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UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
18-0 · NGA
VS
Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
13-4 · USA
March 7, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
184.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Israel Adesanya def. Yoel Romero by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya2/110/000:00
Romero4/60/000:00
R2
Adesanya11/290/000:00
Romero7/140/000:00
R3
Adesanya12/300/000:00
Romero9/140/000:00
R4
Adesanya11/330/000:00
Romero6/220/200:00
R5
Adesanya12/290/000:00
Romero14/330/100:00
Total
Adesanya48/1320/000:00
Romero40/890/300:00

Scorecards

Adesanya vs Romero

RdChris LeeRon McCarthySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-10
R210-99-109-109.2-9.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-99.9-9.1
R510-910-910-99.3-9.7
Total49-4648-4748-4747.4-47.7

Media (21 cards) · avg 4847.1 · 19 Adesanya · 0 Romero · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Adesanya-Romero.

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
AdesanyaWin probabilityRomero
70.5%29.5%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
5%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 18.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%53%
Submission3%5%
Decision30%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes90 (52117)act 48
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Romero29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%61%
Submission1%5%
Decision10%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4194)act 40
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~162 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R26%
R322%
R413%
R59%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Adesanya
60.2%-154
Romero
+15439.1%
Most takedownstie 61.3%
Adesanya
8.5%+356
Romero
-35630.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 90.3
90.5
Over 90.5
42.3%
+136
Under 90.5
57.7%
-136
0113226
Romero
Expected: 72.0
72
Over 72
42.0%
+136
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
57.1%
-136
090180
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.1%
Exactly 0
88.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Romero
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.4%
+208
Under 0.5
67.6%
-208
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 18.4 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
Adesanya70.5%71.1%−0.6-260
Romero29.5%28.9%+0.6+240

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
77.4Striking69.7
Adesanya +7.7
29.3Grappling47.8
Romero +18.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaRomero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1656
Pound-for-pound
1612
1653
Divisional
1607
1526
Striking offense
1541
1526
Striking defense
1525
1500
Grappling offense
1492
1515
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
30 yrs
Age
42 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
3.77
51%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.60
Strikes absorbed / min
3.29
67%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
0%
Takedown accuracy
35%
86%
Takedown defense
81%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+7
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
43%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • WRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1305mo before
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -17011mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -5151y 1mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 4mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R5
    Close -1151y 8mo before
Yoel Romero
  • LPaulo CostaU-DEC R3
    Close -1657mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerS-DEC R5
    Close +2351y 9mo before
  • WLuke RockholdKO/TKO R3
    Close +1602y 1mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R5
    Close +1102y 8mo before
  • WChris WeidmanKO/TKO R3
    Close +1803y 4mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 18-0-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (57%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Romero
7
UFC fights
12
102.0 min · 14.6 avg
Octagon time
166.4 min · 13.9 avg
14y 4m
Career length
16y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Romero
128W–29L · 81.5%
Overall
185W–30L · 86.0%
128W–29L · 81.5%
Wins
136W–22L · 86.1%
0W–0L
Losses
49W–8L · 86.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Romero
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
24W–9L · 72.7%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Adesanya
Romero
4.77
Landed / min
3.65
47.9%
Accuracy
44.6%
68.4%
Defense
61.8%
1.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.90
81.1%
Time at distance
74.4%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Romero
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.0%
85.7%
Takedown defense
80.6%
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
17.8%
Control share
70.7%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head57%(260)div 63%
  • Body17%(79)div 19%
  • Legs25%(116)div 17%
Romero
  • Head61%(383)div 63%
  • Body18%(112)div 19%
  • Legs21%(132)div 17%

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

Israel Adesanya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yoel Romero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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