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UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song
Melquizael Costa
Melquizael Costa
21-7 · BRA
VS
Andre Fili
Andre Fili
24-11 · USA
February 22, 2025 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Melquizael Costa def. Andre Fili by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 4:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:30
Costa27/560/100:00
Fili7/241/100:24
Total
Costa27/560/100:00
Fili7/241/100:24

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
CostaWin probabilityFili
47.6%52.4%
KO / TKO
41%
Submission
21%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Costa48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%38%13%
Submission14%30%9%
Decision16%32%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Fili52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%43%15%
Submission7%13%7%
Decision23%44%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 7
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R220%
R38%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Costa
51.6%-110
Fili
+11047.1%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Costa
31.9%-102
Fili
+10231.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 38.0
38
Over 38
39.1%
+152
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.6%
-152
04896
Fili
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
39.5%
+153
Under 35.5
60.5%
-153
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.8%
+129
Under 0.5
56.2%
-129
035
Fili
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.5%
+130
Under 0.5
56.5%
-130
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 9.1 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
Costa47.6%54.9%−7.3-135
Fili52.4%45.1%+7.3+112
By method
Costa by KO/TKO19.4%13.2%+6.2+529
Costa by submission9.9%9.4%+0.5+782
Costa by decision18.4%30.1%−11.7+176
Fili by KO/TKO21.3%15.2%+6.1+447
Fili by submission10.9%7.3%+3.6+1045
Fili by decision20.2%24.7%−4.5+237
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.7%73.3%−6.6-367
Over 2.5 rds46.8%61.3%−14.5-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision38.5%57.1%−18.6-156

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
70.3Striking58.2
Costa +12.1
56.5Grappling53.2
Costa +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaFili
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1563
1562
Divisional
1561
1498
Striking offense
1518
1503
Striking defense
1490
1508
Grappling offense
1508
1489
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.46
Strikes landed / min
3.88
46%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.29
Strikes absorbed / min
4.11
58%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.15
35%
Takedown accuracy
44%
53%
Takedown defense
70%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
52%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Melquizael Costa
  • WShayilan NuerdanbiekeSUB R3
    Close -2188mo before
  • LSteve GarciaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2861y 2mo before
  • WAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close -2381y 7mo before
  • LThiago MoisesSUB R2
    Close +3142y 1mo before
Andre Fili
  • WCub SwansonS-DEC R3
    Close -2378mo before
  • LDan IgeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1561y before
  • WLucas AlmeidaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 2mo before
  • LNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close +1781y 7mo before
  • WBill AlgeoS-DEC R3
    Close -1312y 5mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (32%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (32%)Decision(60%) 3
Fili — win / loss by method
Record: 24-11-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
36% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 5 losses
W
46% of wins
L
45% of losses
UFC
12win10loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 2
8 (67%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Fili
4
UFC fights
23
41.9 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
244.1 min · 10.6 avg
12y 5m
Career length
16y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Fili
78W–24L · 76.5%
Overall
325W–105L · 75.6%
48W–13L · 78.7%
Wins
191W–67L · 74.0%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
134W–38L · 77.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Fili
164W–84L · 66.1%
Overall
70W–31L · 69.3%
116W–74L · 61.1%
Wins
65W–30L · 68.4%
48W–10L · 82.8%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Costa
Fili
7.10
Landed / min
5.23
44.4%
Accuracy
35.8%
67.0%
Defense
52.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
41.6%
Time at distance
63.6%
Grappling & control
Costa
Fili
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.15
35.0%
Takedown accuracy
43.8%
52.9%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.25
45.1%
Control share
49.0%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head34%(50)div 64%
  • Body45%(65)div 20%
  • Legs21%(30)div 16%
Fili
  • Head72%(686)div 64%
  • Body15%(140)div 20%
  • Legs13%(122)div 16%

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

Melquizael Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Andre Fili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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