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Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
12-0 · USA
VS
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
18-8 · USA
October 19, 2013 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
224.0lb
Weigh-in
249.0lb
Daniel Cormier def. Roy Nelson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cormier16/243/302:31
Nelson2/140/000:01
R2
Cormier27/570/201:20
Nelson7/290/000:00
R3
Cormier31/670/000:01
Nelson8/390/000:00
Total
Cormier74/1483/503:52
Nelson17/820/000:01

Scorecards

Cormier vs Nelson

RdGino GarciaJon SchorleRuben NajeraCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Cormier · 0 Nelson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cormier-Nelson.

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
CormierWin probabilityNelson
82.8%17.2%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
6%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cormier83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%50%
Submission4%5%
Decision38%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 74
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 3
Nelson17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%67%
Submission2%10%
Decision4%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 17
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R224%
R311%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Cormier
72.3%-271
Nelson
+27126.6%
Most takedownstie 36.1%
Cormier
59.7%-1433
Nelson
+14334.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 54.8
55
Over 55
41.6%
+137
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
57.1%
-137
069137
Nelson
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.3%
+136
Under 32.5
57.7%
-136
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
41.3%
-109
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
37.8%
+109
035
Nelson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.8%
Exactly 0
91.2%
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 10.0 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
Cormier82.8%81.7%+1.1-500
Nelson17.2%18.3%−1.1+435

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
81.5Striking43.7
Cormier +37.9
0.0Grappling31.5
Nelson +31.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CormierNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1555
1567
Divisional
1555
1472
Striking offense
1527
1504
Striking defense
1501
1552
Grappling offense
1489
1558
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
34 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.93
Strikes landed / min
2.27
61%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
5.34
60%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
0%
Takedown accuracy
21%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Cormier
  • WFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close -3756mo before
Roy Nelson
  • LStipe MiocicU-DEC R3
    Close -2754mo before
  • WCheick KongoKO/TKO R1
    Close -2356mo before
  • WMatt MitrioneKO/TKO R1
    Close -18510mo before
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1621y 5mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 8mo before
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
72% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 7 losses
W
6% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Cormier
Nelson
1
UFC fights
10
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
81.8 min · 8.2 avg
16y 10m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cormier
Nelson
16W–6L · 72.7%
Overall
142W–35L · 80.2%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
94W–23L · 80.3%
0W–0L
Losses
48W–12L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cormier
Nelson
168W–41L · 80.4%
Overall
158W–71L · 69.0%
168W–41L · 80.4%
Wins
90W–53L · 62.9%
0W–0L
Losses
68W–18L · 79.1%
Distance striking
Cormier
Nelson
2.86
Landed / min
2.88
31.3%
Accuracy
29.9%
70.5%
Defense
49.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.92
23.3%
Time at distance
55.2%
Grappling & control
Cormier
Nelson
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.55
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
21.4%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
96.2%
Control share
58.5%
Strike target map
Cormier
  • Head46%(27)div 66%
  • Body39%(23)div 18%
  • Legs15%(9)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head85%(158)div 66%
  • Body8%(15)div 18%
  • Legs7%(13)div 16%

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

Daniel Cormier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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