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UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
19-3 · USA
VS
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
22-2 · USA
August 15, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
233.0lb
Weigh-in
236.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Daniel Cormier by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miocic20/330/000:00
Cormier14/251/100:38
R2
Miocic24/390/210:09
Cormier26/530/000:00
R3
Miocic28/480/001:53
Cormier16/320/000:00
R4
Miocic16/320/201:23
Cormier30/430/100:00
R5
Miocic27/350/202:27
Cormier19/300/000:15
Total
Miocic115/1870/615:52
Cormier105/1831/200:53

Scorecards

Miocic vs Cormier

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.3-9.7
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-99-109-109.3-9.7
R510-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total49-4648-4749-4648.5-46.6

Media (26 cards) · avg 48.246.8 · 26 Miocic · 0 Cormier

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Miocic-Cormier.

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
MiocicWin probabilityCormier
61.1%38.9%
KO / TKO
75%
Submission
8%
Decision
17%
Expected fight time: 14.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miocic61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO51%84%
Submission1%2%
Decision9%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (46105)act 115
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.4)act 0
Cormier39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%63%
Submission7%17%
Decision8%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3784)act 105
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 1
Combined totals~145 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R324%
R414%
R510%
Distance17%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Miocic
59.9%-152
Cormier
+15239.3%
Most takedownstie 47.2%
Miocic
7.8%+574
Cormier
-57444.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 80.5
80.5
Over 80.5
42.5%
+135
Under 80.5
57.5%
-135
0101202
Cormier
Expected: 64.5
64.5
Over 64.5
42.5%
+135
Under 64.5
57.5%
-135
081162
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cormier
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.0%
+158
Exactly 1
14.9%
push
Under 1
52.1%
-158
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 14.0 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
Miocic61.1%49.3%+11.8-106
Cormier38.9%50.7%−11.8-112

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
72.2Striking70.8
Miocic +1.5
48.6Grappling57.9
Cormier +9.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicCormier
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1682
Pound-for-pound
1690
1674
Divisional
1606
1568
Striking offense
1503
1491
Striking defense
1505
1516
Grappling offense
1532
1548
Grappling defense
1561
Physical
37 yrs
Age
41 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'11"
80"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.95
Strikes landed / min
4.42
52%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.69
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
57%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
38%
Takedown accuracy
46%
73%
Takedown defense
71%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
81%
UFC win rate
79%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
69%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
364
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WDaniel CormierKO/TKO R4
    Close +1251y before
  • LDaniel CormierKO/TKO R1
    Close -1602y 1mo before
  • WFrancis NgannouU-DEC R5
    Close +1502y 7mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1653y 3mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close -1453y 11mo before
Daniel Cormier
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R4
    Close -1451y before
  • WDerrick LewisSUB R2
    Close -3801y 9mo before
  • WStipe MiocicKO/TKO R1
    Close +1402y 1mo before
  • WVolkan OezdemirKO/TKO R2
    Close -3452y 7mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R2
    Close +1203y 4mo before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 19-3-0

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
15 wins, 2 losses
W
79% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (69%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (31%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 22-2-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Cormier
16
UFC fights
14
170.3 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
182.4 min · 13.0 avg
16y 5m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Cormier
294W–78L · 79.0%
Overall
249W–56L · 81.6%
234W–69L · 77.2%
Wins
211W–52L · 80.2%
60W–9L · 87.0%
Losses
38W–4L · 90.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Cormier
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
168W–41L · 80.4%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
168W–41L · 80.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Miocic
Cormier
5.55
Landed / min
5.22
46.2%
Accuracy
44.9%
59.3%
Defense
56.0%
0.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
61.0%
Time at distance
47.4%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Cormier
2.20
Takedowns / 15 min
1.81
37.9%
Takedown accuracy
45.8%
73.3%
Takedown defense
71.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.66
89.6%
Control share
80.7%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head76%(643)div 66%
  • Body12%(99)div 19%
  • Legs12%(101)div 15%
Cormier
  • Head76%(612)div 66%
  • Body13%(108)div 19%
  • Legs11%(86)div 15%

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Daniel Cormier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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