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Lauren Murphy
Lauren Murphy
10-4 · USA
VS
August 3, 2019 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Lauren Murphy def. Mara Romero Borella by KO/TKO (Knee), R3 1:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Murphy10/590/000:00
Romero Borella14/410/000:08
R2
Murphy9/430/102:14
Romero Borella6/221/100:37
R3 · 1:46
Murphy5/210/010:02
Romero Borella2/90/200:00
Total
Murphy24/1230/112:16
Romero Borella22/721/300:45

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
MurphyWin probabilityRomero Borella
44.3%55.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
25%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Murphy44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%33%
Submission7%16%
Decision22%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 24
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Romero Borella56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%17%
Submission18%32%
Decision29%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R210%
R311%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Murphy
46.2%+113
Romero Borella
-11352.4%
Most takedownstie 41.9%
Murphy
30.1%-107
Romero Borella
+10728.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Romero Borella
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.6%
+135
Under 41.5
57.4%
-135
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.2%
+155
Under 0.5
60.8%
-155
035
Romero Borella
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
38.3%
+161
Under 0.5
61.7%
-161
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 10.4 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
Murphy44.3%34.2%+10.1+180
Romero Borella55.7%65.8%−10.1-220

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
63.9Striking65.3
Romero Borella +1.4
36.0Grappling48.9
Romero Borella +12.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MurphyRomero Borella
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1499
Pound-for-pound
1529
1529
Divisional
1528
1496
Striking offense
1496
1497
Striking defense
1521
1495
Grappling offense
1500
1511
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
36 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.73
Strikes landed / min
3.37
41%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.81
Strikes absorbed / min
3.16
61%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
30%
Takedown accuracy
44%
63%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
428
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lauren Murphy
  • LSijara EubanksU-DEC R3
    Close +1751y 2mo before
  • WBarb HonchakS-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 8mo before
  • LKatlyn CerminaraU-DEC R3
    Close -1903y 1mo before
  • WKelly FaszholzKO/TKO R3
    Close -3103y 5mo before
  • LLiz CarmoucheU-DEC R3
    Close -1204y 4mo before
Mara Romero Borella
  • WTaila SantosS-DEC R3
    Close +1856mo before
  • LKatlyn CerminaraU-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 6mo before
  • WKalindra FariaSUB R1
    Close +2151y 10mo before
Murphy — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Romero Borella — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0, 2 NC

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, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
3 (30%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Murphy
Romero Borella
6
UFC fights
3
89.9 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
32.9 min · 11.0 avg
16y 2m
Career length
12y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Murphy
Romero Borella
38W–10L · 79.2%
Overall
42W–6L · 87.5%
13W–2L · 86.7%
Wins
33W–5L · 86.8%
25W–8L · 75.8%
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Murphy
Romero Borella
22W–16L · 57.9%
Overall
44W–24L · 64.7%
22W–16L · 57.9%
Wins
23W–16L · 59.0%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–8L · 72.4%
Distance striking
Murphy
Romero Borella
4.51
Landed / min
4.66
30.1%
Accuracy
34.2%
64.2%
Defense
73.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
49.6%
Time at distance
61.4%
Grappling & control
Murphy
Romero Borella
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
62.5%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
55.8%
Control share
76.9%
Strike target map
Murphy
  • Head67%(226)div 62%
  • Body10%(35)div 20%
  • Legs22%(74)div 18%
Romero Borella
  • Head56%(62)div 62%
  • Body9%(10)div 20%
  • Legs35%(39)div 18%

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

Lauren Murphy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mara Romero Borella
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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