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UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori
17-5-1 · ITA
VS
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
13-1 · BRA
October 23, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
204.0lb
Weigh-in
204.5lb
Marvin Vettori def. Paulo Costa by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vettori39/680/000:09
Costa35/530/000:00
R2
Vettori40/801/100:22
Costa36/650/000:00
R3
Vettori31/550/001:27
Costa17/291/100:24
R4
Vettori49/810/100:30
Costa30/470/000:00
R5
Vettori31/620/300:59
Costa45/660/000:23
Total
Vettori190/3461/503:27
Costa163/2601/100:47

Scorecards

Vettori vs Costa

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-99-99-99.2-8.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-99.8-9.2
R59-109-109-109-10
Total48-4648-4648-4647.8-46.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 48.145.9 · 14 Vettori · 0 Costa

Point deductions: R21 Costa (Eye poke)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vettori-Costa. 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
VettoriWin probabilityCosta
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
9%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 14.8 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 Vettori, blue toward Costa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Vettori72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%47%17%
Submission8%12%18%
Decision30%41%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (31100)act 190
Takedowns1.3 (0.04.2)act 1
Costa28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%83%22%
Submission1%2%3%
Decision4%15%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (2892)act 163
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~142 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R29%
R314%
R48%
R56%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Vettori
52.3%-111
Costa
+11147.0%
Most takedownstie 39.3%
Vettori
52.1%-607
Costa
+6078.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vettori
Expected: 74.0
74
Over 74
39.4%
+152
Exactly 74
0.7%
push
Under 74
59.9%
-152
093185
Costa
Expected: 67.6
67.5
Over 67.5
39.9%
+151
Under 67.5
60.1%
-151
085170
Takedowns — over/under
Vettori
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
39.8%
+151
Under 1.5
60.2%
-151
035
Costa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
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 14.8 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
Vettori72.5%63.3%+9.2-195
Costa27.5%36.7%−9.2+161
By method
Vettori by KO/TKO41.1%16.6%+24.5+397
Vettori by submission6.7%17.7%−11.0+365
Vettori by decision24.7%27.1%−2.4+204
Costa by KO/TKO15.6%22.1%−6.5+273
Costa by submission2.5%3.2%−0.7+2481
Costa by decision9.4%13.3%−3.9+520
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.8%66.3%+4.5-250
Over 2.5 rds62.4%57.7%+4.7-160
Over 3.5 rds48.1%85.8%−37.7-123
Over 4.5 rds39.8%45.0%−5.2+108
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision34.1%40.6%−6.5+130

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
69.9Striking68.5
Vettori +1.5
63.2Grappling22.2
Vettori +41.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VettoriCosta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1594
1521
Divisional
1529
1495
Striking offense
1526
1509
Striking defense
1488
1511
Grappling offense
1492
1550
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.88
Strikes landed / min
7.03
43%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.04
Strikes absorbed / min
6.70
64%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
47%
Takedown accuracy
0%
79%
Takedown defense
80%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
83%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
29%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
392
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marvin Vettori
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +1954mo before
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R5
    Close -3146mo before
  • WJack HermanssonU-DEC R5
    Close -13411mo before
  • WKarl RobersonSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2301y 4mo before
  • WAndrew SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3702y before
Paulo Costa
  • LIsrael AdesanyaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1511y 1mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 2mo before
  • WUriah HallKO/TKO R2
    Close -2903y 4mo before
  • WJohny HendricksKO/TKO R2
    Close -3654y before
  • WOluwale BamgboseKO/TKO R2
    Close -2654y 5mo before
Vettori — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
35% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (70%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 2
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Vettori
Costa
11
UFC fights
6
173.8 min · 15.8 avg
Octagon time
45.4 min · 7.6 avg
14y 0m
Career length
14y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vettori
Costa
134W–33L · 80.2%
Overall
82W–25L · 76.6%
96W–30L · 76.2%
Wins
63W–25L · 71.6%
38W–3L · 92.7%
Losses
19W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vettori
Costa
96W–45L · 68.1%
Overall
37W–14L · 72.5%
92W–45L · 67.2%
Wins
37W–14L · 72.5%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Vettori
Costa
5.06
Landed / min
6.57
39.6%
Accuracy
55.2%
65.3%
Defense
53.3%
0.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.32
60.6%
Time at distance
88.6%
Grappling & control
Vettori
Costa
2.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
47.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
78.8%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.2%
Control share
25.4%
Strike target map
Vettori
  • Head82%(550)div 64%
  • Body10%(69)div 19%
  • Legs8%(55)div 17%
Costa
  • Head55%(175)div 64%
  • Body41%(130)div 19%
  • Legs4%(14)div 17%

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

Marvin Vettori
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paulo Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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