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UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Maldonado
Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
11-1 · USA
VS
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado
21-6 · BRA
May 31, 2014 · Sao Paulo, Brazil
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
238.0lb
Weigh-in
225.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Fabio Maldonado by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:35
Miocic8/140/010:04
Maldonado2/80/000:00
Total
Miocic8/140/010:04
Maldonado2/80/000:00

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
MiocicWin probabilityMaldonado
82.5%17.5%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
21%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miocic82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO56%68%
Submission17%21%
Decision9%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (46104)act 8
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Maldonado18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%67%
Submission4%21%
Decision2%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~135 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R215%
R321%
R412%
R58%
Distance11%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Miocic
66.9%-207
Maldonado
+20732.3%
Most takedownstie 58.1%
Miocic
36.7%-719
Maldonado
+7195.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 80.0
80
Over 80
42.1%
+136
Exactly 80
0.8%
push
Under 80
57.1%
-136
0101201
Maldonado
Expected: 54.6
54.5
Over 54.5
42.7%
+134
Under 54.5
57.3%
-134
069137
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
27.1%
+229
Exactly 1
10.9%
push
Under 1
62.0%
-229
035
Maldonado
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.4%
Exactly 0
92.6%
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 11.9 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
Miocic82.5%84.6%−2.1-650
Maldonado17.5%15.4%+2.1+535

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
75.7Striking78.3
Maldonado +2.6
51.8Grappling53.4
Maldonado +1.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicMaldonado
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1588
Pound-for-pound
1551
1588
Divisional
1537
1519
Striking offense
1518
1496
Striking defense
1505
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.18
Strikes landed / min
6.20
47%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
64%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
43%
Takedown accuracy
50%
78%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
57%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
69
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • WGabriel GonzagaU-DEC R3
    Close -2904mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close +25011mo before
  • LStefan StruveKO/TKO R2
    Close -1651y 8mo before
  • WShane del RosarioKO/TKO R2
    Close -1702y before
  • WPhilip De FriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -5152y 3mo before
Fabio Maldonado
  • WGian VillanteU-DEC R3
    Close +2602mo before
  • WJoey BeltranS-DEC R3
    Close -1558mo before
  • WRoger HollettU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R2
    Close +4201y 8mo before
  • LIgor PokrajacU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 1mo before
Miocic — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
73% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Maldonado — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Maldonado
6
UFC fights
7
62.8 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
95.8 min · 13.7 avg
16y 5m
Career length
25y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Maldonado
90W–24L · 78.9%
Overall
94W–33L · 74.0%
66W–19L · 77.6%
Wins
42W–21L · 66.7%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
52W–12L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Maldonado
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
71W–40L · 64.0%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
58W–35L · 62.4%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Miocic
Maldonado
5.36
Landed / min
10.14
41.6%
Accuracy
54.6%
65.4%
Defense
65.7%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.16
72.2%
Time at distance
42.0%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Maldonado
2.15
Takedowns / 15 min
0.47
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
77.8%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.78
90.7%
Control share
26.6%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head72%(234)div 67%
  • Body12%(38)div 18%
  • Legs16%(53)div 16%
Maldonado
  • Head64%(381)div 67%
  • Body35%(210)div 18%
  • Legs1%(3)div 16%

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

Stipe Miocic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabio Maldonado
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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