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UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
19-1 · USA
VS
Volkan Oezdemir
Volkan Oezdemir
15-1 · CHE
January 20, 2018 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds
Daniel Cormier def. Volkan Oezdemir by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cormier27/541/200:16
Oezdemir37/790/000:06
R2 · 2:00
Cormier5/71/101:27
Oezdemir1/30/000:00
Total
Cormier32/612/301:43
Oezdemir38/820/000:06

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 probabilityOezdemir
45.3%54.7%
KO / TKO
63%
Submission
6%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 12.5 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 Oezdemir. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cormier45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%51%
Submission4%10%
Decision18%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 32
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 2
Oezdemir55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO40%72%
Submission1%3%
Decision14%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3581)act 38
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~119 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R227%
R36%
R43%
R52%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Cormier
45.4%+118
Oezdemir
-11853.7%
Most takedownstie 36.4%
Cormier
59.5%-1458
Oezdemir
+14584.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 57.0
57
Over 57
41.9%
+136
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
56.9%
-136
072143
Oezdemir
Expected: 62.3
62.5
Over 62.5
42.3%
+136
Under 62.5
57.7%
-136
078156
Takedowns — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.5%
+135
Under 1.5
57.5%
-135
035
Oezdemir
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
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 12.5 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
Cormier45.3%74.9%−29.6-345
Oezdemir54.7%25.1%+29.6+285

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
68.8Striking68.6
Cormier +0.1
54.3Grappling25.0
Cormier +29.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CormierOezdemir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1665
Pound-for-pound
1588
1630
Divisional
1588
1487
Striking offense
1502
1510
Striking defense
1517
1530
Grappling offense
1494
1551
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
38 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.80
Strikes landed / min
6.12
50%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
5.38
53%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
39%
Takedown accuracy
0%
75%
Takedown defense
100%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Cormier
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R2
    Close +1209mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -4301y 6mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonS-DEC R5
    Close -2552y 4mo before
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R3
    Close +1002y 8mo before
  • LJon JonesU-DEC R5
    Close +1773y 1mo before
Volkan Oezdemir
  • WJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1556mo before
  • WMisha CirkunovKO/TKO R1
    Close +3758mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxS-DEC R3
    Close +33511mo before
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 19-1-0, 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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0
Oezdemir — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cormier
Oezdemir
10
UFC fights
3
144.5 min · 14.4 avg
Octagon time
16.2 min · 5.4 avg
16y 10m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cormier
Oezdemir
177W–45L · 79.7%
Overall
49W–13L · 79.0%
157W–44L · 78.1%
Wins
49W–13L · 79.0%
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cormier
Oezdemir
168W–41L · 80.4%
Overall
37W–32L · 53.6%
168W–41L · 80.4%
Wins
31W–29L · 51.7%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–3L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Cormier
Oezdemir
4.12
Landed / min
6.06
37.2%
Accuracy
43.3%
58.4%
Defense
60.6%
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.93
44.5%
Time at distance
78.6%
Grappling & control
Cormier
Oezdemir
1.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
39.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
81.4%
Control share
62.1%
Strike target map
Cormier
  • Head70%(384)div 66%
  • Body17%(95)div 18%
  • Legs13%(70)div 16%
Oezdemir
  • Head67%(66)div 66%
  • Body18%(18)div 18%
  • Legs15%(15)div 16%

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.

Volkan Oezdemir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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