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UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2
Kamaru Usman
Kamaru Usman
9-1 · NGA
VS
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
18-1 · USA
April 8, 2017 · Buffalo, New York, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.2lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Kamaru Usman def. Sean Strickland by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Usman24/371/504:18
Strickland5/150/000:00
R2
Usman29/650/212:25
Strickland5/340/000:00
R3
Usman37/691/101:25
Strickland17/540/000:00
Total
Usman90/1712/818:08
Strickland27/1030/000:00

Scorecards

Usman vs Strickland

RdDave TirelliJeff MullenSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-910-99.9-8.6
R210-910-810-99.9-8.3
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2630-2630-2729.8-25.8

Media (16 cards) · avg 3025.9 · 16 Usman · 0 Strickland

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Usman-Strickland.

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
UsmanWin probabilityStrickland
42.9%57.1%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
1%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Usman43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission0%1%
Decision31%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes82 (47107)act 90
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Strickland57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission0%1%
Decision39%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (46105)act 27
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~163 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R28%
R313%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Usman
50.5%-104
Strickland
+10448.8%
Most takedownstie 42.9%
Usman
51.9%-1005
Strickland
+10055.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Usman
Expected: 82.5
82.5
Over 82.5
42.5%
+135
Under 82.5
57.5%
-135
0104207
Strickland
Expected: 80.9
81
Over 81
42.0%
+136
Exactly 81
0.8%
push
Under 81
57.1%
-136
0102203
Takedowns — over/under
Usman
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.5%
+148
Exactly 1
24.3%
push
Under 1
45.2%
-148
035
Strickland
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.2%
Exactly 0
90.8%
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 13.0 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
Usman42.9%72.0%−29.1-290
Strickland57.1%28.0%+29.1+245

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
78.8Striking70.4
Usman +8.5
57.3Grappling57.5
Strickland +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
UsmanStrickland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1610
1575
Divisional
1584
1481
Striking offense
1504
1514
Striking defense
1513
1538
Grappling offense
1497
1541
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
29 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
76"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
4.31
54%
Strike accuracy
37%
1.21
Strikes absorbed / min
2.81
60%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
56%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
72%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
83%
+4
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
308
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kamaru Usman
  • WWarlley AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close -2105mo before
  • WAlexander YakovlevU-DEC R3
    Close -2509mo before
  • WLeon EdwardsU-DEC R3
    Close -2401y 4mo before
  • WHayder HassanSUB R2
    Close -2401y 9mo before
Sean Strickland
  • WTom BreeseS-DEC R3
    Close -11010mo before
  • WAlex GarciaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1151y 2mo before
  • WIgor AraujoU-DEC R3
    Close -4701y 9mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 1mo before
  • WLuke BarnattS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 10mo before
Usman — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0

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
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Usman
Strickland
4
UFC fights
6
51.3 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
79.0 min · 13.2 avg
13y 8m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Usman
Strickland
50W–11L · 82.0%
Overall
95W–18L · 84.1%
50W–11L · 82.0%
Wins
76W–16L · 82.6%
0W–0L
Losses
19W–2L · 90.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Usman
Strickland
26W–15L · 63.4%
Overall
83W–34L · 70.9%
23W–12L · 65.7%
Wins
83W–34L · 70.9%
3W–3L · 50.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Usman
Strickland
5.06
Landed / min
4.41
40.4%
Accuracy
33.0%
66.2%
Defense
67.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
28.5%
Time at distance
72.9%
Grappling & control
Usman
Strickland
5.26
Takedowns / 15 min
1.52
56.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
72.2%
0.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.57
98.1%
Control share
71.1%
Strike target map
Usman
  • Head70%(122)div 63%
  • Body22%(38)div 21%
  • Legs9%(15)div 16%
Strickland
  • Head79%(270)div 63%
  • Body8%(28)div 21%
  • Legs12%(42)div 16%

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

Kamaru Usman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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