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BEST PRICE Prophecy read Costa v Rockhold Middleweight Edge lockedfair line · EV · value side
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Consensus9 picks · conf 27/99
Costa 4
5 Rockhold
11TW pick Costa
Tale of the tape the matchup, side by side
Costa 0-0 VS 16-6 Rockhold
6'1" height 6'3"
185 lb weight 185 lb
72" reach 77"
35 age 41
Orthodox stance Southpaw
6.2 strikes landed / min 4.1
58% striking accuracy 49%
6.6 strikes absorbed / min 2.7
49% striking defence 53%
0.4 takedowns / 15 min 0.7
75% takedown accuracy 29%
80% takedown defence 65%
0.0 submissions / 15 min 1.0
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Analyst tape every extracted call on this fight
ME MMA EXPERTS picks Luke Rockhold “pick his palo costa” $1.29
1C 101MMA Clinic picks Paulo Costa “we have like Paulo Costa minus 345” $1.29
1C 101MMA Clinic picks Luke Rockhold VALUE “i would maybe go with rockhold you know and expect like an upset you know i think he can like if he managed to go to that wrestling exchanges and get Paulo Costa tired and put him on his back i i think he can we can see the victory” $3.85
UG UFC GamblingAddicts picks Luke Rockhold VALUE “it's putting Paulo Costa minus 500. oh my goodness and it took Luke Rockhold”
WP We Want Picks picks Paulo Costa VALUE “i think he absolutely smokes Luke Rockhold”
ME MMA EXPERTS picks Paulo Costa “i would think that his brain has healed up quite well”
ME MMA EXPERTS picks Luke Rockhold VALUE “i think rockhold's got a really underrated like uh grappling game in general”
OM One On One | MMA picks Luke Rockhold VALUE “I'm gonna get into the the tale of tape on these two ... I am gonna get into the the tale of tape on these two sorry i'm kind of belaboring it but uh if you have not seen paul NOT_IN_ROSTER_3 in the lead up to this fight go head over to his instagram you know ... both of them are in a need to like go out there make a statement so let's take a look at the numbers on one side we've got Paulo Costa NOT_IN_ROSTER_2 who is 13-2 overall NOT_IN_ROSTER_6 Luke Rockhold 16 and five”
1M 138 MMA picks Paulo Costa “my pick for this one I'm taking Costa I don't think that Luke Rockhold could take a shot anymore I think Costa knocks him out”
WI WEIGHING IN picks Luke Rockhold VALUE “i'm gonna go with Luke Rockhold” $3.60
SH Sherdog.com picks Luke Rockhold “he fought against Luke Rockhold so he was only out for like wow what's that like ten months”
SH Sherdog.com picks Paulo Costa VALUE “minus 135 for sophie and bakaju over at EVENT_DETAILS” $1.74
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