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UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2
Charles Oliveira
Charles Oliveira
21-7 · BRA
VS
Will Brooks
Will Brooks
18-2 · USA
April 8, 2017 · Buffalo, New York, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
152.8lb
Weigh-in
155.4lb
Charles Oliveira def. Will Brooks by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:30
Oliveira3/72/201:41
Brooks4/50/000:00
Total
Oliveira3/72/201:41
Brooks4/50/000:00

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
OliveiraWin probabilityBrooks
76.9%23.1%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
70%
Decision
7%
Expected fight time: 4.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%21%
Submission58%75%
Decision3%4%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 3
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.6)act 2
Brooks23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%29%
Submission12%54%
Decision4%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 4
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~38 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R178%
R213%
R32%
Distance7%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.7%
Oliveira
54.8%-129
Brooks
+12942.4%
Most takedownstie 18.4%
Oliveira
78.5%-2585
Brooks
+25853.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 20.5
20.5
Over 20.5
42.6%
+135
Under 20.5
57.4%
-135
02652
Brooks
Expected: 17.9
18
Over 18
40.2%
+140
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
56.2%
-140
02345
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
52.0%
-108
Under 1.5
48.0%
+108
035
Brooks
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.5%
Exactly 0
88.5%
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 4.2 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
Oliveira76.9%34.2%+42.7+180
Brooks23.1%65.8%−42.7-220

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
65.8Striking62.9
Oliveira +2.9
71.9Grappling47.9
Oliveira +24.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraBrooks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1562
1543
Divisional
1560
1494
Striking offense
1500
1483
Striking defense
1494
1551
Grappling offense
1505
1476
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
3.37
50%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.04
Strikes absorbed / min
3.58
53%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.66
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
38%
Takedown accuracy
36%
59%
Takedown defense
67%
2.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
53%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
89%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Charles Oliveira
  • LRicardo LamasSUB R2
    Close -1105mo before
  • LAnthony PettisSUB R3
    Close +1457mo before
  • WMyles JurySUB R1
    missedClose +1451y 4mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R1
    Close +2151y 8mo before
  • WNik LentzSUB R3
    Close -2651y 10mo before
Will Brooks
  • LAlex OliveiraKO/TKO R3
    Close -3206mo before
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3659mo before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0, 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
6 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 3 losses
W
62% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
9win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
8 (89%)Submission(43%) 3
1 (11%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (42%)Submission() 0
1 (8%)Decision() 0
Brooks — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (24%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (47%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Brooks
17
UFC fights
2
124.1 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
28.5 min · 14.3 avg
18y 4m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Brooks
267W–66L · 80.2%
Overall
34W–14L · 70.8%
155W–39L · 79.9%
Wins
19W–10L · 65.5%
112W–27L · 80.6%
Losses
15W–4L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Brooks
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
257W–108L · 70.4%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
244W–103L · 70.3%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Oliveira
Brooks
4.81
Landed / min
7.08
39.3%
Accuracy
43.2%
58.0%
Defense
61.9%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.4%
Time at distance
23.8%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Brooks
2.66
Takedowns / 15 min
2.63
37.9%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
58.8%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.66
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
40.7%
Control share
44.6%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head54%(213)div 63%
  • Body30%(119)div 20%
  • Legs16%(62)div 17%
Brooks
  • Head40%(38)div 63%
  • Body43%(41)div 20%
  • Legs18%(17)div 17%

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

Charles Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Will Brooks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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