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Eric McConico
Eric McConico
10-4-1 · USA
VS
Rodolfo Vieira
Rodolfo Vieira
11-4 · BRA
April 25, 2026 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Eric McConico def. Rodolfo Vieira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McConico11/142/200:21
Vieira10/134/913:15
R2
McConico20/460/000:00
Vieira20/330/301:48
R3
McConico23/420/000:30
Vieira10/240/301:21
Total
McConico54/1022/200:51
Vieira40/704/1516:24

Scorecards

McConico vs Vieira

RdAdalaide ByrdDerek ClearyMichael BellCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 McConico · 0 Vieira

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: McConico-Vieira.

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
McConicoWin probabilityVieira
26.4%73.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
27%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
McConico26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%42%11%
Submission3%13%3%
Decision12%45%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1651)act 54
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Vieira74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%29%13%
Submission24%33%31%
Decision28%38%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 40
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.5)act 4
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R217%
R310%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
McConico
57.3%-139
Vieira
+13941.3%
Most takedownstie 31.1%
McConico
11.6%+495
Vieira
-49557.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
McConico
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
39.0%
+153
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.7%
-153
04895
Vieira
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.7%
+152
Under 29.5
60.3%
-152
03774
Takedowns — over/under
McConico
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.6%
+363
Under 0.5
78.4%
-363
035
Vieira
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
45.5%
+120
Under 1.5
54.5%
-120
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 9.4 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
McConico26.4%24.8%+1.6+284
Vieira73.6%75.2%−1.6-371
By method
McConico by KO/TKO8.7%10.7%−2.0+700
McConico by submission7.2%2.7%+4.5+3052
McConico by decision10.5%14.4%−3.9+495
Vieira by KO/TKO24.3%13.2%+11.1+549
Vieira by submission20.2%30.9%−10.7+177
Vieira by decision29.2%28.2%+1.0+203
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.3%63.9%+3.4-218
Over 2.5 rds49.8%49.1%+0.7-110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision39.7%43.8%−4.1+113

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
57.8Striking61.9
Vieira +4.1
17.9Grappling55.4
Vieira +37.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McConicoVieira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1547
1492
Divisional
1547
1493
Striking offense
1479
1488
Striking defense
1479
1496
Grappling offense
1517
1499
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
35 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.61
Strikes landed / min
3.55
44%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.23
Strikes absorbed / min
4.38
47%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.70
Takedown accuracy
21%
64%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eric McConico
  • LBaisangur SusurkaevKO/TKO R3
    Close +6895mo before
  • WCody BrundageS-DEC R3
    Close +1799mo before
  • LNursulton RuziboevKO/TKO R2
    Close +2601y 2mo before
Rodolfo Vieira
  • LBo NickalKO/TKO R3
    Close +2005mo before
  • WTresean GoreU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -2359mo before
  • LAndre PetroskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2701y 2mo before
  • WArmen PetrosyanSUB R1
    Close -1062y 2mo before
  • WCody BrundageSUB R2
    Close -2423y before
McConico — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-1

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
4 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Vieira — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
5 (83%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
McConico
Vieira
3
UFC fights
10
32.2 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
99.8 min · 10.0 avg
8y 6m
Career length
9y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

McConico
Vieira
57W–15L · 79.2%
Overall
109W–27L · 80.1%
11W–6L · 64.7%
Wins
55W–13L · 80.9%
46W–9L · 83.6%
Losses
54W–14L · 79.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McConico
Vieira
83W–61L · 57.6%
Overall
19W–7L · 73.1%
68W–51L · 57.1%
Wins
19W–7L · 73.1%
15W–10L · 60.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
McConico
Vieira
3.81
Landed / min
4.96
36.8%
Accuracy
52.8%
51.0%
Defense
51.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
46.5%
Time at distance
63.4%
Grappling & control
McConico
Vieira
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.70
Takedown accuracy
21.4%
64.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.90
37.1%
Control share
85.7%
Strike target map
McConico
  • Head56%(47)div 63%
  • Body21%(18)div 20%
  • Legs23%(19)div 17%
Vieira
  • Head67%(237)div 63%
  • Body13%(45)div 20%
  • Legs20%(72)div 17%

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

Eric McConico
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rodolfo Vieira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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