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Stipe Miocic
Stipe Miocic
9-1 · USA
VS
Roy Nelson
Roy Nelson
18-7 · USA
June 15, 2013 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
243.0lb
Weigh-in
260.0lb
Stipe Miocic def. Roy Nelson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Miocic32/640/200:26
Nelson10/460/100:18
R2
Miocic39/580/300:51
Nelson8/340/000:00
R3
Miocic35/501/300:48
Nelson5/470/000:03
Total
Miocic106/1721/802:05
Nelson23/1270/100:21

Scorecards

Miocic vs Nelson

RdChris LeeJason RodgersRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.4

Media (10 cards) · avg 3026.8 · 10 Miocic · 0 Nelson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Miocic-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
MiocicWin probabilityNelson
89.3%10.7%
KO / TKO
69%
Submission
13%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Nelson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Miocic89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO61%69%
Submission10%12%
Decision18%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes73 (4194)act 106
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Nelson11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%66%
Submission3%23%
Decision1%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 23
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R225%
R334%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Miocic
80.2%-422
Nelson
+42219.0%
Most takedownstie 65.0%
Miocic
25.1%-254
Nelson
+2549.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 72.6
72.5
Over 72.5
42.6%
+135
Under 72.5
57.4%
-135
091182
Nelson
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+136
Under 34.5
57.7%
-136
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Miocic
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.0%
+270
Under 0.5
73.0%
-270
035
Nelson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.4%
Exactly 0
87.6%
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 9.4 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
Miocic89.3%28.0%+61.3+250
Nelson10.7%72.0%−61.3-275

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
65.8Striking48.9
Miocic +16.9
54.9Grappling28.2
Miocic +26.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MiocicNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1572
1554
Divisional
1572
1511
Striking offense
1533
1486
Striking defense
1503
1524
Grappling offense
1491
1540
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
30 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.76
Strikes landed / min
2.44
46%
Strike accuracy
40%
4.51
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
57%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
58%
Takedown accuracy
23%
50%
Takedown defense
42%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
75%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
49
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stipe Miocic
  • LStefan StruveKO/TKO R2
    Close -1659mo before
  • WShane del RosarioKO/TKO R2
    Close -1701y 1mo before
  • WPhilip De FriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -5151y 4mo before
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 8mo before
Roy Nelson
  • WCheick KongoKO/TKO R1
    Close -23549d before
  • WMatt MitrioneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1856mo before
  • WDave HermanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1621y 1mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y 4mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -2401y 8mo before
Miocic — 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
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
14% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 6 losses
W
6% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Miocic
Nelson
4
UFC fights
9
32.8 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
66.8 min · 7.4 avg
16y 5m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miocic
Nelson
56W–10L · 84.8%
Overall
133W–34L · 79.6%
32W–5L · 86.5%
Wins
94W–23L · 80.3%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
39W–11L · 78.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miocic
Nelson
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
158W–71L · 69.0%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
90W–53L · 62.9%
0W–0L
Losses
68W–18L · 79.1%
Distance striking
Miocic
Nelson
5.36
Landed / min
3.18
40.6%
Accuracy
34.6%
58.9%
Defense
51.5%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.12
66.0%
Time at distance
50.9%
Grappling & control
Miocic
Nelson
3.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
58.3%
Takedown accuracy
23.1%
50.0%
Takedown defense
41.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.22
90.8%
Control share
62.6%
Strike target map
Miocic
  • Head62%(96)div 67%
  • Body19%(29)div 18%
  • Legs20%(31)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head85%(139)div 67%
  • Body9%(14)div 18%
  • Legs6%(10)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.

Roy Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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