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UFC 198: Werdum vs Miocic
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
23-10 · BRA
VS
Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson
8-1 · USA
May 14, 2016 · Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Mauricio Rua def. Corey Anderson by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rua30/550/010:06
Anderson30/750/000:25
R2
Rua14/340/010:06
Anderson19/462/501:43
R3
Rua4/120/000:00
Anderson6/172/303:33
Total
Rua48/1010/020:12
Anderson55/1384/805:41

Scorecards

Rua vs Anderson

RdHallison PontesJoseph TerrellOtto TorrieroCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.6-9.5
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.6-28.5

Media (21 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 19 Rua · 0 Anderson · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rua-Anderson.

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
RuaWin probabilityAnderson
10.2%89.8%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
10%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rua10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%80%
Submission1%9%
Decision1%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 48
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Anderson90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO52%58%
Submission9%10%
Decision29%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 55
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 4
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R222%
R312%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Rua
28.1%+251
Anderson
-25170.6%
Most takedownstie 35.2%
Rua
4.8%+1249
Anderson
-124960.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rua
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.9%
+133
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
55.8%
-133
03671
Anderson
Expected: 46.0
46
Over 46
41.7%
+136
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.8%
-136
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Rua
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.9%
Exactly 0
90.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Anderson
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
44.1%
+127
Under 1.5
55.9%
-127
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 8.6 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
Rua10.2%40.4%−30.2+140
Anderson89.8%59.6%+30.2-160

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
66.2Striking76.4
Anderson +10.2
41.3Grappling50.8
Anderson +9.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuaAnderson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1572
1544
Divisional
1573
1532
Striking offense
1510
1509
Striking defense
1507
1491
Grappling offense
1509
1491
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
34 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.27
Strikes landed / min
5.03
52%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.35
53%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.98
40%
Takedown accuracy
48%
38%
Takedown defense
33%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
47%
UFC win rate
83%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
86%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
287
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Rua
  • WRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2309mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R1
    Close -1601y 6mo before
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1652y 2mo before
  • WJames Te HunaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1252y 5mo before
  • LChael SonnenSUB R1
    Close -1602y 9mo before
Corey Anderson
  • WTom LawlorU-DEC R3
    Close -2502mo before
  • WFabio MaldonadoU-DEC R3
    Close -7006mo before
  • WJan BlachowiczU-DEC R3
    Close -1158mo before
  • LGian VillanteKO/TKO R3
    Close -4001y 1mo before
  • WJustin JonesU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y 5mo before
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-0

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
19 wins, 4 losses
W
83% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
7win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(38%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(38%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Anderson — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rua
Anderson
15
UFC fights
6
169.0 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
75.3 min · 12.6 avg
23y 9m
Career length
13y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rua
Anderson
271W–81L · 77.0%
Overall
71W–24L · 74.7%
117W–37L · 76.0%
Wins
59W–19L · 75.6%
154W–44L · 77.8%
Losses
12W–5L · 70.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rua
Anderson
230W–100L · 69.7%
Overall
7W–3L · 70.0%
195W–87L · 69.1%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rua
Anderson
4.47
Landed / min
6.19
45.3%
Accuracy
37.2%
62.1%
Defense
63.7%
0.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.1%
Time at distance
50.8%
Grappling & control
Rua
Anderson
1.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.98
39.6%
Takedown accuracy
47.6%
37.5%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
54.5%
Control share
98.0%
Strike target map
Rua
  • Head61%(336)div 65%
  • Body16%(88)div 19%
  • Legs23%(128)div 17%
Anderson
  • Head78%(295)div 65%
  • Body15%(58)div 19%
  • Legs7%(26)div 17%

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Corey Anderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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