Forecast winner
Raoni Barcelos · 62.0%
Fair price -163 · the odds at which this probability breaks even, before the book's margin.
Raoni Barcelos is the more likely winner because his verified open-space edge is pronounced and his takedown defense directly pressures Raul Rosas Jr.'s most important route. Barcelos also has the larger professional and UFC-event sample, eleven decision wins, documented recent multi-phase control, and limited fourth- or fifth-round experience, whereas Jr. has none. The pick remains moderately uncertain: Jr.'s 6.1 takedowns per 15 minutes, 54% accuracy, six submission wins, youth, and recent decision success leave a substantial upset path. Barcelos by decision is the leading winner-conditioned method because Barcelos's strongest advantages are repeatable scoring tools, while Jr. has no recorded stoppage loss; Barcelos's KO/TKO and submission routes remain independently documented. If Jr. wins, submission is most likely, followed by wrestling-led decision.
- Method, if Raoni Barcelos wins
- Decision · 56.0%
This exact winner, method and round combination has a 34.7% probability.
Most likely individual outcome: Raoni Barcelos by Decision · 34.7%.
Rosas Jr.'s strongest supported path is to force repeated wrestling exchanges, convert takedowns, and create submission or control sequences. His recorded rates are 6.1 takedowns landed per 15 minutes, 54% takedown accuracy, and 0.9 submission attempts per 15 minutes; his recorded career record also includes six submission wins in 13 professional bouts. The scheduled bout is five rounds, giving this pressure-and-control route more available time, although Rosas has no recorded fourth- or fifth-round experience.
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How the path opens
Access is most plausible if Rosas closes distance behind his switch stance and uses his grappling volume rather than relying on prolonged open striking. He is listed at 68.9 inches with a 66.9-inch reach, while Barcelos is listed at 67.3 inches with a 66.9-inch reach; Rosas also has the higher recorded takedown rate and accuracy. This supports a conditional wrestling route, not a guarantee that he can impose it.
Opponent’s response
Barcelos' best documented denial is disciplined countering combined with proven takedown defense and control. His recorded takedown-defense rate is 87%, and film records him denying repeated singles against Cody Garbrandt, methodically countering while advancing against Montel Jackson, and producing substantial control and takedown sequences against Payton Talbott. His significant-strike accuracy is 51%, striking defense 60%, and he has 22 wins across 27 recorded professional bouts. If he keeps Rosas from securing sustained top control and makes Rosas work through clean counters, he can deny Raul Rosas Jr.
Where the case fails
The Raul Rosas Jr. case fails if Barcelos' 87% recorded takedown defense prevents repeated entries, if Rosas cannot retain position after initial contact, or if the fight becomes a sustained striking contest. Rosas' recorded striking output is 1.34 significant strikes landed per minute with 42% accuracy, while Barcelos' recorded output is 4.65 per minute; Rosas has also absorbed 25% of attempted takedowns in the recorded UFCStats sample, and his five-round experience is unmeasured beyond zero recorded fourth- or fifth-round bouts. These are conditional vulnerabilities, not proof of an outcome.
Evidence against the case
The principal counterevidence is Barcelos' larger recorded sample, 27 professional bouts versus Rosas' 13, his 15 recorded UFC bouts versus Rosas' 7, superior recorded takedown defense, stronger measured striking volume, and film evidence of denying entries while maintaining pressure and of controlling grappling exchanges against Talbott. Rosas' five-round inexperience is also material because this is scheduled for five rounds. The comparison remains limited because several requested metrics are missing, including both fighters' knockdowns landed per 15 minutes, and UFCStats rates cover UFC-?
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Raoni Barcelos's strongest supported path is to use measured striking output and documented pressure, counters, clinch work, and opportunistic grappling over the scheduled five-round distance. His UFCStats profile records 4.65 significant strikes landed per minute, 51% significant-strike accuracy, 2.51 takedowns per 15 minutes, 81.9 seconds of control per takedown, and 50% finishing rate; his documented bouts also show forward pressure, flush right-hand and uppercut offense, takedown attempts, mount/back exposure, and ground control against multiple opponents.
