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UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal
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March 5, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Nicolae Negumereanu def. Kennedy Nzechukwu by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Negumereanu20/440/000:00
Nzechukwu16/280/000:00
R2
Negumereanu17/421/302:43
Nzechukwu24/480/000:00
R3
Negumereanu27/740/200:45
Nzechukwu55/1140/000:00
Total
Negumereanu64/1601/503:28
Nzechukwu95/1900/000:00

Scorecards

Negumereanu vs Nzechukwu

RdDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R210-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R39-99-99-99.1-9
Total29-2727-2929-2727.8-28.3

Media (15 cards) · avg 28.627.4 · 9 Negumereanu · 0 Nzechukwu · 6 draws

Point deductions: R31 Nzechukwu (Eye poke)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Negumereanu-Nzechukwu. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
NegumereanuWin probabilityNzechukwu
34.0%66.0%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
15%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 8.0 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 Negumereanu, blue toward Nzechukwu. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Negumereanu34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%51%17%
Submission8%23%8%
Decision9%26%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 64
Takedowns1.4 (0.04.4)act 1
Nzechukwu66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%54%34%
Submission7%11%5%
Decision23%35%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 95
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R219%
R36%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Negumereanu
49.3%-100
Nzechukwu
+10049.2%
Most takedownstie 33.8%
Negumereanu
59.0%-819
Nzechukwu
+8197.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Negumereanu
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
39.3%
+150
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.1%
-150
04079
Nzechukwu
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
38.9%
+153
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.5%
-153
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Negumereanu
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.3%
+126
Under 1.5
55.7%
-126
035
Nzechukwu
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.0%
Exactly 0
86.0%
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 8.0 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
Negumereanu34.0%45.3%−11.3+110
Nzechukwu66.0%54.7%+11.3-135
By method
Negumereanu by KO/TKO18.1%17.1%+1.0+378
Negumereanu by submission5.2%8.0%−2.8+917
Negumereanu by decision10.7%18.9%−8.2+331
Nzechukwu by KO/TKO35.0%34.1%+0.9+139
Nzechukwu by submission10.1%4.6%+5.5+1675
Nzechukwu by decision20.8%17.3%+3.5+370
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds56.9%60.0%−3.1-178
Over 2.5 rds37.9%39.0%−1.1+140
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.6%38.0%−6.4+146

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
40.1Striking58.4
Nzechukwu +18.3
27.3Grappling22.7
Negumereanu +4.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NegumereanuNzechukwu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1539
1543
Divisional
1538
1494
Striking offense
1503
1493
Striking defense
1490
1529
Grappling offense
1493
1532
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'5"
78"
Reach
83"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.97
Strikes landed / min
4.09
39%
Strike accuracy
47%
5.72
Strikes absorbed / min
5.03
30%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
17%
Takedown accuracy
0%
63%
Takedown defense
82%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicolae Negumereanu
  • WIke VillanuevaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2384mo before
  • WAleksa CamurS-DEC R3
    Close +2029mo before
  • LSaparbeg SafarovU-DEC R3
    Close -1703y before
Kennedy Nzechukwu
  • LDa Woon JungKO/TKO R1
    Close +1024mo before
  • WDanilo MarquesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1198mo before
  • WCarlos UlbergKO/TKO R2
    Close +1961y before
  • WDarko StosicU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 7mo before
  • LPaul CraigSUB R3
    Close -1852y 11mo before
Negumereanu — 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Nzechukwu — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Negumereanu
Nzechukwu
3
UFC fights
5
31.3 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
51.0 min · 10.2 avg
9y 10m
Career length
9y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Negumereanu
Nzechukwu
32W–15L · 68.1%
Overall
52W–9L · 85.2%
24W–13L · 64.9%
Wins
28W–4L · 87.5%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
24W–5L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Negumereanu
Nzechukwu
34W–81L · 29.6%
Overall
26W–25L · 51.0%
34W–81L · 29.6%
Wins
26W–25L · 51.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Negumereanu
Nzechukwu
5.60
Landed / min
5.19
35.5%
Accuracy
43.3%
36.6%
Defense
50.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
42.8%
Time at distance
63.1%
Grappling & control
Negumereanu
Nzechukwu
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
81.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
32.6%
Control share
27.8%
Strike target map
Negumereanu
  • Head84%(78)div 64%
  • Body5%(5)div 19%
  • Legs11%(10)div 16%
Nzechukwu
  • Head89%(186)div 64%
  • Body10%(21)div 19%
  • Legs1%(2)div 16%

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

Nicolae Negumereanu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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