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Carla Esparza
Carla Esparza
16-6 · USA
VS
Marina Rodriguez
Marina Rodriguez
12-0-2 · BRA
July 25, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.5lb
Carla Esparza def. Marina Rodriguez by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Esparza8/121/203:21
Rodriguez20/330/000:50
R2
Esparza7/191/302:28
Rodriguez14/290/000:14
R3
Esparza18/293/403:05
Rodriguez6/140/000:00
Total
Esparza33/605/908:54
Rodriguez40/760/001:04

Scorecards

Esparza vs Rodriguez

RdAnders OhlssonBen CartlidgeClemens WernerCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.2-9.8
R29-109-1010-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2929-2830-2728.4-28.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 18 Esparza · 0 Rodriguez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Esparza-Rodriguez.

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
EsparzaWin probabilityRodriguez
57.7%42.3%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
8%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Esparza58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%11%
Submission6%10%
Decision46%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 33
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.2)act 5
Rodriguez42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%19%
Submission2%5%
Decision32%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 40
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R29%
R35%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Esparza
42.0%+135
Rodriguez
-13556.7%
Most takedownstie 24.7%
Esparza
72.3%-2469
Rodriguez
+24692.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.4%
+136
Under 38.5
57.6%
-136
04997
Rodriguez
Expected: 45.1
45
Over 45
41.9%
+135
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.6%
-135
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
53.3%
-114
Under 1.5
46.7%
+114
036
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.2%
Exactly 0
91.8%
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 13.1 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
Esparza57.7%38.7%+19.0+145
Rodriguez42.3%61.3%−19.0-182

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
59.7Striking71.3
Rodriguez +11.6
48.8Grappling33.1
Esparza +15.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EsparzaRodriguez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1564
1574
Divisional
1564
1459
Striking offense
1500
1513
Striking defense
1525
1510
Grappling offense
1484
1491
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'6"
63"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.30
Strikes landed / min
5.30
41%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.87
Strikes absorbed / min
3.62
54%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.28
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
34%
Takedown accuracy
20%
49%
Takedown defense
71%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
0
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
14%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carla Esparza
  • WMichelle Waterson-GomezS-DEC R3
    Close -1553mo before
  • WAlexa GrassoM-DEC R3
    Close +12510mo before
  • WVirna JandirobaU-DEC R3
    Close -1301y 3mo before
  • LTatiana SuarezKO/TKO R3
    Close +3351y 11mo before
  • LClaudia GadelhaS-DEC R3
    Close +2302y 2mo before
Marina Rodriguez
  • DCynthia CalvilloM-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1458mo before
  • WTecia PenningtonU-DEC R3
    Close +13511mo before
  • WJessica AguilarU-DEC R3
    Close -3501y 4mo before
  • DRanda MarkosM-DEC R3
    Close -1301y 10mo before
Esparza — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-2

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
42% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
4 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Esparza
Rodriguez
11
UFC fights
4
155.3 min · 14.1 avg
Octagon time
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 5m
Career length
11y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Esparza
Rodriguez
101W–20L · 83.5%
Overall
30W–11L · 73.2%
66W–13L · 83.5%
Wins
30W–11L · 73.2%
35W–7L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Esparza
Rodriguez
59W–20L · 74.7%
Overall
45W–24L · 65.2%
29W–16L · 64.4%
Wins
45W–24L · 65.2%
30W–4L · 88.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Esparza
Rodriguez
2.85
Landed / min
6.10
32.3%
Accuracy
38.6%
64.2%
Defense
66.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
47.3%
Time at distance
53.3%
Grappling & control
Esparza
Rodriguez
3.28
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
33.7%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
48.6%
Takedown defense
70.6%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.25
58.6%
Control share
31.6%
Strike target map
Esparza
  • Head72%(256)div 61%
  • Body17%(60)div 22%
  • Legs11%(41)div 17%
Rodriguez
  • Head46%(145)div 61%
  • Body33%(105)div 22%
  • Legs21%(68)div 17%

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

Carla Esparza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marina Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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