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Melquizael Costa
Melquizael Costa
24-7 · BRA
VS
Morgan Charriere
Morgan Charriere
22-12-1 · FRA
December 13, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Melquizael Costa def. Morgan Charriere by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 1:14
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:14
Costa4/90/010:02
Charriere2/40/000:00
Total
Costa4/90/010:02
Charriere2/40/000:00

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
CostaWin probabilityCharriere
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
20%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Costa, blue toward Charriere. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Costa66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%24%7%
Submission15%23%11%
Decision35%53%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 4
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 0
Charriere34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%47%17%
Submission5%14%6%
Decision13%39%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 2
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R218%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Costa
55.1%-126
Charriere
+12643.6%
Most takedownstie 36.2%
Costa
35.6%-126
Charriere
+12628.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
39.0%
+153
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.8%
-153
053105
Charriere
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
39.0%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.9%
+177
Exactly 1
17.2%
push
Under 1
52.9%
-177
035
Charriere
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.7%
+146
Under 0.5
59.3%
-146
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 10.1 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
Costa66.3%58.7%+7.6-160
Charriere33.7%41.3%−7.6+131
By method
Costa by KO/TKO20.9%7.4%+13.5+1057
Costa by submission13.1%10.7%+2.4+695
Costa by decision32.3%37.3%−5.0+129
Charriere by KO/TKO10.6%17.5%−6.9+388
Charriere by submission6.7%6.4%+0.3+1231
Charriere by decision16.4%20.8%−4.4+311
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.6%76.1%−3.5-440
Over 2.5 rds54.9%64.0%−9.1-216
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.7%59.6%−10.9-174

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
71.1Striking63.3
Costa +7.8
58.2Grappling58.7
Charriere +0.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaCharriere
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1585
Pound-for-pound
1531
1606
Divisional
1529
1502
Striking offense
1520
1507
Striking defense
1501
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.44
Strikes landed / min
4.08
50%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
4.54
55%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
38%
Takedown accuracy
47%
58%
Takedown defense
83%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
60%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melquizael Costa
  • WJulian ErosaU-DEC R3
    Close -1647mo before
  • WChristian RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close +1689mo before
  • WAndre FiliSUB R1
    Close -13510mo before
  • WShayilan NuerdanbiekeSUB R3
    Close -2181y 6mo before
  • LSteve GarciaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2862y before
Morgan Charriere
  • WNate LandwehrKO/TKO R3
    Close -2605mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1149mo before
  • WGabriel MirandaKO/TKO R2
    Close -6061y 2mo before
  • LChepe MariscalS-DEC R3
    Close -1391y 8mo before
  • WManolo ZecchiniKO/TKO R1
    Close -3582y 3mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 24-7-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (32%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (32%)Decision(60%) 3
Charriere — win / loss by method
Record: 22-12-1

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 11 losses
W
23% of wins
L
92% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
19win10loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (21%)Submission(10%) 1
5 (26%)Decision(90%) 9

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Charriere
7
UFC fights
5
76.4 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
49.8 min · 9.9 avg
12y 5m
Career length
11y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Charriere
145W–48L · 75.1%
Overall
81W–27L · 75.0%
115W–37L · 75.7%
Wins
46W–15L · 75.4%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
35W–12L · 74.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Charriere
164W–84L · 66.1%
Overall
170W–83L · 67.2%
116W–74L · 61.1%
Wins
120W–70L · 63.2%
48W–10L · 82.8%
Losses
50W–13L · 79.4%
Distance striking
Costa
Charriere
7.87
Landed / min
5.71
46.4%
Accuracy
48.5%
63.0%
Defense
56.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.90
44.5%
Time at distance
63.7%
Grappling & control
Costa
Charriere
1.96
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
38.5%
Takedown accuracy
46.7%
58.1%
Takedown defense
83.3%
1.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
40.1%
Control share
63.0%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head47%(159)div 64%
  • Body32%(110)div 20%
  • Legs21%(70)div 16%
Charriere
  • Head61%(123)div 64%
  • Body24%(49)div 20%
  • Legs15%(31)div 16%

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

Melquizael Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Morgan Charriere
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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