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UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
Livinha Souza
Livinha Souza
13-2 · BRA
VS
Ashley Yoder
Ashley Yoder
7-5 · USA
August 15, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
Livinha Souza def. Ashley Yoder by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Souza10/190/101:26
Yoder6/220/001:12
R2
Souza13/180/000:31
Yoder6/200/102:26
R3
Souza23/331/300:46
Yoder20/720/000:12
Total
Souza46/701/402:43
Yoder32/1140/103:50

Scorecards

Souza vs Yoder

RdDave HagenJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.3-9.7
R310-99-109-109.2-9.8
Total30-2729-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Souza · 0 Yoder

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Souza-Yoder.

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
SouzaWin probabilityYoder
65.4%34.6%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
8%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Souza65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%39%
Submission6%10%
Decision33%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 46
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 1
Yoder35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission2%5%
Decision22%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R218%
R33%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Souza
47.0%+110
Yoder
-11051.5%
Most takedownstie 35.6%
Souza
48.7%-309
Yoder
+30915.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Souza
Expected: 37.2
37
Over 37
41.9%
+134
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.3%
-134
04793
Yoder
Expected: 39.0
39
Over 39
41.7%
+136
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.6%
-136
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Souza
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.9%
+114
Exactly 1
19.0%
push
Under 1
43.1%
-114
035
Yoder
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.5%
+263
Under 0.5
72.5%
-263
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 10.6 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
Souza65.4%58.7%+6.7-162
Yoder34.6%41.3%−6.7+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
57.1Striking58.7
Yoder +1.6
70.3Grappling48.8
Souza +21.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SouzaYoder
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1484
1547
Divisional
1484
1482
Striking offense
1496
1503
Striking defense
1498
1542
Grappling offense
1503
1537
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'7"
63"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.79
Strikes landed / min
3.10
38%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.44
Strikes absorbed / min
3.56
62%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
50%
Takedown accuracy
38%
25%
Takedown defense
67%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
399
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Livinha Souza
  • LBrianna Van BurenU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 1mo before
  • WSarah FrotaS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2301y 6mo before
  • WAlex ChambersSUB R1
    Close -15001y 11mo before
Ashley Yoder
  • LRanda MarkosS-DEC R3
    Close +13010mo before
  • WSyuri KondoU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 2mo before
  • WAmanda CooperS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • LMackenzie DernS-DEC R3
    Close +3902y 5mo before
  • LAngela HillU-DEC R3
    Close +2803y 1mo before
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Yoder — win / loss by method
Record: 7-5-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Souza
Yoder
3
UFC fights
6
31.4 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
90.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 5m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Souza
Yoder
22W–6L · 78.6%
Overall
34W–16L · 68.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Wins
9W–6L · 60.0%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
25W–10L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Souza
Yoder
62W–20L · 75.6%
Overall
9W–7L · 56.3%
58W–17L · 77.3%
Wins
8W–7L · 53.3%
4W–3L · 57.1%
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Souza
Yoder
2.38
Landed / min
4.68
32.4%
Accuracy
31.9%
67.6%
Defense
57.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.17
48.2%
Time at distance
38.5%
Grappling & control
Souza
Yoder
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
1.33
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.1%
25.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
1.91
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
35.3%
Control share
54.7%
Strike target map
Souza
  • Head52%(29)div 61%
  • Body30%(17)div 22%
  • Legs18%(10)div 17%
Yoder
  • Head69%(192)div 61%
  • Body24%(67)div 22%
  • Legs7%(20)div 17%

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

Livinha Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ashley Yoder
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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