No market observation could be sourced for this bout.
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.
Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
Two fighter histories. One matchup-specific intelligence layer. Fight DNA compares relevant historical characteristics from each fighter — stance interaction, pace, finish patterns, round progression and context — rather than treating career averages as isolated numbers. Every observation below traces to stored evidence with its sample and confidence.
Stance interaction: Yoel Romero's archived results against opponents listed with Derek Brunson's stance. Historical split, not causation.
| Yoel Romero |
| 0 |
| 11/19 |
| 11/19 |
| 0/2 |
| 0 |
| 0:02 |
| 4 |
| 4 |
| 3 |
| Derek Brunson | 0 | 12/28 | 16/32 | 2/2 | 0 | 0:54 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| R2 | Yoel Romero | 0 | 12/28 | 36/53 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:00 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Derek Brunson | 0 | 10/32 | 24/46 | 1/2 | 0 | 2:02 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| R3 | Yoel Romero | 0 | 37/47 | 40/50 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:51 | 20 | 15 | 2 |
| Derek Brunson | 0 | 16/34 | 16/34 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Stance interaction: Derek Brunson's archived results against opponents listed with Yoel Romero's stance. Historical split, not causation.
Each fighter's stored metric side by side, with its own sample and confidence. Bars compare magnitude only.
Emitted only when the underlying metric clears its sample threshold; otherwise it lands in the counter-case column.
Yoel Romero kept 149% of round-one significant-strike attempt pace into round three across 2 bouts / 3 rounds / 8.2 min of stat-covered fights as of 2013-11-07.
Derek Brunson kept 276% of round-one significant-strike attempt pace into round three across 2 bouts / 3 rounds / 10.8 min of stat-covered fights as of 2013-11-07.
R3 pace retention: Yoel Romero 149% (2 bouts / 3 rounds / 8.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 276% (2 bouts / 3 rounds / 10.8 min); delta -126% toward Derek Brunson.
Head attack share: Yoel Romero 64% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 13.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 83% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 15.8 min); delta -20% toward Derek Brunson.
Leg attack share: Yoel Romero 25% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 13.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 11% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 15.8 min); delta +14% toward Yoel Romero.
Takedown attempts / 15 min: Yoel Romero 2.28 (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 13.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 12.34 (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 15.8 min); delta -10.07 toward Derek Brunson.
Takedown accuracy: Yoel Romero 0% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 13.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 31% (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 15.8 min); delta -31% toward Derek Brunson.
Submission attempts / 15 min: Yoel Romero 0.00 (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 13.2 min) vs Derek Brunson 1.90 (2 bouts / 4 rounds / 15.8 min); delta -1.90 toward Derek Brunson.
100% of Yoel Romero's 2 UFC wins came by finish (0 KO/TKO, 0 submission), PBE-derived from canonical results as of 2013-11-07.
50% of Derek Brunson's 2 UFC wins came by finish (0 KO/TKO, 0 submission), PBE-derived from canonical results as of 2013-11-07.
What the record cannot support for this pairing, stated instead of hidden.