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Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
11-0 · USA
VS
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
16-6 · USA
April 20, 2013 · San Jose, California, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
235.0lb
Weigh-in
257.0lb
Daniel Cormier def. Frank Mir by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cormier24/390/002:27
Mir7/220/000:02
R2
Cormier17/270/002:31
Mir6/190/000:00
R3
Cormier18/300/102:36
Mir11/190/000:16
Total
Cormier59/960/107:34
Mir24/600/000:18

Scorecards

Cormier vs Mir

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSteven DavisCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.3

Media (11 cards) · avg 3027 · 11 Cormier · 0 Mir

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

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 probabilityMir
71.4%28.6%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
14%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.3 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 Mir. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Cormier71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%60%
Submission5%8%
Decision23%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 59
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 0
Mir29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%40%
Submission9%31%
Decision8%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R220%
R39%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Cormier
70.7%-256
Mir
+25627.7%
Most takedownstie 43.8%
Cormier
50.6%-904
Mir
+9045.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 36.4
36.5
Over 36.5
42.3%
+137
Under 36.5
57.7%
-137
04691
Mir
Expected: 22.1
22
Over 22
41.2%
+135
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
55.8%
-135
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Cormier
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.0%
+134
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
46.8%
-134
035
Mir
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.9%
Exactly 0
90.1%
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 8.3 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
Cormier71.4%77.4%−6.0-375
Mir28.6%22.6%+6.0+335

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CormierMir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1611
1548
Divisional
1610
1474
Striking offense
1493
1500
Striking defense
1489
1561
Grappling offense
1541
1558
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
34 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'3"
72"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.45
Strike accuracy
50%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.83
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.77
Takedown accuracy
46%
Takedown defense
50%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
70%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
79%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Cormier
No prior UFC fights.
Frank Mir
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +42011mo before
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R1
    Close -2201y 4mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 11mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -2252y 7mo before
  • LShane CarwinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1503y 1mo before
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
64% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
3 wins, 6 losses
W
19% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(100%) 6
8 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (7%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cormier
Mir
0
UFC fights
20
Octagon time
102.8 min · 5.1 avg
Career length
25y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cormier
Mir
Overall
227W–56L · 80.2%
Wins
179W–49L · 78.5%
Losses
48W–7L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cormier
Mir
168W–41L · 80.4%
Overall
4W–1L · 80.0%
168W–41L · 80.4%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cormier
Mir
Landed / min
3.24
Accuracy
36.0%
Defense
58.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.88
Time at distance
31.2%
Grappling & control
Cormier
Mir
Takedowns / 15 min
2.77
Takedown accuracy
46.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.92
Control share
54.5%
Strike target map
Cormier
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Mir
  • Head51%(129)div 67%
  • Body30%(76)div 17%
  • Legs19%(47)div 16%

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

Daniel Cormier

No UFC fights on record.

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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