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UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya
Kyler Phillips
Kyler Phillips
8-1 · USA
VS
Song Yadong
Song Yadong
16-5-1 · CHN
March 6, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Kyler Phillips def. Song Yadong by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Phillips27/591/100:27
Yadong21/390/000:05
R2
Phillips19/471/200:41
Yadong20/610/000:00
R3
Phillips13/361/200:28
Yadong26/610/001:01
Total
Phillips59/1423/501:36
Yadong67/1610/001:06

Scorecards

Phillips vs Yadong

RdChris LeeEric ColónRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Phillips · 0 Yadong

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

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 probabilityYadong
52.2%47.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
13%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Yadong. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Phillips52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%28%12%
Submission6%11%9%
Decision31%61%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1963)act 59
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.7)act 3
Yadong48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%23%23%
Submission7%15%5%
Decision30%62%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 67
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R211%
R310%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Phillips
51.8%-110
Yadong
+11047.1%
Most takedownstie 14.2%
Phillips
73.4%-588
Yadong
+58812.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 46.5
46.5
Over 46.5
39.8%
+152
Under 46.5
60.2%
-152
059117
Yadong
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
39.2%
+152
Exactly 43
1.1%
push
Under 43
59.7%
-152
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
46.0%
+118
Under 2.5
54.0%
-118
048
Yadong
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.0%
+170
Under 0.5
63.0%
-170
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 11.7 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
Phillips52.2%37.5%+14.7+152
Yadong47.8%62.5%−14.7-195
By method
Phillips by KO/TKO13.5%12.4%+1.1+550
Phillips by submission6.8%8.9%−2.1+800
Phillips by decision31.8%23.6%+8.2+240
Yadong by KO/TKO12.4%23.0%−10.6+250
Yadong by submission6.3%5.4%+0.9+1399
Yadong by decision29.2%26.8%+2.4+200
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds82.6%72.6%+10.0-350
Over 2.5 rds71.2%59.4%+11.8-175
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision61.0%55.8%+5.2-150

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
84.5Striking66.2
Phillips +18.3
67.0Grappling51.8
Phillips +15.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PhillipsYadong
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1546
Pound-for-pound
1589
1546
Divisional
1559
1497
Striking offense
1513
1504
Striking defense
1519
1553
Grappling offense
1500
1555
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
25 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.84
Strikes landed / min
4.32
49%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.03
Strikes absorbed / min
3.57
67%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
67%
Takedown accuracy
75%
67%
Takedown defense
61%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kyler Phillips
  • WCameron ElseKO/TKO R2
    Close -4805mo before
  • WGabriel SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1101y before
Song Yadong
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R3
    Close -20010mo before
  • DCody StamannM-DEC R3
    !Close -2251y 3mo before
  • WAlejandro PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 8mo before
  • WVince MoralesU-DEC R3
    Close -5502y 3mo before
  • WFelipe ArantesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1152y 8mo before
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1
Yadong — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-1, 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
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
60% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
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

Profiles

Experience
Phillips
Yadong
2
UFC fights
6
20.7 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
61.3 min · 10.2 avg
10y 5m
Career length
13y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Phillips
Yadong
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
72W–25L · 74.2%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
72W–25L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Phillips
Yadong
30W–10L · 75.0%
Overall
83W–34L · 70.9%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
42W–15L · 73.7%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
41W–19L · 68.3%
Distance striking
Phillips
Yadong
7.54
Landed / min
5.52
43.0%
Accuracy
38.4%
68.4%
Defense
61.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.73
45.4%
Time at distance
61.4%
Grappling & control
Phillips
Yadong
2.89
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
61.1%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.49
76.7%
Control share
52.0%
Strike target map
Phillips
  • Head73%(88)div 63%
  • Body15%(18)div 21%
  • Legs12%(15)div 17%
Yadong
  • Head73%(193)div 63%
  • Body14%(36)div 21%
  • Legs14%(36)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.

Song Yadong
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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