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UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
9-0 · BRA
VS
June 3, 2017 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Paulo Costa def. Oluwale Bamgbose by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa29/530/100:02
Bamgbose24/472/501:22
R2 · 1:06
Costa14/270/000:12
Bamgbose9/150/000:00
Total
Costa43/800/100:14
Bamgbose33/622/501:22

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
CostaWin probabilityBamgbose
80.2%19.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
25%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Costa80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%39%
Submission21%26%
Decision28%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 43
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Bamgbose20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%38%
Submission4%23%
Decision8%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 33
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 2
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R212%
R323%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Costa
64.9%-191
Bamgbose
+19134.0%
Most takedownstie 50.8%
Costa
37.6%-324
Bamgbose
+32411.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 55.9
56
Over 56
41.8%
+136
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
57.0%
-136
070140
Bamgbose
Expected: 39.7
39.5
Over 39.5
42.9%
+133
Under 39.5
57.1%
-133
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+141
Under 0.5
58.6%
-141
035
Bamgbose
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.1%
Exactly 0
82.9%
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 9.9 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
Costa80.2%70.2%+10.0-265
Bamgbose19.8%29.8%−10.0+225

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
77.5Striking61.3
Costa +16.2
25.0Grappling9.3
Costa +15.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaBamgbose
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1501
1544
Divisional
1502
1507
Striking offense
1507
1500
Striking defense
1507
1502
Grappling offense
1483
1510
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
17.14
Strikes landed / min
1.89
69%
Strike accuracy
42%
4.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.00
57%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
33%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
413
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Costa
  • WGarreth McLellanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3403mo before
Oluwale Bamgbose
  • LCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 2mo before
  • WDaniel SarafianKO/TKO R1
    Close +1101y 3mo before
  • LUriah HallKO/TKO R1
    Close +2601y 10mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
89% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Bamgbose — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Bamgbose
1
UFC fights
3
1.3 min · 1.3 avg
Octagon time
18.5 min · 6.2 avg
14y 5m
Career length
13y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Bamgbose
13W–5L · 72.2%
Overall
27W–15L · 64.3%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Wins
9W–5L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–10L · 64.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Bamgbose
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
7W–5L · 58.3%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
7W–5L · 58.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Costa
Bamgbose
14.62
Landed / min
2.42
61.5%
Accuracy
36.7%
54.5%
Defense
73.3%
11.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.62
85.3%
Time at distance
49.1%
Grappling & control
Costa
Bamgbose
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
10.6%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head82%(18)div 63%
  • Body14%(3)div 19%
  • Legs5%(1)div 18%
Bamgbose
  • Head57%(20)div 63%
  • Body14%(5)div 19%
  • Legs29%(10)div 18%

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

Paulo Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Oluwale Bamgbose
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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