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Kevin Holland
Kevin Holland
18-5 · USA
VS
Darren Stewart
Darren Stewart
12-5 · GBR
September 19, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Kevin Holland def. Darren Stewart by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holland33/560/102:04
Stewart17/350/200:20
R2
Holland31/570/100:10
Stewart28/401/201:18
R3
Holland10/160/101:21
Stewart12/352/402:31
Total
Holland74/1290/303:35
Stewart57/1103/804:09

Scorecards

Holland vs Stewart

RdEric ColónRon McCarthySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.2
R39-109-109-108.9-10
Total29-2828-2929-2828.6-28.3

Media (19 cards) · avg 2928 · 19 Holland · 0 Stewart

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holland-Stewart.

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
HollandWin probabilityStewart
71.1%28.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
27%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Holland, blue toward Stewart. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Holland71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%31%
Submission21%29%
Decision28%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 74
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Stewart29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%29%
Submission6%21%
Decision15%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1239)act 57
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 3
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R219%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Holland
56.6%-135
Stewart
+13541.9%
Most takedownstie 37.0%
Holland
26.9%+134
Stewart
-13436.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holland
Expected: 36.3
36.5
Over 36.5
39.5%
+153
Under 36.5
60.5%
-153
04691
Stewart
Expected: 28.8
29
Over 29
38.6%
+154
Exactly 29
1.7%
push
Under 29
59.7%
-154
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Holland
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.8%
+158
Under 0.5
61.2%
-158
035
Stewart
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.2%
+180
Exactly 1
18.2%
push
Under 1
52.6%
-180
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 9.7 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
Holland71.1%68.9%+2.2-265
Stewart28.9%31.1%−2.2+205

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
77.3Striking65.3
Holland +12.0
59.8Grappling45.8
Holland +14.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollandStewart
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1548
1576
Divisional
1559
1528
Striking offense
1500
1512
Striking defense
1523
1500
Grappling offense
1512
1499
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
81"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.49
Strikes landed / min
2.97
60%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
58%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.32
54%
Takedown accuracy
42%
52%
Takedown defense
65%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
42
Days since last fight
42
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kevin Holland
  • WJoaquin BuckleyKO/TKO R3
    Close -45542d before
  • WAnthony HernandezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1104mo before
  • LBrendan AllenSUB R2
    Close -15511mo before
  • WAlessio Di ChiricoU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y 3mo before
  • WGerald MeerschaertS-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 6mo before
Darren Stewart
  • WMaki PitoloSUB R1
    Close -15542d before
  • WDeron WinnS-DEC R3
    Close -10511mo before
  • WBevon LewisU-DEC R3
    Close +1501y 3mo before
  • LEdmen ShahbazyanS-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 10mo before
  • WCharles ByrdKO/TKO R2
    Close +1502y before
Holland — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Stewart — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holland
Stewart
7
UFC fights
10
78.9 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
90.7 min · 9.1 avg
11y 4m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holland
Stewart
108W–31L · 77.7%
Overall
81W–19L · 81.0%
79W–22L · 78.2%
Wins
45W–13L · 77.6%
29W–9L · 76.3%
Losses
36W–6L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holland
Stewart
115W–47L · 71.0%
Overall
48W–34L · 58.5%
101W–43L · 70.1%
Wins
34W–31L · 52.3%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
14W–3L · 82.4%
Distance striking
Holland
Stewart
7.54
Landed / min
3.94
53.8%
Accuracy
32.3%
62.3%
Defense
65.7%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
42.4%
Time at distance
40.3%
Grappling & control
Holland
Stewart
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.32
53.8%
Takedown accuracy
42.1%
51.9%
Takedown defense
64.6%
1.14
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
40.9%
Control share
31.6%
Strike target map
Holland
  • Head55%(194)div 63%
  • Body25%(88)div 19%
  • Legs20%(72)div 17%
Stewart
  • Head73%(196)div 63%
  • Body14%(39)div 19%
  • Legs13%(34)div 17%

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

Kevin Holland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Darren Stewart
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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