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UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
Casey Kenney
Casey Kenney
15-2-1 · USA
VS
Nathaniel Wood
Nathaniel Wood
16-4 · GBR
October 24, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 3 rounds
140.0lb
Weigh-in
140.0lb
Casey Kenney def. Nathaniel Wood by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kenney54/960/000:00
Wood51/1200/000:00
R2
Kenney40/900/200:02
Wood48/1130/000:00
R3
Kenney29/612/401:28
Wood37/880/300:00
Total
Kenney123/2472/601:30
Wood136/3210/300:00

Scorecards

Kenney vs Wood

RdBen CartlidgeDavid LethabyDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-1010-910-99.1-9.9
R310-910-99-109.6-9.5
Total29-2830-2729-2828.4-28.7

Media (17 cards) · avg 2928 · 17 Kenney · 0 Wood

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

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
KenneyWin probabilityWood
43.4%56.6%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
35%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Kenney, blue toward Wood. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kenney43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%
Submission14%33%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 123
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 2
Wood57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%42%
Submission20%36%
Decision13%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 136
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R218%
R323%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Kenney
53.9%-120
Wood
+12044.8%
Most takedownstie 26.6%
Kenney
35.5%+107
Wood
-10737.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kenney
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+152
Under 40.5
60.4%
-152
051101
Wood
Expected: 35.0
35
Over 35
39.0%
+153
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.6%
-153
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Kenney
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.5%
+128
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
44.1%
-128
035
Wood
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.2%
+116
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
42.1%
-116
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 9.5 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
Kenney43.4%60.5%−17.1-177
Wood56.6%39.5%+17.1+140

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
72.8Striking74.1
Wood +1.3
47.8Grappling70.2
Wood +22.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KenneyWood
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1572
1548
Divisional
1526
1506
Striking offense
1509
1507
Striking defense
1496
1525
Grappling offense
1514
1507
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.14
Strikes landed / min
5.52
47%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.87
Strikes absorbed / min
3.30
63%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.65
67%
Takedown accuracy
60%
44%
Takedown defense
83%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
21
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Casey Kenney
  • WHeili AlatengheiliU-DEC R3
    Close -33521d before
  • WLouis SmolkaSUB R1
    Close -2705mo before
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +1508mo before
  • WManny BermudezU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 2mo before
  • WRay BorgU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 7mo before
Nathaniel Wood
  • WJohn CastanedaU-DEC R3
    Close -4553mo before
  • LJohn DodsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1508mo before
  • WJose QuinonezSUB R2
    Close -3351y 7mo before
  • WAndre EwellSUB R3
    Close -1201y 10mo before
  • WJohnny EduardoSUB R2
    Close -2452y 5mo before
Kenney — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-1

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 1
Wood — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Kenney
Wood
5
UFC fights
5
63.0 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
54.5 min · 10.9 avg
11y 7m
Career length
13y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kenney
Wood
64W–20L · 76.2%
Overall
87W–32L · 73.1%
55W–16L · 77.5%
Wins
67W–21L · 76.1%
9W–4L · 69.2%
Losses
20W–11L · 64.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kenney
Wood
80W–40L · 66.7%
Overall
99W–56L · 63.9%
67W–36L · 65.0%
Wins
77W–45L · 63.1%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Losses
22W–11L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Kenney
Wood
7.06
Landed / min
6.80
43.8%
Accuracy
45.0%
69.6%
Defense
57.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
48.8%
Time at distance
67.7%
Grappling & control
Kenney
Wood
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.65
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
43.6%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
39.4%
Control share
75.1%
Strike target map
Kenney
  • Head48%(124)div 65%
  • Body33%(85)div 20%
  • Legs20%(52)div 16%
Wood
  • Head50%(149)div 65%
  • Body14%(43)div 20%
  • Legs36%(109)div 16%

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

Casey Kenney
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nathaniel Wood
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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