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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Holly Holm
Holly Holm
11-4 · USA
VS
Megan Anderson
Megan Anderson
7-2 · AUS
June 9, 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Holly Holm def. Megan Anderson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holm12/171/203:33
Anderson15/310/000:00
R2
Holm18/311/203:39
Anderson7/190/000:00
R3
Holm17/232/403:32
Anderson4/80/000:00
Total
Holm47/714/8010:44
Anderson26/580/000:00

Scorecards

Holm vs Anderson

RdBrian PuccilloKelvin CaldwellMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-810-910-8.6
R310-910-910-810-8.6
Total30-2730-2630-2629.9-26.3

Media (21 cards) · avg 3026.3 · 21 Holm · 0 Anderson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holm-Anderson.

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
HolmWin probabilityAnderson
41.3%58.7%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
16%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holm41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%
Submission4%9%
Decision26%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 47
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 4
Anderson59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%
Submission12%21%
Decision35%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 26
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R29%
R39%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Holm
45.7%+116
Anderson
-11652.8%
Most takedownstie 40.1%
Holm
46.3%-339
Anderson
+33913.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holm
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+136
Under 34.5
57.7%
-136
04386
Anderson
Expected: 37.1
37
Over 37
41.9%
+135
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.3%
-135
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Holm
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.1%
+150
Exactly 1
22.2%
push
Under 1
46.7%
-150
035
Anderson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.4%
Exactly 0
77.6%
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 11.5 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
Holm41.3%57.1%−15.8-145
Anderson58.7%42.9%+15.8+125

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
HolmAnderson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1519
1495
Divisional
1519
1497
Striking offense
1500
1530
Striking defense
1500
1471
Grappling offense
1500
1537
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
36 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'0"
69"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.79
Strikes landed / min
32%
Strike accuracy
2.90
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.21
Takedowns / 15 min
18%
Takedown accuracy
78%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
20%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Holly Holm
  • LCristiane JustinoU-DEC R5
    Close +2655mo before
  • WBethe CorreiaKO/TKO R3
    Close -5701y before
  • LGermaine de RandamieU-DEC R5
    Close +1001y 4mo before
  • LValentina ShevchenkoU-DEC R5
    Close -1901y 11mo before
  • LMiesha TateSUB R5
    Close -3002y 3mo before
Megan Anderson
No prior UFC fights.
Holm — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Anderson — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holm
Anderson
8
UFC fights
0
145.6 min · 18.2 avg
Octagon time
15y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Holm
Anderson
86W–18L · 82.7%
Overall
33W–7L · 82.5%
Wins
53W–11L · 82.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holm
Anderson
30W–22L · 57.7%
Overall
24W–16L · 60.0%
30W–22L · 57.7%
Wins
19W–14L · 57.6%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Holm
Anderson
3.13
Landed / min
30.1%
Accuracy
62.3%
Defense
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
78.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Holm
Anderson
0.21
Takedowns / 15 min
18.2%
Takedown accuracy
78.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
61.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Holm
  • Head47%(189)div 48%
  • Body29%(116)div 28%
  • Legs25%(101)div 24%
Anderson
  • Head0%(0)div 48%
  • Body0%(0)div 28%
  • Legs0%(0)div 24%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Holly Holm
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Megan Anderson

No UFC fights on record.

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