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UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill
VS
Kevin Croom
Kevin Croom
21-12 · USA
September 12, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:31
Roberts2/50/100:00
Croom5/60/010:15
Total
Roberts2/50/100:00
Croom5/60/010:15

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
RobertsWin probabilityCroom
77.5%22.5%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
16%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Roberts, blue toward Croom. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Roberts77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%35%
Submission12%16%
Decision38%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 2
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Croom23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%39%
Submission4%17%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 5
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R215%
R37%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Roberts
52.6%-115
Croom
+11545.8%
Most takedownstie 37.5%
Roberts
19.1%+227
Croom
-22743.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
42.5%
+135
Under 36.5
57.5%
-135
04692
Croom
Expected: 33.9
34
Over 34
41.4%
+137
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.7%
-137
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Roberts
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+235
Under 0.5
70.2%
-235
035
Croom
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.2%
+139
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
47.5%
-139
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 10.0 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
Roberts77.5%75.4%+2.1-385
Croom22.5%24.6%−2.1+286

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RobertsCroom
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
Striking offense
Striking defense
1505
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.78
Strikes landed / min
46%
Strike accuracy
2.24
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.24
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Roosevelt Roberts
  • LJim MillerSUB R1
    Close -2403mo before
  • WBrok WeaverSUB R2
    Close -3603mo before
  • WAlexander YakovlevU-DEC R3
    Close -13010mo before
  • LVinc PichelU-DEC R3
    Close -2451y 2mo before
  • WThomas GiffordU-DEC R3
    Close -4701y 5mo before
Kevin Croom
No prior UFC fights.
Roberts — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Croom — win / loss by method
Record: 21-12-0

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, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
48% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
21win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 4
10 (48%)Submission(33%) 4
5 (24%)Decision(33%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Roberts
Croom
6
UFC fights
0
60.7 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
9y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Roberts
Croom
112W–39L · 74.2%
Overall
70W–23L · 75.3%
Wins
42W–16L · 72.4%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Roberts
Croom
33W–20L · 62.3%
Overall
306W–170L · 64.3%
33W–20L · 62.3%
Wins
179W–131L · 57.7%
0W–0L
Losses
127W–39L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Roberts
Croom
5.49
Landed / min
39.4%
Accuracy
65.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
37.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Roberts
Croom
1.24
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
Takedown defense
0.99
Sub attempts / 15 min
47.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Roberts
  • Head73%(123)div 63%
  • Body15%(26)div 20%
  • Legs12%(20)div 17%
Croom
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Roosevelt Roberts
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kevin Croom

No UFC fights on record.

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