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UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
42-15 · NLD
VS
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
21-6-1 · BRA
July 8, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Alistair Overeem def. Fabricio Werdum by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Overeem5/100/000:10
Werdum12/300/100:00
R2
Overeem10/160/000:56
Werdum13/390/100:00
R3
Overeem6/120/000:14
Werdum24/461/112:39
Total
Overeem21/380/001:20
Werdum49/1151/312:39

Scorecards

Overeem vs Werdum

RdChris LeeDave HagenDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.4
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-108-108.6-10
Total29-2829-2828-2828.2-28.5

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 14 Overeem · 0 Werdum · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Overeem-Werdum.

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
OvereemWin probabilityWerdum
47.9%52.1%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
7%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Overeem48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%67%
Submission3%7%
Decision13%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 21
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Werdum52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%50%
Submission4%7%
Decision22%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~93 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R219%
R319%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Overeem
46.2%+114
Werdum
-11452.6%
Most takedownstie 64.6%
Overeem
15.9%+123
Werdum
-12319.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 44.9
45
Over 45
41.5%
+137
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.0%
-137
057113
Werdum
Expected: 48.0
48
Over 48
41.9%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.7%
Exactly 0
81.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Werdum
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.3%
+348
Under 0.5
77.7%
-348
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 9.8 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
Overeem47.9%56.2%−8.3-140
Werdum52.1%43.8%+8.3+120

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
80.7Striking78.9
Overeem +1.8
40.7Grappling27.9
Overeem +12.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OvereemWerdum
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1617
Pound-for-pound
1631
1617
Divisional
1630
1539
Striking offense
1535
1511
Striking defense
1519
1501
Grappling offense
1491
1547
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
37 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.57
Strikes landed / min
4.92
74%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
57%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
30%
Takedown accuracy
22%
80%
Takedown defense
33%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
71%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alistair Overeem
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -1304mo before
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R1
    Close +12510mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1951y 7mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1602y 4mo before
Fabricio Werdum
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R3
    Close -26510mo before
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R1
    Close -1851y 2mo before
  • WCain VelasquezSUB R3
    Close +3652y 1mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R2
    Close -4302y 8mo before
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R5
    Close +2003y 3mo before
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 42-15-0, 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
21 wins, 11 losses
W
50% of wins
L
73% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-1

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, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Overeem
Werdum
11
UFC fights
12
85.6 min · 7.8 avg
Octagon time
118.2 min · 9.8 avg
26y 9m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Overeem
Werdum
198W–66L · 75.0%
Overall
165W–39L · 80.9%
119W–50L · 70.4%
Wins
134W–31L · 81.2%
79W–16L · 83.2%
Losses
31W–8L · 79.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Overeem
Werdum
448W–166L · 73.0%
Overall
205W–48L · 81.0%
340W–147L · 69.8%
Wins
132W–33L · 80.0%
108W–19L · 85.0%
Losses
73W–15L · 83.0%
Distance striking
Overeem
Werdum
3.94
Landed / min
5.59
70.1%
Accuracy
53.6%
63.7%
Defense
65.5%
1.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
56.3%
Time at distance
66.5%
Grappling & control
Overeem
Werdum
0.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.76
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
80.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
91.2%
Control share
54.9%
Strike target map
Overeem
  • Head43%(169)div 67%
  • Body40%(156)div 19%
  • Legs17%(66)div 15%
Werdum
  • Head65%(378)div 67%
  • Body17%(100)div 19%
  • Legs18%(103)div 15%

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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