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How the path opens
Barcelos has documented access if he can keep Rosas Jr. in extended striking or clinch exchanges: Barcelos has the larger recorded bout sample (27 versus 13), a longer average fight time (684 versus 506 seconds), higher measured significant-strike output and accuracy, and recent film showing methodical entry, pressure, countering, body and head attacks, and sustained control. The scheduled bout is five rounds, while Barcelos has two recorded bouts reaching the fourth or fifth round; Rosas Jr. has none. These facts support a conditional durability-and-volume route, not a guaranteed result.
Opponent’s response
Rosas Jr.'s best documented denial is an early wrestling and submission sequence: his profile records 6.1 takedowns landed per 15 minutes, 54% takedown accuracy, and 0.9 submission attempts per 15 minutes. He also has six recorded submission wins and a 66.7% recorded finish rate. His 68.9-inch height and 66.9-inch reach match Barcelos's 66.9-inch reach, so the available physical records do not establish a reach disadvantage for Rosas Jr. Barcelos must therefore deny repeated entries, top control, and submission attempts rather than assume the fight stays at range.
Where the case fails
The Barcelos case fails if Rosas Jr. repeatedly converts his 6.1-takedown-per-15-minute profile and 54% takedown accuracy into sustained top control or submission threats, especially before Barcelos can establish his measured striking volume. Rosas Jr.'s recorded takedown defense is 25%, while Barcelos's is 87%, so a wrestling-heavy fight may sharply reduce Barcelos's preferred access.
Evidence against the case
Rosas Jr. has the clearest documented denial route through wrestling and submissions: six recorded submission wins, 6.1 takedowns landed per 15 minutes, 54% takedown accuracy, and 0.9 submission attempts per 15 minutes. Barcelos's measured takedown defense is 87%, but his recorded significant-strike absorption is 4.24 per minute, compared with Rosas Jr.'s 1.24; these are UFCStats-recorded-bout summaries and do not by themselves establish how either fighter will perform in this matchup. Rosas Jr. is also younger by recorded birth dates, but age cannot independently select a winner.
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Uncertainty and probability treatment
There is no direct matchup-specific evidence proving either Raul Rosas Jr.'s takedown access or Raoni Barcelos's ability to deny Jr. specifically.
UFCStats summaries cover recorded UFCStats bouts only, have unreported sample sizes, and are not complete-career measurements; missing values are unknown rather than zero.
Raoni Barcelos has the larger evidence sample: 27 recorded professional bouts and 15 documented UFC-event bouts versus Raul Rosas Jr.'s 13 and 7, creating material evidence asymmetry.
The bout is scheduled for five rounds, but Raul Rosas Jr. has no recorded fourth- or fifth-round experience and Raoni Barcelos has only two such bouts, so late-round cardio and timing remain uncertain.
Exact career finish-round data are incomplete, especially for Raoni Barcelos's KO/TKO wins; timing distributions therefore rely on limited historical timing, scheduled distance, pace, and average fight-time evidence.
Knockdowns landed per 15 minutes are missing for both fighters, limiting comparative power assessment and KO/TKO precision before the completed or verified weigh-in.
The bout is scheduled, and weigh-in status is not completed or verified; current-field research remains flagged in the booking record.
UFCStats measurements are limited to recorded UFCStats bouts and do not represent complete career ability; missing values are unknown, not zero.
No matchup-specific Rosas film observation or direct evidence of Rosas successfully applying this exact path against Barcelos is available.
The evidence file contains no betting-market or public-expert evidence, and none is used.
UFCStats statistics cover recorded UFCStats bouts only, not complete career history; missing values are unknown, not zero.
The evidence file provides no direct matchup-specific evidence proving Barcelos can deny Rosas Jr.'s takedowns or submissions.
Film observations are documented examples from prior opponents and are not independent predictions of this bout.
The current booking is scheduled for five rounds, but weigh-in status is not completed or verified.
Team data contain retained source conflicts for both fighters; those records are not treated as performance proof.
No betting markets, public predictions, winner probabilities, method probabilities, or round probabilities are used.
These are raw AI probabilities. Historical wins establish a baseline: a documented winning method retains at least 1% probability conditional on that fighter winning. Recent tactical trends can reduce that probability, but cannot erase it.
