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UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
12-0 · BRA
VS
Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
13-3 · USA
August 17, 2019 · Anaheim, California, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Paulo Costa def. Yoel Romero by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa37/690/010:04
Romero32/690/210:06
R2
Costa37/710/000:00
Romero40/911/100:01
R3
Costa44/730/000:02
Romero53/1240/100:05
Total
Costa118/2130/010:06
Romero125/2841/410:12

Scorecards

Costa vs Romero

RdGuilherme BravoMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (22 cards) · avg 2928 · 22 Costa · 0 Romero

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Costa-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
CostaWin probabilityRomero
76.6%23.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
6%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Costa77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%41%
Submission5%7%
Decision40%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3785)act 118
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Romero23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%37%
Submission0%3%
Decision14%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3580)act 125
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Combined totals~127 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R26%
R329%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Costa
52.1%-111
Romero
+11147.0%
Most takedownstie 54.8%
Costa
20.8%+118
Romero
-11824.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 65.3
65.5
Over 65.5
42.3%
+136
Under 65.5
57.7%
-136
082164
Romero
Expected: 61.9
62
Over 62
41.8%
+137
Exactly 62
1.1%
push
Under 62
57.1%
-137
078155
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
Romero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.0%
+233
Under 0.5
70.0%
-233
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 12.5 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
Costa76.6%39.6%+37.0+145
Romero23.4%60.4%−37.0-165

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
70.2Striking71.6
Romero +1.5
22.7Grappling48.5
Romero +25.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaRomero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1590
Pound-for-pound
1629
1586
Divisional
1624
1529
Striking offense
1539
1498
Striking defense
1529
1497
Grappling offense
1498
1528
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
28 yrs
Age
42 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
8.83
Strikes landed / min
3.32
59%
Strike accuracy
51%
5.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.84
51%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
0%
Takedown accuracy
36%
82%
Takedown defense
81%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
82%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
406
Days since last fight
434
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Costa
  • WUriah HallKO/TKO R2
    Close -2901y 1mo before
  • WJohny HendricksKO/TKO R2
    Close -3651y 9mo before
  • WOluwale BamgboseKO/TKO R2
    Close -2652y 2mo before
  • WGarreth McLellanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3402y 5mo before
Yoel Romero
  • LRobert WhittakerS-DEC R5
    Close +2351y 2mo before
  • WLuke RockholdKO/TKO R3
    Close +1601y 6mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerU-DEC R5
    Close +1102y 1mo before
  • WChris WeidmanKO/TKO R3
    Close +1802y 9mo before
  • WJacare SouzaS-DEC R3
    Close +1203y 8mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
92% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Romero
4
UFC fights
11
21.4 min · 5.3 avg
Octagon time
151.4 min · 13.8 avg
14y 5m
Career length
16y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Romero
50W–22L · 69.4%
Overall
173W–30L · 85.2%
50W–22L · 69.4%
Wins
136W–22L · 86.1%
0W–0L
Losses
37W–8L · 82.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Romero
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
24W–9L · 72.7%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Costa
Romero
8.23
Landed / min
3.05
56.8%
Accuracy
45.3%
53.7%
Defense
64.9%
2.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
80.7%
Time at distance
72.3%
Grappling & control
Costa
Romero
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.98
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
81.8%
Takedown defense
80.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
25.4%
Control share
70.7%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head56%(106)div 63%
  • Body41%(77)div 19%
  • Legs3%(6)div 18%
Romero
  • Head57%(287)div 63%
  • Body20%(101)div 19%
  • Legs23%(114)div 18%

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

Paulo Costa
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.