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UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
17-2 · USA
VS
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou
11-1 · FRA
January 20, 2018 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
246.0lb
Weigh-in
263.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Francis Ngannou by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miocic16/252/501:57
Ngannou15/620/000:01
R2
Miocic17/242/302:17
Ngannou4/270/000:00
R3
Miocic12/161/303:47
Ngannou1/80/100:01
R4
Miocic18/211/104:39
Ngannou0/30/000:00
R5
Miocic7/90/202:22
Ngannou1/130/000:00
Total
Miocic70/956/14015:02
Ngannou21/1130/100:02

Scorecards

Miocic vs Ngannou

RdChris LeeDavid GinsbergDouglas CrosbyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-8.7
R410-810-810-810-7.9
R510-910-910-910-8.8
Total50-4450-4450-4449.9-43.2

Media (21 cards) · avg 5043.9 · 21 Miocic · 0 Ngannou

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Miocic-Ngannou.

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
MiocicWin probabilityNgannou
28.0%72.0%
KO / TKO
70%
Submission
7%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 13.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miocic28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%66%
Submission0%1%
Decision9%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 70
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 6
Ngannou72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO51%71%
Submission7%9%
Decision14%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (4091)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~124 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R219%
R317%
R410%
R57%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Miocic
38.1%+160
Ngannou
-16061.1%
Most takedownstie 61.0%
Miocic
19.1%+104
Ngannou
-10419.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 54.4
54.5
Over 54.5
42.3%
+136
Under 54.5
57.7%
-136
068136
Ngannou
Expected: 69.7
69.5
Over 69.5
42.7%
+134
Under 69.5
57.3%
-134
088175
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+343
Under 0.5
77.4%
-343
035
Ngannou
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+330
Under 0.5
76.7%
-330
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 13.9 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
Miocic28.0%38.8%−10.8+150
Ngannou72.0%61.2%+10.8-170

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
75.7Striking74.9
Miocic +0.8
46.8Grappling28.4
Miocic +18.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicNgannou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1667
Pound-for-pound
1608
1667
Divisional
1608
1562
Striking offense
1528
1498
Striking defense
1533
1510
Grappling offense
1513
1537
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
35 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
83"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.15
Strikes landed / min
3.41
50%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.30
Strikes absorbed / min
1.46
62%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
35%
Takedown accuracy
73%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
85%
UFC win rate
100%
+5
Win/loss streak
+6
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
73%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
49
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1658mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 4mo before
  • WFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R1
    Close +1601y 8mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2402y 1mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R5
    Close -2352y 8mo before
Francis Ngannou
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close -23049d before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -4201y before
  • WAnthony HamiltonSUB R1
    Close -4401y 1mo before
  • WBojan MihajlovicKO/TKO R1
    Close -6001y 6mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1401y 9mo before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0

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
82% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Ngannou — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Ngannou
13
UFC fights
6
121.7 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
24.6 min · 4.1 avg
16y 5m
Career length
12y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Ngannou
241W–75L · 76.3%
Overall
106W–37L · 74.1%
201W–67L · 75.0%
Wins
106W–37L · 74.1%
40W–8L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Ngannou
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
15W–4L · 78.9%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Miocic
Ngannou
5.29
Landed / min
4.11
43.6%
Accuracy
41.6%
63.0%
Defense
60.2%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.83
65.0%
Time at distance
56.4%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Ngannou
2.10
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
35.4%
Takedown accuracy
72.7%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.61
92.2%
Control share
28.3%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head79%(497)div 66%
  • Body9%(57)div 19%
  • Legs12%(72)div 15%
Ngannou
  • Head81%(68)div 66%
  • Body10%(8)div 19%
  • Legs10%(8)div 15%

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Francis Ngannou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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