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UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
15-2 · USA
VS
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
41-14 · NLD
September 10, 2016 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
246.0lb
Weigh-in
248.5lb
Stipe Miocic def. Alistair Overeem by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:27
Miocic34/601/100:21
Overeem9/170/010:06
Total
Miocic34/601/100:21
Overeem9/170/010:06

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
MiocicWin probabilityOvereem
66.3%33.7%
KO / TKO
81%
Submission
4%
Decision
15%
Expected fight time: 13.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miocic66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO55%84%
Submission0%0%
Decision11%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes87 (50114)act 34
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Overeem34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%76%
Submission4%12%
Decision4%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3989)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~156 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R220%
R321%
R413%
R59%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Miocic
60.9%-159
Overeem
+15938.4%
Most takedownstie 70.4%
Miocic
18.3%-162
Overeem
+16211.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 87.4
87.5
Over 87.5
42.4%
+136
Under 87.5
57.6%
-136
0110219
Overeem
Expected: 68.6
68.5
Over 68.5
42.6%
+135
Under 68.5
57.4%
-135
086172
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.9%
+404
Under 0.5
80.1%
-404
035
Overeem
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.1%
Exactly 0
86.9%
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 13.2 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
Miocic66.3%57.1%+9.2-145
Overeem33.7%42.9%−9.2+125

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
75.0Striking83.4
Overeem +8.4
46.1Grappling43.1
Miocic +3.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicOvereem
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1637
Pound-for-pound
1618
1636
Divisional
1618
1547
Striking offense
1534
1495
Striking defense
1512
1506
Grappling offense
1505
1535
Grappling defense
1545
Physical
34 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.93
Strikes landed / min
4.71
50%
Strike accuracy
75%
3.31
Strikes absorbed / min
1.79
62%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
34%
Takedown accuracy
33%
73%
Takedown defense
89%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R1
    Close +1604mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2408mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R5
    Close -2351y 4mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +3551y 9mo before
  • WFabio MaldonadoKO/TKO R1
    Close -6502y 3mo before
Alistair Overeem
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -2404mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1959mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 6mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 9mo before
  • LBen RothwellKO/TKO R1
    Close -3302y before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 41-14-0, 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
20 wins, 10 losses
W
49% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
21% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Overeem
11
UFC fights
9
114.8 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
69.4 min · 7.7 avg
16y 5m
Career length
26y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Overeem
182W–57L · 76.2%
Overall
171W–54L · 76.0%
142W–49L · 74.3%
Wins
107W–40L · 72.8%
40W–8L · 83.3%
Losses
64W–14L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Overeem
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
448W–166L · 73.0%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
340W–147L · 69.8%
0W–0L
Losses
108W–19L · 85.0%
Distance striking
Miocic
Overeem
5.25
Landed / min
3.91
43.8%
Accuracy
71.2%
63.8%
Defense
63.9%
0.52
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.30
64.2%
Time at distance
55.7%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Overeem
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
34.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
72.7%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
92.4%
Control share
91.2%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head78%(443)div 67%
  • Body10%(54)div 19%
  • Legs12%(69)div 14%
Overeem
  • Head47%(153)div 67%
  • Body38%(123)div 19%
  • Legs16%(51)div 14%

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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