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UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Jacare
Tracy Cortez
Tracy Cortez
6-1 · USA
VS
Vanessa Melo
Vanessa Melo
10-6 · BRA
November 16, 2019 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Tracy Cortez def. Vanessa Melo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cortez41/820/100:00
Melo21/870/000:00
R2
Cortez11/141/704:43
Melo6/90/000:02
R3
Cortez27/441/104:03
Melo13/290/000:00
Total
Cortez79/1402/908:46
Melo40/1250/000:02

Scorecards

Cortez vs Melo

RdHallison PontesMarcelo VilhenaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-810-910-910-8.8
Total29-2730-2730-2730-26.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 14 Cortez · 0 Melo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cortez-Melo.

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
CortezWin probabilityMelo
80.6%19.4%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
28%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cortez81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%36%
Submission22%27%
Decision30%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 79
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.0)act 2
Melo19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%27%
Submission5%28%
Decision9%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 40
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R214%
R311%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Cortez
64.8%-191
Melo
+19133.9%
Most takedownstie 32.5%
Cortez
55.7%-474
Melo
+47411.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cortez
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Melo
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.6%
+135
Under 33.5
57.4%
-135
04284
Takedowns — over/under
Cortez
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.9%
-108
Exactly 1
24.9%
push
Under 1
36.2%
+108
035
Melo
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
23.5%
Exactly 0
76.5%
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 9.1 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
Cortez80.6%67.4%+13.2-235
Melo19.4%32.6%−13.2+195

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
CortezMelo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1488
1520
Divisional
1488
1500
Striking offense
1499
1500
Striking defense
1497
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'5"
65"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.53
Strike accuracy
27%
Strikes absorbed / min
8.33
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tracy Cortez
No prior UFC fights.
Vanessa Melo
  • LIrene AldanaU-DEC R3
    missedClose +41556d before
Cortez — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Melo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-6-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
80% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (80%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Cortez
Melo
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
14y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cortez
Melo
Overall
10W–5L · 66.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
10W–5L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cortez
Melo
17W–5L · 77.3%
Overall
63W–44L · 58.9%
14W–5L · 73.7%
Wins
44W–34L · 56.4%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
19W–10L · 65.5%
Distance striking
Cortez
Melo
Landed / min
4.61
Accuracy
27.2%
Defense
62.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
98.4%
Grappling & control
Cortez
Melo
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Cortez
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Melo
  • Head71%(48)div 64%
  • Body13%(9)div 19%
  • Legs16%(11)div 17%

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

Tracy Cortez

No UFC fights on record.

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

Vanessa Melo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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