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UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
10-1 · USA
VS
Jacare Souza
Jacare Souza
22-3 · BRA
December 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Yoel Romero def. Jacare Souza by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romero27/570/011:45
Souza5/160/000:00
R2
Romero6/140/100:05
Souza7/130/400:08
R3
Romero13/210/000:08
Souza18/231/302:25
Total
Romero46/920/111:58
Souza30/521/702:33

Scorecards

Romero vs Souza

RdGlenn TrowbridgeLester GriffinTony WeeksCommunity
R110-810-910-910-8.6
R210-99-1010-99.2-9.9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2728-2929-2828.2-28.5

Media (17 cards) · avg 28.828 · 14 Romero · 0 Souza · 3 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Romero-Souza.

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
RomeroWin probabilitySouza
40.2%59.8%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
8%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Romero40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%35%
Submission0%1%
Decision26%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 46
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Souza60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%17%
Submission8%13%
Decision42%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 30
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R213%
R38%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Romero
61.0%-161
Souza
+16137.8%
Most takedownstie 40.9%
Romero
16.2%+266
Souza
-26643.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romero
Expected: 50.4
50.5
Over 50.5
42.4%
+136
Under 50.5
57.6%
-136
064127
Souza
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
41.9%
+135
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.4%
-135
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Romero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
Souza
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+169
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
49.2%
-169
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 12.4 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
Romero40.2%43.8%−3.6+120
Souza59.8%56.2%+3.6-140

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
78.8Striking74.1
Romero +4.6
54.5Grappling84.7
Souza +30.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomeroSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1612
Pound-for-pound
1635
1608
Divisional
1634
1533
Striking offense
1495
1519
Striking defense
1505
1499
Grappling offense
1539
1518
Grappling defense
1535
Physical
38 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.65
Strikes landed / min
2.34
57%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
1.48
65%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.57
Takedowns / 15 min
3.12
46%
Takedown accuracy
42%
75%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+6
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoel Romero
  • WLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R3
    Close +1456mo before
  • WTim KennedyKO/TKO R3
    Close +1231y 2mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 8mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -2101y 11mo before
  • WRonny MarkesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1552y 1mo before
Jacare Souza
  • WChris CamozziSUB R1
    Close -16008mo before
  • WGegard MousasiSUB R3
    Close -1851y 3mo before
  • WFrancis CarmontU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y 10mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2302y 3mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R1
    Close -6002y 7mo before
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
90% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 22-3-0, 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
67% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (60%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
10 (59%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Romero
Souza
6
UFC fights
5
64.2 min · 10.7 avg
Octagon time
38.5 min · 7.7 avg
16y 7m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romero
Souza
85W–15L · 85.0%
Overall
126W–31L · 80.3%
85W–15L · 85.0%
Wins
126W–31L · 80.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romero
Souza
24W–9L · 72.7%
Overall
241W–61L · 79.8%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
194W–53L · 78.5%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
47W–8L · 85.5%
Distance striking
Romero
Souza
3.64
Landed / min
3.20
52.1%
Accuracy
36.6%
66.6%
Defense
67.3%
0.94
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.39
69.8%
Time at distance
30.1%
Grappling & control
Romero
Souza
2.57
Takedowns / 15 min
3.12
45.8%
Takedown accuracy
42.1%
75.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.34
68.6%
Control share
97.5%
Strike target map
Romero
  • Head50%(118)div 63%
  • Body23%(53)div 19%
  • Legs27%(63)div 18%
Souza
  • Head67%(60)div 63%
  • Body21%(19)div 19%
  • Legs12%(11)div 18%

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

Yoel Romero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jacare Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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