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UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3
Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
5-1 · USA
VS
Ronny Markes
Ronny Markes
14-1 · BRA
November 6, 2013 · Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Yoel Romero def. Ronny Markes by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 1:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romero16/410/100:00
Markes4/222/400:48
R2
Romero21/430/000:41
Markes8/380/100:00
R3 · 1:39
Romero13/200/010:08
Markes6/150/100:00
Total
Romero50/1040/110:49
Markes18/752/600:48

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 probabilityMarkes
46.8%53.2%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
29%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Markes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Romero47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%21%
Submission13%28%
Decision24%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 50
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Markes53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%13%
Submission15%28%
Decision31%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 18
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 2
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R28%
R34%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Romero
55.0%-127
Markes
+12743.4%
Most takedownstie 36.3%
Romero
14.6%+338
Markes
-33849.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romero
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.9%
+133
Under 35.5
57.1%
-133
04590
Markes
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
42.4%
+136
Under 31.5
57.6%
-136
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Romero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
Markes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.0%
+124
Exactly 1
23.7%
push
Under 1
42.3%
-124
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 10.2 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
Romero46.8%59.8%−13.0-155
Markes53.2%40.2%+13.0+145

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
91.8Striking66.6
Romero +25.2
0.0Grappling68.9
Markes +68.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomeroMarkes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1579
1525
Divisional
1565
1485
Striking offense
1496
1504
Striking defense
1504
1552
Grappling offense
1511
1549
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
36 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.83
Strikes landed / min
2.38
100%
Strike accuracy
68%
1.96
Strikes absorbed / min
1.84
83%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
0%
Takedown accuracy
42%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
200
Days since last fight
291
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoel Romero
  • WClifford StarksKO/TKO R1
    Close -1757mo before
Ronny Markes
  • WAndrew CraigU-DEC R3
    Close -31510mo before
  • WAaron SimpsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • WKarlos VemolaU-DEC R3
    Close +2002y 3mo before
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Markes — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Romero
Markes
1
UFC fights
3
1.5 min · 1.5 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 7m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romero
Markes
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
27W–3L · 90.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
27W–3L · 90.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romero
Markes
24W–9L · 72.7%
Overall
80W–43L · 65.0%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
70W–39L · 64.2%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
10W–4L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Romero
Markes
5.39
Landed / min
5.17
100.0%
Accuracy
50.0%
83.3%
Defense
56.0%
9.78
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
96.7%
Time at distance
20.6%
Grappling & control
Romero
Markes
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.33
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
100.0%
Control share
81.7%
Strike target map
Romero
  • Head50%(6)div 63%
  • Body8%(1)div 19%
  • Legs42%(5)div 17%
Markes
  • Head38%(41)div 63%
  • Body21%(22)div 19%
  • Legs41%(44)div 17%

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.

Ronny Markes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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