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UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba
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Chase Sherman
Chase Sherman
16-10 · USA
November 19, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
259.0lb
Weigh-in
256.0lb
Waldo Cortes Acosta def. Chase Sherman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cortes Acosta29/710/000:04
Sherman18/501/101:03
R2
Cortes Acosta71/1210/000:09
Sherman21/480/100:28
R3
Cortes Acosta47/860/000:00
Sherman27/790/000:03
Total
Cortes Acosta147/2780/000:13
Sherman66/1771/201:34

Scorecards

Cortes Acosta vs Sherman

RdAnthony ManessJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.9-8.4
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2729-2829-2829.3-27

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.227.3 · 12 Cortes Acosta · 0 Sherman

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

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 probabilitySherman
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
8%
Decision
30%
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 Sherman. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cortes Acosta66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%55%41%
Submission7%10%9%
Decision23%35%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2374)act 147
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Sherman34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%77%16%
Submission1%4%3%
Decision7%19%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 66
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 1
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R214%
R317%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Cortes Acosta
61.6%-165
Sherman
+16537.4%
Most takedownstie 63.6%
Cortes Acosta
26.4%-263
Sherman
+26310.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 54.6
54.5
Over 54.5
39.8%
+151
Under 54.5
60.2%
-151
069137
Sherman
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
39.5%
+153
Under 37.5
60.5%
-153
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Cortes Acosta
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.5%
+250
Under 0.5
71.5%
-250
035
Sherman
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.6%
Exactly 0
87.4%
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 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 Acosta66.3%67.5%−1.2-239
Sherman33.7%32.5%+1.2+194
By method
Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO41.5%41.3%+0.2+101
Cortes Acosta by submission5.2%8.7%−3.5+855
Cortes Acosta by decision19.7%15.7%+4.0+428
Sherman by KO/TKO21.0%15.9%+5.1+422
Sherman by submission2.6%3.0%−0.4+2631
Sherman by decision10.0%15.4%−5.4+438
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds60.7%55.2%+5.5-142
Over 2.5 rds46.8%36.7%+10.1+154
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.7%32.1%−2.4+192

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
70.3Striking65.0
Cortes Acosta +5.3
25.0Grappling18.5
Cortes Acosta +6.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Cortes AcostaSherman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1463
1541
Divisional
1463
1501
Striking offense
1533
1529
Striking defense
1465
1473
Grappling offense
1465
1511
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
31 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
78"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.87
Strikes landed / min
6.51
46%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.73
Strikes absorbed / min
6.51
59%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
31%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
0%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
21
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Waldo Cortes Acosta
  • WJared VanderaaU-DEC R3
    Close -21921d before
Chase Sherman
  • WJared VanderaaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1804mo before
  • LAlexandr RomanovSUB R1
    Close +9917mo before
  • LJake CollierSUB R1
    Close +11410mo before
  • LParker PorterU-DEC R3
    Close -2011y 3mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1181y 7mo before
Cortes Acosta — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
50% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Sherman — win / loss by method
Record: 16-10-0

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
15 wins, 4 losses
W
94% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
6% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(22%) 2
1 (25%)Decision(44%) 4
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cortes Acosta
Sherman
1
UFC fights
13
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
130.3 min · 10.0 avg
8y 2m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cortes Acosta
Sherman
12W–9L · 57.1%
Overall
173W–64L · 73.0%
12W–9L · 57.1%
Wins
57W–22L · 72.2%
0W–0L
Losses
116W–42L · 73.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cortes Acosta
Sherman
52W–25L · 67.5%
Overall
47W–59L · 44.3%
52W–25L · 67.5%
Wins
45W–58L · 43.7%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Cortes Acosta
Sherman
5.13
Landed / min
6.97
46.5%
Accuracy
45.6%
59.4%
Defense
55.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.35
94.9%
Time at distance
84.8%
Grappling & control
Cortes Acosta
Sherman
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
18.8%
Control share
29.8%
Strike target map
Cortes Acosta
  • Head56%(41)div 65%
  • Body36%(26)div 20%
  • Legs8%(6)div 16%
Sherman
  • Head57%(480)div 65%
  • Body20%(173)div 20%
  • Legs23%(196)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.

Chase Sherman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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