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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Kyler Phillips
Kyler Phillips
9-2 · USA
VS
Marcelo Rojo
Marcelo Rojo
16-7 · ARG
February 12, 2022 · Houston, Texas, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Kyler Phillips def. Marcelo Rojo by SUB (Triangle Armbar), R3 1:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Phillips34/642/401:37
Rojo15/490/000:00
R2
Phillips38/850/200:22
Rojo35/940/000:00
R3 · 1:48
Phillips8/151/200:34
Rojo5/100/000:30
Total
Phillips80/1643/802:33
Rojo55/1530/000:30

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
PhillipsWin probabilityRojo
82.4%17.6%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
24%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Phillips, blue toward Rojo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Phillips82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%32%40%
Submission17%21%14%
Decision39%47%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2271)act 80
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.8)act 3
Rojo18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%34%9%
Submission7%38%4%
Decision5%28%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 55
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R39%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Phillips
64.5%-188
Rojo
+18834.4%
Most takedownstie 19.9%
Phillips
71.6%-840
Rojo
+8408.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 52.2
52
Over 52
39.5%
+151
Exactly 52
0.9%
push
Under 52
59.6%
-151
066131
Rojo
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
39.7%
+152
Under 32.5
60.3%
-152
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
37.0%
+119
Exactly 2
19.0%
push
Under 2
44.0%
-119
036
Rojo
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.5%
+345
Under 0.5
77.5%
-345
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 9.6 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Phillips82.4%77.1%+5.3-425
Rojo17.6%22.9%−5.3+316
By method
Phillips by KO/TKO26.3%40.3%−14.0+100
Phillips by submission19.9%14.3%+5.6+464
Phillips by decision36.2%22.3%+13.9+262
Rojo by KO/TKO5.6%8.6%−3.0+838
Rojo by submission4.3%4.2%+0.1+1829
Rojo by decision7.7%10.4%−2.7+678
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.2%43.8%+24.4-137
Over 2.5 rds52.9%39.7%+13.2+136
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision43.9%35.6%+8.3+163

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
74.7Striking54.7
Phillips +20.1
63.5Grappling52.9
Phillips +10.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PhillipsRojo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1499
1546
Divisional
1515
1505
Striking offense
1501
1503
Striking defense
1493
1532
Grappling offense
1496
1535
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.01
Strikes landed / min
5.10
49%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.15
Strikes absorbed / min
7.30
60%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
55%
Takedown accuracy
50%
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kyler Phillips
  • LRaulian PaivaM-DEC R3
    Close -3047mo before
  • WSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +16011mo before
  • WCameron ElseKO/TKO R2
    Close -4801y 4mo before
  • WGabriel SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y 11mo before
Marcelo Rojo
  • LCharles JourdainKO/TKO R3
    Close +22911mo before
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1
Rojo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
29% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(67%) 4
1 (6%)Decision(33%) 2
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Phillips
Rojo
4
UFC fights
1
50.7 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
14.5 min · 14.5 avg
10y 5m
Career length
15y 4m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Phillips
Rojo
54W–13L · 80.6%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
34W–10L · 77.3%
Wins
0W–0L
20W–3L · 87.0%
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Phillips
Rojo
30W–10L · 75.0%
Overall
147W–50L · 74.6%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
93W–38L · 71.0%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
54W–12L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Phillips
Rojo
5.74
Landed / min
6.28
42.3%
Accuracy
33.7%
61.5%
Defense
55.2%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.7%
Time at distance
69.2%
Grappling & control
Phillips
Rojo
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
55.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.4%
Control share
13.7%
Strike target map
Phillips
  • Head74%(188)div 63%
  • Body16%(41)div 21%
  • Legs10%(25)div 17%
Rojo
  • Head34%(25)div 63%
  • Body30%(22)div 21%
  • Legs36%(27)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Kyler Phillips
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Marcelo Rojo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.