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Heavyweight
5 Rounds
Title Bout
Stipe Miocic won · KO/TKO R1
Elo1494
Stipe Miocic
Elo1393

Stipe MiocicvsJunior Dos SantosUFC Prediction Result

UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos · Saturday, May 13, 2017Dallas, Texas, USA

Official fight result

Stipe Miocic won

KO/TKO · Round 1 · 2:22

Style matchupStipe Miocic: Pressure fightervsJunior Dos Santos: Striker

The pressure fighter will force exchanges. The cleaner striker needs lateral movement.

Model Prediction: Junior Dos Santos wins(53.1%)

Actual result: Stipe Miocic wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Junior Dos Santos at +145 American odds

$100 profit

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Scouting Report

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

  • Junior Dos Santos enters on a 4-fight losing streak.
  • Stipe Miocic is a KO finisher (64% of wins). Junior Dos Santos has lost 88% of fights by KO.
  • Junior Dos Santos is a KO finisher (55% of wins). Stipe Miocic has lost 80% of fights by KO.
  • Junior Dos Santos has 16pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Stipe Miocic
Red Corner
VS
Junior Dos Santos
Blue Corner
-165
(62%)
Vegas Odds
+145
(41%)
1494
Elo
1393
43
Age
42
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'4"
Height
6'4"
203.2 cm
Reach
195.58 cm

Recent Form

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

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
Junior Dos SantosL4 streak
oldest →
W
KOvs Derrick Lewis · Mar 19
L
KOvs Francis Ngannou · Jun 19
L
KOvs Curtis Blaydes · Jan 20
L
KOvs Jairzinho Rozenstruik · Aug 20
L
KOvs Ciryl Gane · Dec 20
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Stipe MiocicMetricJunior Dos Santos
4.67
Strikes / min
4.49
4.01
Strikes absorbed / min
3.33
52%
Strike defense
56%
1.74
TDs / 15 min
0.30
65%
Takedown defense
81%
0.00
Sub atts / 15 min
0.10
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.66evenly matched on net striking+1.16

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1602 vs 1561Strikes50.0 vs 59.1Takedowns1.4 vs 0.3Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.07Form0.9 vs 0.3
Stipe MiocicJunior Dos Santos

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Stipe Miocic(10 fights)Junior Dos Santos(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 +101.3|Blue -101.3
Recent Form
Red +0.6|Blue -0.6
Striker Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.2|Blue -0.2
Layoff
Red -153.0|Blue +153.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Stipe MiocicTargetJunior Dos Santos

By target zone

23
46% acc · 88%
Head
4
44% acc · 33%
0
0% acc
Body
3
75% acc · 25%
3
75% acc · 12%
Leg
5
100% acc · 42%

By position

15
38% acc · 58%
Distance
12
67% acc · 100%
3
75% acc · 12%
Clinch
0
8
62% acc · 31%
Ground
0

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

1
Stipe Miocic rounds
0
even
0
Junior Dos Santos rounds
Round 1Stipe Miocic edged it
Sig. strikes26
Takedowns0
Control0:05
Knockdowns1
12Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

1
KD
0
26 / 56
Sig Strikes
12 / 18
46%
Sig Str %
66%
26 / 56
Total Strikes
12 / 18
0 / 0
TDs
0 / 0
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
0:05
Ctrl Time
0:00

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Junior Dos Santos12 / 1812 / 180 / 00
1Stipe Miocic26 / 5626 / 560 / 00

Stipe Miocic

StanceOrthodox
Height76.0"
Reach80.0"
Fights19

Junior Dos Santos

StanceOrthodox
Height76.0"
Reach77.0"
Fights19