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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
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Rashad Coulter
Rashad Coulter
8-3 · USA
June 9, 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Chris de la Rocha def. Rashad Coulter by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:53
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
de la Rocha21/522/302:06
Coulter27/510/100:01
R2 · 3:53
de la Rocha19/271/103:15
Coulter3/60/000:00
Total
de la Rocha40/793/405:21
Coulter30/570/100:01

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
de la RochaWin probabilityCoulter
55.5%44.5%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
15%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward de la Rocha, blue toward Coulter. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
de la Rocha56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%
Submission11%20%
Decision22%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 40
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Coulter44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%56%
Submission4%9%
Decision15%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 30
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R218%
R38%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
de la Rocha
46.8%+111
Coulter
-11151.8%
Most takedownstie 58.7%
de la Rocha
29.0%-235
Coulter
+23512.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
de la Rocha
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.3%
+137
Under 38.5
57.7%
-137
04896
Coulter
Expected: 40.5
40.5
Over 40.5
42.5%
+135
Under 40.5
57.5%
-135
051102
Takedowns — over/under
de la Rocha
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
32.0%
+213
Under 0.5
68.0%
-213
035
Coulter
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.8%
Exactly 0
84.2%
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 8.9 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
de la Rocha55.5%48.9%+6.6-105
Coulter44.5%51.1%−6.6-115

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
48.6Striking52.7
Coulter +4.0
0.0Grappling25.0
Coulter +25.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
de la RochaCoulter
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1481
Pound-for-pound
1490
1481
Divisional
1490
1496
Striking offense
1492
1484
Striking defense
1486
1496
Grappling offense
1491
1499
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
39 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
80"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.07
Strikes landed / min
3.49
36%
Strike accuracy
45%
7.44
Strikes absorbed / min
9.48
46%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
741
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris de la Rocha
  • LAdam MilsteadKO/TKO R2
    Close +2452y before
  • LDaniel OmielanczukKO/TKO R1
    Close +1202y 11mo before
Rashad Coulter
  • LTai TuivasaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1557mo before
  • LChase ShermanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1101y 1mo before
de la Rocha — win / loss by method
Record: 4-2-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Coulter — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
100% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
de la Rocha
Coulter
2
UFC fights
2
9.8 min · 4.9 avg
Octagon time
13.2 min · 6.6 avg
12y 10m
Career length
15y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

de la Rocha
Coulter
23W–6L · 79.3%
Overall
16W–4L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
23W–6L · 79.3%
Losses
16W–4L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
de la Rocha
Coulter
30W–21L · 58.8%
Overall
28W–51L · 35.4%
30W–21L · 58.8%
Wins
28W–51L · 35.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
de la Rocha
Coulter
5.74
Landed / min
3.60
33.0%
Accuracy
38.6%
48.3%
Defense
58.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
60.4%
Time at distance
67.5%
Grappling & control
de la Rocha
Coulter
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
90.0%
Control share
22.4%
Strike target map
de la Rocha
  • Head65%(26)div 66%
  • Body23%(9)div 19%
  • Legs13%(5)div 15%
Coulter
  • Head74%(34)div 66%
  • Body22%(10)div 19%
  • Legs4%(2)div 15%

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

Chris de la Rocha
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rashad Coulter
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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