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Middleweight
3 Rounds
Buddy Roberts won · U-DEC R3
Elo1490
Buddy Roberts
Elo1358
Caio Magalhaes

Buddy RobertsvsCaio MagalhaesUFC Prediction Result

UFC on FX: Johnson vs McCall · Friday, June 8, 2012Sunrise, Florida, USA

Official fight result

Buddy Roberts won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Buddy Roberts wins(52.4%)

Actual result: Buddy Roberts wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Buddy Roberts at -130 American odds

+$77 profit

$177 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Buddy Roberts has 14pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Buddy Roberts has 18pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Buddy Roberts
Red Corner
VS
Caio Magalhaes
Blue Corner
-130
(57%)
Vegas Odds
+120
(45%)
1490
Elo
1358
43
Age
38
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'2"
Height
6'1"
193 cm
Reach
185.42 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Buddy Roberts
oldest →
L
KOvs Yushin Okami · Aug 12
latest
Caio MagalhaesL2 streak
oldest →
W
vs Nick Ring · Dec 13
W
KOvs Luke Zachrich · Apr 14
W
KOvs Trevor Smith · Nov 14
L
SUBvs Josh Samman · Jul 15
L
vs Brad Tavares · Sep 16
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Buddy RobertsMetricCaio Magalhaes
2.17
Strikes / min
2.27
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.78
70%
Strike defense
56%
0.00
TDs / 15 min
1.05
76%
Takedown defense
58%
0.70
Sub atts / 15 min
1.60
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.09evenly matched on net striking-0.51
Not enough statistical data to render a radar chart for this matchup.

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14901495150015051510← oldermost recent →
Buddy Roberts(2 fights)Caio Magalhaes(7 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red +132.3|Blue -132.3
Recent Form
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Striker Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Grappler Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Buddy RobertsTargetCaio Magalhaes

By target zone

26
28% acc · 74%
Head
8
14% acc · 36%
7
58% acc · 20%
Body
2
33% acc · 9%
2
40% acc · 6%
Leg
12
43% acc · 55%

By position

28
27% acc · 80%
Distance
20
22% acc · 91%
6
86% acc · 17%
Clinch
1
100% acc · 5%
1
100% acc · 3%
Ground
1
100% acc · 5%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

1
Buddy Roberts rounds
1
even
1
Caio Magalhaes rounds
Round 1Buddy Roberts edged it
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns0
Control0:06
5Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
1:22Control
Round 2Even round
Sig. strikes9
Takedowns0
Control0:00
7Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
1:24Control
Round 3Caio Magalhaes edged it
Sig. strikes16
Takedowns0
Control0:00
10Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
1:00Control

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
35 / 111
Sig Strikes
22 / 92
31%
Sig Str %
23.3%
81 / 158
Total Strikes
27 / 98
0 / 0
TDs
2 / 15
TD %
16.7%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:06
Ctrl Time
3:46

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Caio Magalhaes5 / 307 / 330 / 60
1Buddy Roberts10 / 3136 / 580 / 00
2Caio Magalhaes7 / 287 / 280 / 50
2Buddy Roberts9 / 3221 / 440 / 00
3Caio Magalhaes10 / 3413 / 372 / 40
3Buddy Roberts16 / 4824 / 560 / 00

Buddy Roberts

StanceOrthodox
Height74.0"
Reach
Fights2

Caio Magalhaes

StanceOrthodox
Height73.0"
Reach73.0"
Fights7