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UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
Cesar Almeida
Cesar Almeida
5-1 · BRA
VS
Ihor Potieria
Ihor Potieria
20-6 · UKR
October 5, 2024 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Cesar Almeida def. Ihor Potieria by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Almeida23/410/100:00
Potieria16/321/400:58
R2
Almeida22/360/002:13
Potieria10/172/301:17
R3
Almeida12/360/100:02
Potieria18/400/101:17
Total
Almeida57/1130/202:15
Potieria44/893/803:32

Scorecards

Almeida vs Potieria

RdChris LeeDan FurseSteve FaragherCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 11 Almeida · 0 Potieria

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Almeida-Potieria.

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
AlmeidaWin probabilityPotieria
41.0%59.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
17%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Almeida, blue toward Potieria. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Almeida41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%
Submission5%12%
Decision26%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1962)act 57
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Potieria59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%23%
Submission13%22%
Decision32%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1652)act 44
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 3
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R214%
R34%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Almeida
54.8%-124
Potieria
+12444.1%
Most takedownstie 47.4%
Almeida
21.8%+141
Potieria
-14130.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 45.7
45.5
Over 45.5
40.0%
+150
Under 45.5
60.0%
-150
058115
Potieria
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
39.9%
+150
Under 38.5
60.1%
-150
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Almeida
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.0%
+244
Under 0.5
71.0%
-244
035
Potieria
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
37.1%
+169
Under 0.5
62.9%
-169
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 10.9 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
Almeida41.0%80.0%−39.0-500
Potieria59.0%20.0%+39.0+380

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
74.4Striking64.9
Almeida +9.5
13.0Grappling15.9
Potieria +2.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlmeidaPotieria
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1521
1516
Divisional
1546
1511
Striking offense
1510
1531
Striking defense
1486
1479
Grappling offense
1464
1491
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
36 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.92
Strikes landed / min
5.15
61%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.89
Strikes absorbed / min
4.98
45%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
47%
Takedown defense
57%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cesar Almeida
  • LRoman KopylovS-DEC R3
    Close -1164mo before
  • WDylan BudkaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1286mo before
Ihor Potieria
  • LMichel PereiraSUB R1
    Close +4185mo before
  • WRobert BryczekU-DEC R3
    missedClose +1598mo before
  • LRodolfo BellatoKO/TKO R2
    Close +33510mo before
  • LCarlos UlbergKO/TKO R1
    Close +3401y 5mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2051y 8mo before
Almeida — 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Potieria — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
18win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (22%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Almeida
Potieria
2
UFC fights
6
22.2 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 6.7 avg
10y 5m
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Almeida
Potieria
19W–5L · 79.2%
Overall
104W–33L · 75.9%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
44W–18L · 71.0%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
60W–15L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Almeida
Potieria
14W–30L · 31.8%
Overall
79W–82L · 49.1%
14W–30L · 31.8%
Wins
74W–78L · 48.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–4L · 55.6%
Distance striking
Almeida
Potieria
8.47
Landed / min
6.15
53.7%
Accuracy
44.9%
50.0%
Defense
65.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.13
30.8%
Time at distance
61.1%
Grappling & control
Almeida
Potieria
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
46.7%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
1.4%
Control share
39.3%
Strike target map
Almeida
  • Head45%(39)div 63%
  • Body36%(31)div 20%
  • Legs20%(17)div 17%
Potieria
  • Head72%(148)div 63%
  • Body10%(21)div 20%
  • Legs18%(37)div 17%

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

Cesar Almeida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ihor Potieria
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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