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UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman
Felipe Franco
Felipe Franco
10-2 · BRA
VS
July 18, 2026 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Felipe Franco def. Levi Rodrigues Jr. by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franco16/252/402:27
Rodrigues Jr.11/280/000:00
R2 · 1:40
Franco23/311/201:24
Rodrigues Jr.0/40/000:00
Total
Franco39/563/603:51
Rodrigues Jr.11/320/000:00

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
FrancoWin probabilityRodrigues Jr.
55.5%44.5%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
17%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Franco55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%41%15%
Submission12%22%14%
Decision20%37%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 39
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 3
Rodrigues Jr.45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%45%45%
Submission5%11%4%
Decision20%44%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 11
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R216%
R35%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Franco
48.1%+105
Rodrigues Jr.
-10550.3%
Most takedownstie 29.7%
Franco
54.3%-341
Rodrigues Jr.
+34115.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franco
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
39.0%
+152
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.4%
-152
03773
Rodrigues Jr.
Expected: 29.9
30
Over 30
38.8%
+154
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.6%
-154
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Franco
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.1%
+132
Under 1.5
56.9%
-132
035
Rodrigues Jr.
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.2%
+243
Under 0.5
70.8%
-243
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 8.7 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
Franco55.5%42.4%+13.1+125
Rodrigues Jr.44.5%57.6%−13.1-152
By method
Franco by KO/TKO24.0%15.2%+8.8+462
Franco by submission9.4%13.8%−4.4+518
Franco by decision22.1%13.7%+8.4+522
Rodrigues Jr. by KO/TKO19.3%45.1%−25.8-112
Rodrigues Jr. by submission7.5%3.7%+3.8+2211
Rodrigues Jr. by decision17.7%8.4%+9.3+914
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds60.6%48.4%+12.2-107
Over 2.5 rds44.4%30.4%+14.0+206
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.8%23.7%+16.1+298

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
FrancoRodrigues Jr.
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1519
1528
Divisional
1519
1479
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1500
1553
Grappling offense
1500
1548
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
35%
Strike accuracy
2.27
Strikes absorbed / min
41%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
86%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Felipe Franco
  • LMario PintoU-DEC R3
    Close +6344mo before
Levi Rodrigues Jr.
No prior UFC fights.
Franco — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Rodrigues Jr. — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0, 1 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Franco
Rodrigues Jr.
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
3y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Franco
Rodrigues Jr.
11W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franco
Rodrigues Jr.
33W–34L · 49.3%
Overall
10W–6L · 62.5%
30W–34L · 46.9%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Franco
Rodrigues Jr.
1.83
Landed / min
25.5%
Accuracy
52.4%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
47.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Franco
Rodrigues Jr.
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
85.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Franco
  • Head62%(13)div 63%
  • Body33%(7)div 19%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%
Rodrigues Jr.
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Felipe Franco
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Levi Rodrigues Jr.

No UFC fights on record.

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