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UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
20-1 · USA
VS
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
18-2 · USA
July 7, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
246.0lb
Weigh-in
242.5lb
Daniel Cormier def. Stipe Miocic by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:33
Cormier25/370/010:06
Miocic24/511/101:21
Total
Cormier25/370/010:06
Miocic24/511/101:21

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
CormierWin probabilityMiocic
32.7%67.3%
KO / TKO
66%
Submission
8%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cormier33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%50%
Submission6%19%
Decision10%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 25
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Miocic67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO49%73%
Submission2%3%
Decision16%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 1
Combined totals~115 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R218%
R36%
R44%
R52%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Cormier
39.3%+152
Miocic
-15259.8%
Most takedownstie 47.6%
Cormier
44.7%-577
Miocic
+5777.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 51.1
51
Over 51
42.0%
+135
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.7%
-135
064128
Miocic
Expected: 63.8
64
Over 64
41.8%
+137
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
57.2%
-137
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.3%
+178
Exactly 1
18.6%
push
Under 1
52.1%
-178
035
Miocic
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
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 11.1 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
Cormier32.7%40.4%−7.7+140
Miocic67.3%59.6%+7.7-160

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
68.5Striking77.3
Miocic +8.8
56.8Grappling49.5
Cormier +7.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CormierMiocic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1677
Pound-for-pound
1681
1582
Divisional
1680
1495
Striking offense
1560
1508
Striking defense
1503
1532
Grappling offense
1514
1556
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
39 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'4"
72"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.84
Strikes landed / min
4.75
50%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
53%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.68
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
41%
Takedown accuracy
37%
75%
Takedown defense
75%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
86%
+1
Win/loss streak
+6
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
56%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Cormier
  • WVolkan OezdemirKO/TKO R2
    Close -3456mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R2
    Close +1201y 3mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -4302y before
  • WAlexander GustafssonS-DEC R5
    Close -2552y 9mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R3
    Close +1003y 1mo before
Stipe Miocic
  • WFrancis NgannouU-DEC R5
    Close +1506mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1651y 2mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 10mo before
  • WFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R1
    Close +1602y 2mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2402y 6mo before
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-0, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cormier
Miocic
11
UFC fights
14
151.5 min · 13.8 avg
Octagon time
146.7 min · 10.5 avg
16y 10m
Career length
16y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cormier
Miocic
192W–46L · 80.7%
Overall
252W–76L · 76.8%
172W–45L · 79.3%
Wins
212W–68L · 75.7%
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
40W–8L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cormier
Miocic
168W–41L · 80.4%
Overall
18W–5L · 78.3%
168W–41L · 80.4%
Wins
18W–5L · 78.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cormier
Miocic
4.20
Landed / min
5.16
38.1%
Accuracy
45.0%
57.9%
Defense
64.9%
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
45.4%
Time at distance
60.1%
Grappling & control
Cormier
Miocic
1.68
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
41.5%
Takedown accuracy
37.1%
75.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.8%
Control share
94.4%
Strike target map
Cormier
  • Head71%(414)div 66%
  • Body17%(96)div 19%
  • Legs12%(71)div 15%
Miocic
  • Head78%(542)div 66%
  • Body9%(66)div 19%
  • Legs13%(88)div 15%

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

Daniel Cormier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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