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Heavyweight
3 Rounds
Stipe Miocic won · U-DEC R3
Elo1491
Elo1494
Stipe Miocic

Roy NelsonvsStipe MiocicUFC Prediction Result

UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson · Saturday, June 15, 2013Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Official fight result

Stipe Miocic won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Stipe Miocic wins(58.7%)

Actual result: Stipe Miocic wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

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Stipe Miocic at +250 American odds

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$350 total returned

Scouting Report

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

  • Roy Nelson is a KO finisher (88% of wins). Stipe Miocic has lost 80% of fights by KO.
  • Stipe Miocic has a 18cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Roy Nelson
Red Corner
VS
Stipe Miocic
Blue Corner
-275
(73%)
Vegas Odds
+250
(29%)
1491
Elo
1494
50
Age
43
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'0"
Height
6'4"
185.42 cm
Reach
203.2 cm

Recent Form

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

Roy Nelson
oldest →
L
vs Josh Barnett · Sep 15
W
vs Jared Rosholt · Feb 16
L
vs Derrick Lewis · Jul 16
W
KOvs Antonio Silva · Sep 16
L
vs Alexander Volkov · Apr 17
latest
Stipe MiocicL2 streak
oldest →
L
KOvs Daniel Cormier · Jul 18
W
KOvs Daniel Cormier · Aug 19
W
vs Daniel Cormier · Aug 20
L
KOvs Francis Ngannou · Mar 21
L
KOvs Jon Jones · Nov 24
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Roy NelsonMetricStipe Miocic
2.18
Strikes / min
4.67
4.79
Strikes absorbed / min
4.01
46%
Strike defense
52%
1.14
TDs / 15 min
1.74
65%
Takedown defense
65%
0.10
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-2.61Δ 3.27 — meaningful gap+0.66

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1530 vs 1526Strikes18.1 vs 39.0Takedowns0.3 vs 1.8Sub Atts0.11 vs 0.00Form0.8 vs 0.3
Roy NelsonStipe Miocic

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Roy Nelson(10 fights)Stipe Miocic(10 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 -3.2|Blue +3.2
Recent Form
Red +0.5|Blue -0.5
Striker Score
Red -1.1|Blue +1.1
Grappler Score
Red -0.2|Blue +0.2
Layoff
Red -210.0|Blue +210.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Roy NelsonTargetStipe Miocic

By target zone

19
16% acc · 83%
Head
90
58% acc · 85%
1
25% acc · 4%
Body
3
100% acc · 3%
3
100% acc · 13%
Leg
13
100% acc · 12%

By position

22
18% acc · 96%
Distance
81
57% acc · 76%
1
25% acc · 4%
Clinch
24
80% acc · 23%
0
Ground
1
100% acc · 1%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

0
Roy Nelson rounds
0
even
3
Stipe Miocic rounds
Round 1Stipe Miocic edged it
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns0
Control0:18
32Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:26Control
Round 2Stipe Miocic edged it
Sig. strikes8
Takedowns0
Control0:00
39Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:51Control
Round 3Stipe Miocic edged it
Sig. strikes5
Takedowns0
Control0:03
35Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
0:48Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
23 / 127
Sig Strikes
106 / 172
18%
Sig Str %
62.3%
25 / 130
Total Strikes
129 / 197
0 / 1
TDs
1 / 8
0%
TD %
11%
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:21
Ctrl Time
2:05

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Stipe Miocic32 / 6439 / 730 / 20
1Roy Nelson10 / 4612 / 480 / 10
2Stipe Miocic39 / 5846 / 650 / 30
2Roy Nelson8 / 348 / 340 / 00
3Stipe Miocic35 / 5044 / 591 / 30
3Roy Nelson5 / 475 / 480 / 00

Roy Nelson

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach73.0"
Fights18

Stipe Miocic

StanceOrthodox
Height76.0"
Reach80.0"
Fights19