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UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
Fabricio Werdum
19-5-1 · BRA
VS
Cain Velasquez
Cain Velasquez
13-1 · USA
June 13, 2015 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
236.0lb
Weigh-in
242.0lb
Fabricio Werdum def. Cain Velasquez by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R3 2:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Werdum21/541/300:09
Velasquez35/652/202:28
R2
Werdum63/950/000:11
Velasquez43/810/100:00
R3 · 2:13
Werdum12/250/000:11
Velasquez10/232/200:30
Total
Werdum96/1741/300:31
Velasquez88/1694/502:58

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
WerdumWin probabilityVelasquez
32.4%67.6%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
14%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Werdum32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%41%
Submission10%31%
Decision9%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 96
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Velasquez68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO47%69%
Submission4%6%
Decision17%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3785)act 88
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 4
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R215%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Werdum
30.1%+229
Velasquez
-22969.0%
Most takedownstie 37.2%
Werdum
10.4%+505
Velasquez
-50552.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 42.2
42
Over 42
42.1%
+134
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.3%
-134
053106
Velasquez
Expected: 65.3
65.5
Over 65.5
42.3%
+136
Under 65.5
57.7%
-136
082164
Takedowns — over/under
Werdum
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Velasquez
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
39.6%
+106
Exactly 1
18.2%
push
Under 1
42.1%
-106
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 12.5 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
Werdum32.4%20.7%+11.7+365
Velasquez67.6%79.3%−11.7-460

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
80.5Striking89.9
Velasquez +9.4
29.6Grappling69.2
Velasquez +39.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WerdumVelasquez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1614
Pound-for-pound
1662
1613
Divisional
1662
1530
Striking offense
1544
1526
Striking defense
1517
1488
Grappling offense
1543
1521
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
37 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.38
Strikes landed / min
6.21
57%
Strike accuracy
58%
2.06
Strikes absorbed / min
1.69
61%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
4.66
25%
Takedown accuracy
40%
43%
Takedown defense
78%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
92%
+5
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
71%
Finish rate
82%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
602
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Fabricio Werdum
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R2
    Close -4307mo before
  • WTravis BrowneU-DEC R5
    Close +2001y 2mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R2
    Close -2752y before
  • WMike RussowKO/TKO R1
    Close -4753y before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1503y 4mo before
Cain Velasquez
  • WJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R5
    Close -2001y 8mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -7052y 1mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +1752y 5mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -4003y 1mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253y 7mo before
Werdum — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-1

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
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Velasquez — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Werdum
Velasquez
9
UFC fights
12
88.2 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
93.4 min · 7.8 avg
24y 1m
Career length
19y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Werdum
Velasquez
120W–32L · 78.9%
Overall
181W–31L · 85.4%
103W–26L · 79.8%
Wins
168W–30L · 84.8%
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
13W–1L · 92.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Werdum
Velasquez
205W–48L · 81.0%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
132W–33L · 80.0%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
73W–15L · 83.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Werdum
Velasquez
5.01
Landed / min
7.83
54.3%
Accuracy
40.1%
68.6%
Defense
69.8%
0.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.44
63.4%
Time at distance
22.7%
Grappling & control
Werdum
Velasquez
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
4.66
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.3%
42.9%
Takedown defense
77.8%
0.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.48
58.2%
Control share
94.7%
Strike target map
Werdum
  • Head66%(253)div 67%
  • Body16%(60)div 18%
  • Legs19%(73)div 15%
Velasquez
  • Head78%(453)div 67%
  • Body11%(65)div 18%
  • Legs11%(62)div 15%

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

Fabricio Werdum
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cain Velasquez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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