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UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
14-2 · USA
VS
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
20-5-1 · BRA
May 14, 2016 · Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
241.0lb
Weigh-in
240.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Fabricio Werdum by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:47
Miocic20/310/010:02
Werdum15/330/100:00
Total
Miocic20/310/010:02
Werdum15/330/100:00

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
MiocicWin probabilityWerdum
68.0%32.0%
KO / TKO
79%
Submission
7%
Decision
15%
Expected fight time: 13.6 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 Werdum. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Miocic68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO57%84%
Submission1%1%
Decision10%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (45103)act 20
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Werdum32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%67%
Submission6%18%
Decision5%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 15
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~146 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R324%
R414%
R510%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Miocic
57.7%-139
Werdum
+13941.5%
Most takedownstie 65.2%
Miocic
19.8%-131
Werdum
+13115.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 79.4
79.5
Over 79.5
42.4%
+136
Under 79.5
57.6%
-136
0100199
Werdum
Expected: 66.7
66.5
Over 66.5
42.7%
+134
Under 66.5
57.3%
-134
084167
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
22.1%
+353
Under 0.5
77.9%
-353
035
Werdum
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.8%
Exactly 0
82.2%
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 13.6 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
Miocic68.0%37.2%+30.8+160
Werdum32.0%62.8%−30.8-185

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
74.9Striking78.0
Werdum +3.1
45.6Grappling29.3
Miocic +16.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicWerdum
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1632
1619
Divisional
1632
1540
Striking offense
1534
1496
Striking defense
1523
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.87
Strikes landed / min
4.80
50%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.26
Strikes absorbed / min
2.69
63%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
34%
Takedown accuracy
26%
70%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+6
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
63%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2404mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R5
    Close -2351y before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +3551y 5mo before
  • WFabio MaldonadoKO/TKO R1
    Close -6501y 11mo before
  • WGabriel GonzagaU-DEC R3
    Close -2902y 4mo before
Fabricio Werdum
  • WCain VelasquezSUB R3
    Close +36511mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R2
    Close -4301y 6mo before
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R5
    Close +2002y 1mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R2
    Close -2752y 11mo before
  • WMike RussowKO/TKO R1
    Close -4753y 11mo before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
79% 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
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Werdum
10
UFC fights
10
112.0 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
100.4 min · 10.0 avg
16y 5m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Werdum
162W–52L · 75.7%
Overall
133W–33L · 80.1%
122W–44L · 73.5%
Wins
116W–27L · 81.1%
40W–8L · 83.3%
Losses
17W–6L · 73.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Werdum
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
205W–48L · 81.0%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
132W–33L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
73W–15L · 83.0%
Distance striking
Miocic
Werdum
5.22
Landed / min
5.68
43.3%
Accuracy
54.0%
64.1%
Defense
64.2%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
63.4%
Time at distance
62.9%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Werdum
2.14
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
34.0%
Takedown accuracy
26.1%
70.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
92.4%
Control share
53.1%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head79%(433)div 67%
  • Body10%(53)div 19%
  • Legs11%(60)div 15%
Werdum
  • Head69%(332)div 67%
  • Body15%(72)div 19%
  • Legs16%(78)div 15%

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.

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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