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UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
Kyung Ho Kang
Kyung Ho Kang
16-8 · KOR
VS
Pingyuan Liu
Pingyuan Liu
15-5 · CHN
December 21, 2019 · Busan, South Korea
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Kyung Ho Kang def. Pingyuan Liu by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ho Kang9/142/204:25
Liu9/150/000:00
R2
Ho Kang4/101/104:48
Liu5/80/000:00
R3
Ho Kang7/160/403:10
Liu11/300/000:17
Total
Ho Kang20/403/7012:23
Liu25/530/000:17

Scorecards

Ho Kang vs Liu

RdBen CartlidgeEvan FieldPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-99-1010-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-1010-99.2-9.8
Total29-2828-2930-2729.2-27.9

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 6 Ho Kang · 0 Liu

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ho Kang-Liu.

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
Ho KangWin probabilityLiu
45.5%54.5%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
36%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ho Kang46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission21%45%
Decision18%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 20
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.1)act 3
Liu54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%24%
Submission15%28%
Decision26%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 25
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R210%
R36%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ho Kang
48.8%+102
Liu
-10249.6%
Most takedownstie 33.2%
Ho Kang
51.3%-333
Liu
+33315.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ho Kang
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+137
Under 32.5
57.9%
-137
04181
Liu
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
42.7%
+134
Under 32.5
57.3%
-134
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Ho Kang
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.4%
+102
Exactly 1
22.4%
push
Under 1
39.2%
-102
035
Liu
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
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 9.0 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
Ho Kang45.5%68.8%−23.3-275
Liu54.5%31.3%+23.2+200

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
65.9Striking54.5
Ho Kang +11.4
72.5Grappling43.3
Ho Kang +29.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Ho KangLiu
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1532
1555
Divisional
1533
1483
Striking offense
1493
1516
Striking defense
1492
1526
Grappling offense
1499
1515
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
73"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.70
Strikes landed / min
2.60
44%
Strike accuracy
32%
2.55
Strikes absorbed / min
3.55
59%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
64%
Takedown accuracy
20%
71%
Takedown defense
56%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
60%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kyung Ho Kang
  • WBrandon DavisS-DEC R3
    Close -1904mo before
  • WTeruto IshiharaSUB R1
    Close -35010mo before
  • LRicardo RamosS-DEC R3
    Close +2351y 5mo before
  • WGuido CannettiSUB R1
    Close -2901y 11mo before
  • WMichinori TanakaS-DEC R3
    Close +1405y 3mo before
Pingyuan Liu
  • LJonathan MartinezKO/TKO R3
    Close -2205mo before
  • WMartin DayS-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 1mo before
  • WDamian StasiakU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 5mo before
Ho Kang — win / loss by method
Record: 16-8-0, 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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(17%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Liu — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
6 (46%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (23%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ho Kang
Liu
8
UFC fights
3
97.8 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
43.9 min · 14.6 avg
19y 3m
Career length
15y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ho Kang
Liu
85W–27L · 75.9%
Overall
28W–9L · 75.7%
62W–22L · 73.8%
Wins
18W–7L · 72.0%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ho Kang
Liu
73W–40L · 64.6%
Overall
45W–17L · 72.6%
45W–27L · 62.5%
Wins
37W–14L · 72.5%
28W–13L · 68.3%
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Ho Kang
Liu
4.08
Landed / min
3.26
35.2%
Accuracy
27.8%
66.0%
Defense
59.4%
0.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
39.1%
Time at distance
62.3%
Grappling & control
Ho Kang
Liu
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
64.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
55.6%
1.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
68.7%
Control share
44.2%
Strike target map
Ho Kang
  • Head78%(205)div 63%
  • Body9%(24)div 21%
  • Legs13%(35)div 16%
Liu
  • Head65%(74)div 63%
  • Body23%(26)div 21%
  • Legs12%(14)div 16%

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

Kyung Ho Kang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Pingyuan Liu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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