerio de Lima
48.1%-513
Cortes Acosta
+5139.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rogerio de Lima
Expected: 26.1
26
Over 26
39.0%
+152
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.2%
-152
03366
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 28.0
28
Over 28
38.9%
+153
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.4%
-153
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Rogerio de Lima
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
53.3%
-114
Under 0.5
46.7%
+114
035
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.6%
Exactly 0
84.4%
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 7.2 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
Rogerio de Lima50.9%61.6%−10.7-182
Cortes Acosta49.1%38.4%+10.7+148
By method
Rogerio de Lima by KO/TKO29.7%29.8%−0.1+182
Rogerio de Lima by submission8.1%13.2%−5.1+536
Rogerio de Lima by decision13.2%18.1%−4.9+364
Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO28.6%19.8%+8.8+324
Cortes Acosta by submission7.8%4.3%+3.5+1867
Cortes Acosta by decision12.7%14.9%−2.2+464
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds48.3%55.3%−7.0-144
Over 2.5 rds32.7%40.9%−8.2+128
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision25.9%35.1%−9.2+167

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
75.7Striking77.6
Cortes Acosta +2.0
56.4Grappling18.5
Rogerio de Lima +37.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Rogerio de LimaCortes Acosta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1553
1573
Divisional
1553
1537
Striking offense
1505
1525
Striking defense
1526
1523
Grappling offense
1467
1503
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
37 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.48
Strikes landed / min
7.33
56%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.75
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
56%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
65%
Takedown defense
67%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
78%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
  • WAndrei ArlovskiSUB R1
    Close -2596mo before
  • LBlagoy IvanovU-DEC R3
    Close +1281y before
  • WBen RothwellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1391y 5mo before
  • WMaurice GreeneU-DEC R3
    Close -1912y before
  • LAlexandr RomanovSUB R1
    Close +3302y 6mo before
Waldo Cortes Acosta
  • WChase ShermanU-DEC R3
    Close -2395mo before
  • WJared VanderaaU-DEC R3
    Close -2196mo before
Rogerio de Lima — win / loss by method
Record: 20-8-1

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 5 losses
W
15% of wins
L
63% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(83%) 5
2 (22%)Decision(17%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Cortes Acosta — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rogerio de Lima
Cortes Acosta
15
UFC fights
2
81.1 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 4m
Career length
8y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rogerio de Lima
Cortes Acosta
269W–96L · 73.7%
Overall
28W–19L · 59.6%
156W–63L · 71.2%
Wins
28W–19L · 59.6%
113W–33L · 77.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rogerio de Lima
Cortes Acosta
79W–41L · 65.8%
Overall
52W–25L · 67.5%
54W–31L · 63.5%
Wins
52W–25L · 67.5%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rogerio de Lima
Cortes Acosta
6.83
Landed / min
7.91
48.2%
Accuracy
50.2%
62.2%
Defense
60.9%
1.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.0%
Time at distance
90.6%
Grappling & control
Rogerio de Lima
Cortes Acosta
1.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
64.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
69.6%
Control share
13.0%
Strike target map
Rogerio de Lima
  • Head63%(179)div 65%
  • Body18%(52)div 20%
  • Legs18%(51)div 16%
Cortes Acosta
  • Head75%(165)div 65%
  • Body20%(43)div 20%
  • Legs5%(12)div 16%

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

Marcos Rogerio de Lima
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Waldo Cortes Acosta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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