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UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
27-11 · USA
VS
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
32-8 · USA
July 29, 2017 · Anaheim, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Robbie Lawler def. Donald Cerrone by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawler37/570/100:21
Cerrone15/251/301:33
R2
Lawler9/230/000:00
Cerrone29/690/200:00
R3
Lawler31/760/000:00
Cerrone38/720/500:00
Total
Lawler77/1560/100:21
Cerrone82/1661/1001:33

Scorecards

Lawler vs Cerrone

RdDerek ClearyMarcos RosalesMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-108.9-10
R310-910-910-99.7-9.4
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (22 cards) · avg 2928 · 21 Lawler · 0 Cerrone · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lawler-Cerrone.

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
LawlerWin probabilityCerrone
47.0%53.0%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
3%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawler47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%39%
Submission0%0%
Decision29%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (47107)act 77
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Cerrone53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%27%
Submission3%5%
Decision36%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 82
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 1
Combined totals~158 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R29%
R313%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Lawler
53.7%-118
Cerrone
+11845.6%
Most takedownstie 75.1%
Lawler
12.5%+100
Cerrone
-10012.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 82.6
82.5
Over 82.5
42.6%
+135
Under 82.5
57.4%
-135
0104207
Cerrone
Expected: 75.8
76
Over 76
41.9%
+137
Exactly 76
0.9%
push
Under 76
57.3%
-137
095190
Takedowns — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.8%
Exactly 0
86.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cerrone
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.8%
Exactly 0
86.2%
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 12.4 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
Lawler47.0%58.8%−11.8-155
Cerrone53.0%41.2%+11.8+135

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
66.0Striking64.2
Lawler +1.9
49.6Grappling57.3
Cerrone +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlerCerrone
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1631
Pound-for-pound
1704
1638
Divisional
1583
1502
Striking offense
1550
1511
Striking defense
1489
1483
Grappling offense
1485
1534
Grappling defense
1578
Physical
35 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.84
Strikes landed / min
4.88
46%
Strike accuracy
50%
4.00
Strikes absorbed / min
4.84
62%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
80%
Takedown accuracy
40%
68%
Takedown defense
88%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
79%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
68%
Recent opp. quality
364
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robbie Lawler
  • LTyron WoodleyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1201y before
  • WCarlos ConditS-DEC R5
    Close -1151y 7mo before
  • WRory MacDonaldKO/TKO R5
    Close +1452y 1mo before
  • WJohny HendricksS-DEC R5
    Close +2002y 8mo before
  • WMatt BrownU-DEC R5
    opp missedClose -3253y before
Donald Cerrone
  • LJorge MasvidalKO/TKO R2
    Close -1756mo before
  • WMatt BrownKO/TKO R3
    Close -3008mo before
  • WRick StoryKO/TKO R2
    Close -14011mo before
  • WPatrick CoteKO/TKO R3
    Close -1701y 1mo before
  • WAlex OliveiraSUB R1
    Close -2701y 5mo before
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 27-11-0, 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
20 wins, 2 losses
W
74% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
4% of wins
L
45% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
36% of losses
UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
6 (50%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 32-8-0, 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, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (42%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
5 (26%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (32%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Lawler
Cerrone
17
UFC fights
24
213.9 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
212.8 min · 8.9 avg
25y 4m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawler
Cerrone
297W–84L · 78.0%
Overall
441W–128L · 77.5%
219W–67L · 76.6%
Wins
338W–95L · 78.1%
78W–17L · 82.1%
Losses
103W–33L · 75.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawler
Cerrone
285W–78L · 78.5%
Overall
128W–32L · 80.0%
176W–56L · 75.9%
Wins
93W–28L · 76.9%
109W–22L · 83.2%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Distance striking
Lawler
Cerrone
4.08
Landed / min
5.41
41.4%
Accuracy
47.4%
65.1%
Defense
52.9%
0.63
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.99
66.6%
Time at distance
75.5%
Grappling & control
Lawler
Cerrone
1.12
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
68.3%
Takedown defense
88.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.70
47.2%
Control share
66.3%
Strike target map
Lawler
  • Head79%(651)div 63%
  • Body17%(138)div 21%
  • Legs4%(32)div 16%
Cerrone
  • Head47%(489)div 63%
  • Body23%(240)div 21%
  • Legs30%(310)div 16%

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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