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Song Yadong
Song Yadong
16-6-1 · CHN
VS
Casey Kenney
Casey Kenney
16-3-1 · USA
August 7, 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Song Yadong def. Casey Kenney by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Yadong31/680/000:14
Kenney19/570/000:09
R2
Yadong34/780/000:06
Kenney28/600/100:12
R3
Yadong51/1110/300:00
Kenney31/731/400:05
Total
Yadong116/2570/300:20
Kenney78/1901/500:26

Scorecards

Yadong vs Kenney

RdChris LeeKerry HatleySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-99-1010-99.8-9.2
Total30-2728-2929-2829.5-27.6

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 19 Yadong · 0 Kenney

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Yadong-Kenney.

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
YadongWin probabilityKenney
62.9%37.1%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
17%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 11.1 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 Yadong, blue toward Kenney. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Yadong63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%36%16%
Submission10%15%6%
Decision31%49%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2066)act 116
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 0
Kenney37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%19%11%
Submission7%20%10%
Decision23%61%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 78
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 1
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R214%
R312%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Yadong
50.7%-105
Kenney
+10548.3%
Most takedownstie 33.4%
Yadong
33.0%+102
Kenney
-10233.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 48.4
48.5
Over 48.5
39.7%
+152
Under 48.5
60.3%
-152
061122
Kenney
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
39.7%
+152
Under 46.5
60.3%
-152
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Yadong
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
47.4%
+111
Under 0.5
52.6%
-111
035
Kenney
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
48.0%
+108
Under 0.5
52.0%
-108
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 11.1 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
Yadong62.9%47.0%+15.9+103
Kenney37.1%53.0%−15.9-125
By method
Yadong by KO/TKO18.4%16.4%+2.0+399
Yadong by submission10.8%6.4%+4.4+1172
Yadong by decision33.7%25.6%+8.1+220
Kenney by KO/TKO10.9%10.9%±0.0+648
Kenney by submission6.3%9.7%−3.4+743
Kenney by decision19.9%30.9%−11.0+164
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.7%73.0%+6.7-365
Over 2.5 rds66.1%65.3%+0.8-232
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.6%61.7%−8.1-193

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
66.1Striking68.0
Kenney +1.9
48.6Grappling43.1
Yadong +5.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
YadongKenney
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1578
1542
Divisional
1547
1514
Striking offense
1513
1519
Striking defense
1501
1495
Grappling offense
1510
1524
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
23 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.35
Strikes landed / min
4.92
42%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.64
Strikes absorbed / min
4.36
57%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
0.97
75%
Takedown accuracy
43%
57%
Takedown defense
53%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Song Yadong
  • LKyler PhillipsU-DEC R3
    Close -1945mo before
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 3mo before
  • DCody StamannM-DEC R3
    !Close -2251y 8mo before
  • WAlejandro PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2252y 1mo before
  • WVince MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close -5502y 8mo before
Casey Kenney
  • LDominick CruzS-DEC R3
    Close -1275mo before
  • WNathaniel WoodU-DEC R3
    Close -1779mo before
  • WHeili AlatengheiliU-DEC R3
    Close -33510mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaSUB R1
    Close -2701y 2mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 6mo before
Yadong — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-1, 1 NC

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(60%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1
Kenney — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Yadong
Kenney
7
UFC fights
7
76.3 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
93.0 min · 13.3 avg
13y 2m
Career length
11y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Yadong
Kenney
80W–26L · 75.5%
Overall
102W–27L · 79.1%
72W–25L · 74.2%
Wins
71W–20L · 78.0%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
31W–7L · 81.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Yadong
Kenney
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
80W–40L · 66.7%
42W–15L · 73.7%
Wins
67W–36L · 65.0%
41W–19L · 68.3%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Distance striking
Yadong
Kenney
5.52
Landed / min
7.22
39.3%
Accuracy
43.9%
61.1%
Defense
63.0%
0.59
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
65.3%
Time at distance
60.6%
Grappling & control
Yadong
Kenney
0.59
Takedowns / 15 min
0.97
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
56.5%
Takedown defense
52.9%
0.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
50.8%
Control share
40.4%
Strike target map
Yadong
  • Head70%(232)div 63%
  • Body17%(56)div 21%
  • Legs13%(44)div 17%
Kenney
  • Head52%(239)div 63%
  • Body26%(120)div 21%
  • Legs22%(99)div 17%

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

Song Yadong
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Casey Kenney
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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