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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero
Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
9-1 · USA
VS
Lyoto Machida
Lyoto Machida
22-6 · BRA
June 27, 2015 · Hollywood, Florida, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Yoel Romero def. Lyoto Machida by KO/TKO (Elbows), R3 1:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romero15/300/000:00
Machida12/280/000:00
R2
Romero17/270/100:00
Machida16/260/000:00
R3 · 1:38
Romero10/131/100:05
Machida3/100/000:00
Total
Romero42/701/200:05
Machida31/640/000:00

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
RomeroWin probabilityMachida
45.1%54.9%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
6%
Decision
78%
Expected fight time: 22.3 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 Machida. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Romero45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%20%
Submission2%4%
Decision34%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 42
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Machida55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%12%
Submission4%8%
Decision44%80%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~137 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R25%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance78%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Romero
42.0%+136
Machida
-13657.2%
Most takedownstie 56.2%
Romero
25.1%-134
Machida
+13418.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romero
Expected: 62.7
62.5
Over 62.5
42.8%
+134
Under 62.5
57.2%
-134
079157
Machida
Expected: 73.9
74
Over 74
41.9%
+136
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
57.1%
-136
093185
Takedowns — over/under
Romero
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.7%
+237
Under 0.5
70.3%
-237
035
Machida
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.7%
+323
Under 0.5
76.3%
-323
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 22.3 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
Romero45.1%39.6%+5.5+145
Machida54.9%60.4%−5.5-165

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
79.0Striking74.5
Romero +4.5
55.8Grappling57.2
Machida +1.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomeroMachida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1632
1594
Divisional
1554
1521
Striking offense
1512
1516
Striking defense
1594
1515
Grappling offense
1483
1520
Grappling defense
1550
Physical
38 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.65
Strikes landed / min
2.53
57%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
1.56
68%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
45%
Takedown accuracy
64%
75%
Takedown defense
78%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
70%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoel Romero
  • WTim KennedyKO/TKO R3
    Close +1239mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +1351y 2mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -2101y 5mo before
  • WRonny MarkesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 8mo before
  • WClifford StarksKO/TKO R1
    Close -1752y 2mo before
Lyoto Machida
  • LLuke RockholdSUB R2
    Close +1252mo before
  • WCB DollawayKO/TKO R1
    Close -8606mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R5
    Close +1701y before
  • WGegard MousasiU-DEC R5
    Close -2101y 4mo before
  • WMark MunozKO/TKO R1
    Close -3801y 8mo before
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
89% 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
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Machida — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0

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
41% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
1 (7%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (50%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Romero
Machida
5
UFC fights
20
52.5 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
240.6 min · 12.0 avg
16y 7m
Career length
23y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romero
Machida
63W–9L · 87.5%
Overall
309W–64L · 82.8%
63W–9L · 87.5%
Wins
212W–48L · 81.5%
0W–0L
Losses
97W–16L · 85.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romero
Machida
24W–9L · 72.7%
Overall
62W–35L · 63.9%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
62W–35L · 63.9%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Romero
Machida
3.83
Landed / min
2.66
51.2%
Accuracy
47.5%
69.8%
Defense
71.5%
1.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.81
63.6%
Time at distance
64.7%
Grappling & control
Romero
Machida
2.86
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
45.5%
Takedown accuracy
63.6%
75.0%
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
68.4%
Control share
64.8%
Strike target map
Romero
  • Head53%(102)div 63%
  • Body23%(44)div 19%
  • Legs24%(46)div 18%
Machida
  • Head55%(332)div 63%
  • Body25%(154)div 19%
  • Legs20%(123)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.

Lyoto Machida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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