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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
Alexandr Romanov
Alexandr Romanov
13-0 · MDA
VS
Juan Espino
Juan Espino
10-1 · ESP
April 17, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.0lb
Weigh-in
257.0lb
Alexandr Romanov def. Juan Espino by S-DEC, R3 1:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romanov5/91/102:18
Espino4/62/201:28
R2
Romanov27/441/203:20
Espino6/130/100:45
R3 · 1:05
Romanov0/00/100:03
Espino2/32/200:42
Total
Romanov32/532/405:41
Espino12/224/502:55

Scorecards

Romanov vs Espino

RdChris LeeDave HagenTony WeeksCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109.1-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.2-28.9

Media (8 cards) · avg 2928.3 · 6 Romanov · 0 Espino · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Romanov-Espino.

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
RomanovWin probabilityEspino
58.5%41.5%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
18%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.0 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 Romanov, blue toward Espino. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Romanov58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%47%23%
Submission11%18%17%
Decision20%35%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes16 (622)act 32
Takedowns2.7 (0.06.7)act 2
Espino42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%33%11%
Submission8%18%17%
Decision20%49%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (622)act 12
Takedowns1.9 (0.05.0)act 4
Combined totals~33 sig strikes~4.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R216%
R36%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.8%
Romanov
48.4%+101
Espino
-10148.8%
Most takedownstie 14.0%
Romanov
49.7%-137
Espino
+13736.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romanov
Expected: 16.4
16.5
Over 16.5
39.5%
+153
Under 16.5
60.5%
-153
02142
Espino
Expected: 16.5
16.5
Over 16.5
39.8%
+151
Under 16.5
60.2%
-151
02142
Takedowns — over/under
Romanov
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
48.8%
+105
Under 2.5
51.2%
-105
059
Espino
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
38.2%
+115
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
43.8%
-115
036

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 9.0 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
Romanov58.5%58.7%−0.2-162
Espino41.5%41.3%+0.2+130
By method
Romanov by KO/TKO24.0%23.2%+0.8+240
Romanov by submission10.8%17.5%−6.7+350
Romanov by decision23.8%13.1%+10.7+500
Espino by KO/TKO17.0%11.2%+5.8+600
Espino by submission7.6%17.5%−9.9+350
Espino by decision16.9%17.5%−0.6+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds62.4%51.0%+11.4-120
Over 2.5 rds46.6%37.5%+9.1+150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.6%33.7%+6.9+175

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
67.3Striking80.9
Espino +13.5
75.0Grappling75.0
Romanov +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomanovEspino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1551
1567
Divisional
1551
1474
Striking offense
1475
1493
Striking defense
1512
1560
Grappling offense
1563
1551
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
30 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.31
Strikes landed / min
4.32
40%
Strike accuracy
80%
1.76
Strikes absorbed / min
0.54
43%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.35
Takedowns / 15 min
14.19
67%
Takedown accuracy
78%
Takedown defense
3.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandr Romanov
  • WMarcos Rogerio de LimaSUB R1
    Close -4555mo before
  • WRoque MartinezSUB R2
    Close -3607mo before
Juan Espino
  • WJeff HughesSUB R1
    Close -3057mo before
  • WJustin FrazierSUB R1
    Close -1752y 5mo before
Romanov — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Espino — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Romanov
Espino
2
UFC fights
2
14.2 min · 7.1 avg
Octagon time
7.4 min · 3.7 avg
9y 8m
Career length
17y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romanov
Espino
32W–11L · 74.4%
Overall
20W–5L · 80.0%
32W–11L · 74.4%
Wins
20W–5L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romanov
Espino
73W–57L · 56.2%
Overall
57W–67L · 46.0%
73W–57L · 56.2%
Wins
53W–67L · 44.2%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Romanov
Espino
2.53
Landed / min
1.63
80.0%
Accuracy
28.6%
47.1%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
11.2%
Time at distance
16.5%
Grappling & control
Romanov
Espino
6.35
Takedowns / 15 min
14.19
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
77.8%
Takedown defense
3.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.08
100.0%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Romanov
  • Head82%(50)div 65%
  • Body15%(9)div 19%
  • Legs3%(2)div 15%
Espino
  • Head88%(28)div 65%
  • Body13%(4)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%

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

Alexandr Romanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Juan Espino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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