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UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
22-4 · BRA
VS
Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
25-11 · BRA
May 14, 2016 · Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Jacare Souza def. Vitor Belfort by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:38
Souza39/551/303:09
Belfort4/50/000:02
Total
Souza39/551/303:09
Belfort4/50/000:02

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
SouzaWin probabilityBelfort
69.6%30.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
12%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Souza70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%17%
Submission11%15%
Decision47%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 39
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 1
Belfort30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%46%
Submission1%5%
Decision15%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 4
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R212%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Souza
52.2%-112
Belfort
+11246.4%
Most takedownstie 45.1%
Souza
45.8%-503
Belfort
+5039.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Souza
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.7%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.7%
-136
050100
Belfort
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.6%
+135
Under 37.5
57.4%
-135
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Souza
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.4%
+170
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-170
035
Belfort
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
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 11.6 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
Souza69.6%71.5%−1.9-280
Belfort30.4%28.5%+1.9+240

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
70.6Striking59.5
Souza +11.2
74.4Grappling61.1
Souza +13.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SouzaBelfort
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1618
Pound-for-pound
1623
1617
Divisional
1578
1497
Striking offense
1529
1508
Striking defense
1556
1523
Grappling offense
1502
1524
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
36 yrs
Age
39 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.25
Strikes landed / min
2.11
53%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
60%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
35%
Takedown accuracy
75%
100%
Takedown defense
65%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jacare Souza
  • LYoel RomeroS-DEC R3
    Close -1405mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R1
    Close -16001y 1mo before
  • WGegard MousasiSUB R3
    Close -1851y 8mo before
  • WFrancis CarmontU-DEC R3
    Close -5002y 3mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2302y 8mo before
Vitor Belfort
  • WDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -3206mo before
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R1
    Close +3351y before
  • WDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2202y 6mo before
  • WLuke RockholdKO/TKO R1
    Close -1053y before
  • WMichael BispingKO/TKO R2
    Close -1213y 4mo before
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0, 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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1
Belfort — win / loss by method
Record: 25-11-0

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
18 wins, 4 losses
W
72% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
14win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (86%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
2 (14%)Submission(14%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(29%) 2
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Souza
Belfort
6
UFC fights
21
53.5 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
107.2 min · 5.1 avg
22y 10m
Career length
29y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Souza
Belfort
136W–32L · 81.0%
Overall
272W–75L · 78.4%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
180W–59L · 75.3%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
92W–16L · 85.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Souza
Belfort
241W–61L · 79.8%
Overall
204W–69L · 74.7%
194W–53L · 78.5%
Wins
139W–51L · 73.2%
47W–8L · 85.5%
Losses
65W–18L · 78.3%
Distance striking
Souza
Belfort
2.68
Landed / min
1.88
40.7%
Accuracy
35.4%
63.5%
Defense
68.0%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.54
41.1%
Time at distance
41.7%
Grappling & control
Souza
Belfort
2.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
34.6%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
64.5%
1.68
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.12
91.1%
Control share
16.5%
Strike target map
Souza
  • Head63%(76)div 63%
  • Body25%(30)div 19%
  • Legs12%(14)div 18%
Belfort
  • Head82%(186)div 63%
  • Body8%(19)div 19%
  • Legs9%(21)div 18%

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vitor Belfort
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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