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UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou
Rob Font
Rob Font
14-3 · USA
VS
Thomas Almeida
Thomas Almeida
22-2 · BRA
January 20, 2018 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Rob Font def. Thomas Almeida by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 2:24
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Font18/790/100:25
Almeida15/640/000:00
R2 · 2:24
Font23/531/220:38
Almeida9/260/000:04
Total
Font41/1321/321:03
Almeida24/900/000:04

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
FontWin probabilityAlmeida
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
8%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Font48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%25%
Submission4%9%
Decision32%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4193)act 41
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Almeida52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%41%
Submission4%7%
Decision27%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 24
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~127 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R29%
R314%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Font
62.0%-167
Almeida
+16737.1%
Most takedownstie 66.1%
Font
7.6%+349
Almeida
-34926.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Font
Expected: 71.8
72
Over 72
41.8%
+137
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
57.2%
-137
090180
Almeida
Expected: 54.8
55
Over 55
41.6%
+137
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
57.1%
-137
069137
Takedowns — over/under
Font
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.6%
Exactly 0
90.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Almeida
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
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 11.7 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
Font48.0%42.9%+5.1+125
Almeida52.0%57.1%−5.1-145

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
73.4Striking73.9
Almeida +0.4
46.1Grappling21.4
Font +24.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FontAlmeida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1588
1559
Divisional
1588
1523
Striking offense
1529
1506
Striking defense
1494
1495
Grappling offense
1476
1504
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.23
Strikes landed / min
6.00
47%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.80
Strikes absorbed / min
4.53
64%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
29%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
77%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rob Font
  • LPedro MunhozSUB R1
    Close -1753mo before
  • WDouglas Silva de AndradeSUB R2
    Close -2656mo before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R1
    Close -2701y 2mo before
  • LJohn LinekerU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 8mo before
  • WJoey GomezKO/TKO R2
    Close -2202y before
Thomas Almeida
  • LJimmie RiveraU-DEC R3
    Close +1606mo before
  • WAlbert MoralesKO/TKO R2
    Close -3001y 2mo before
  • LCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 8mo before
  • WAnthony BirchakKO/TKO R1
    Close -5252y 2mo before
  • WBrad PickettKO/TKO R2
    Close -7002y 6mo before
Font — 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Almeida — win / loss by method
Record: 22-2-0

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
77% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (24%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Font
Almeida
6
UFC fights
7
44.0 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
53.7 min · 7.7 avg
14y 8m
Career length
15y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Font
Almeida
95W–22L · 81.2%
Overall
98W–25L · 79.7%
55W–13L · 80.9%
Wins
70W–24L · 74.5%
40W–9L · 81.6%
Losses
28W–1L · 96.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Font
Almeida
52W–28L · 65.0%
Overall
51W–34L · 60.0%
52W–28L · 65.0%
Wins
51W–34L · 60.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Font
Almeida
5.54
Landed / min
6.37
41.7%
Accuracy
46.7%
67.7%
Defense
65.9%
1.02
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.84
75.2%
Time at distance
83.3%
Grappling & control
Font
Almeida
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
76.9%
1.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
61.6%
Control share
8.4%
Strike target map
Font
  • Head68%(156)div 63%
  • Body21%(49)div 21%
  • Legs11%(25)div 16%
Almeida
  • Head65%(208)div 63%
  • Body18%(58)div 21%
  • Legs17%(56)div 16%

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

Rob Font
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thomas Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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