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UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Medeiros
Curtis Millender
Curtis Millender
14-3 · USA
VS
Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
22-11 · BRA
February 18, 2018 · Austin, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Curtis Millender def. Thiago Alves by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 4:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Millender26/540/010:11
Alves11/461/100:14
R2 · 4:17
Millender21/520/010:03
Alves22/600/000:00
Total
Millender47/1060/020:14
Alves33/1061/100:14

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
MillenderWin probabilityAlves
71.6%28.4%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
7%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Millender72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%
Submission4%6%
Decision49%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 47
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Alves28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%41%
Submission3%10%
Decision14%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 33
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R210%
R36%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Millender
54.7%-124
Alves
+12444.2%
Most takedownstie 62.5%
Millender
18.2%+106
Alves
-10619.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Millender
Expected: 55.2
55
Over 55
42.2%
+134
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.6%
-134
070139
Alves
Expected: 49.4
49.5
Over 49.5
42.3%
+136
Under 49.5
57.7%
-136
062124
Takedowns — over/under
Millender
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.5%
+366
Under 0.5
78.5%
-366
035
Alves
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+342
Under 0.5
77.4%
-342
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 11.3 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
Millender71.6%42.0%+29.6+130
Alves28.4%58.0%−29.6-150

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
MillenderAlves
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1601
1534
Divisional
1612
1500
Striking offense
1550
1500
Striking defense
1527
1500
Grappling offense
1481
1500
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
30 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.60
Strike accuracy
42%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.07
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
63%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
64%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
316
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Curtis Millender
No prior UFC fights.
Thiago Alves
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +11010mo before
  • LJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 3mo before
  • LCarlos ConditKO/TKO R2
    Close +2902y 9mo before
  • WJordan MeinKO/TKO R2
    Close +1303y 1mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -4803y 10mo before
Millender — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
9 (64%)Decision(33%) 1
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 22-11-0

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
59% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
1 win, 4 losses
W
5% of wins
L
36% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
36% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
14win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
1 (7%)Submission(25%) 2
5 (36%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Millender
Alves
0
UFC fights
22
Octagon time
239.7 min · 10.9 avg
Career length
25y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Millender
Alves
Overall
405W–110L · 78.6%
Wins
251W–78L · 76.3%
Losses
154W–32L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Millender
Alves
121W–53L · 69.5%
Overall
51W–17L · 75.0%
82W–34L · 70.7%
Wins
32W–12L · 72.7%
39W–19L · 67.2%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Distance striking
Millender
Alves
Landed / min
5.08
Accuracy
38.7%
Defense
70.4%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
Time at distance
52.9%
Grappling & control
Millender
Alves
Takedowns / 15 min
0.75
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
63.4%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
Control share
28.4%
Strike target map
Millender
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Alves
  • Head54%(468)div 63%
  • Body13%(112)div 20%
  • Legs33%(283)div 16%

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

Curtis Millender

No UFC fights on record.

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

Thiago Alves
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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