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UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
17-0 · NGA
VS
Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
20-4 · AUS
October 5, 2019 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
184.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Israel Adesanya def. Robert Whittaker by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya20/440/010:01
Whittaker17/660/000:00
R2 · 3:33
Adesanya20/510/010:03
Whittaker15/500/000:00
Total
Adesanya40/950/020:04
Whittaker32/1160/000:00

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
AdesanyaWin probabilityWhittaker
56.7%43.3%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
2%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 19.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%36%
Submission0%0%
Decision36%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes109 (63142)act 40
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Whittaker43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%30%
Submission1%4%
Decision29%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes114 (66148)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~223 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R211%
R38%
R44%
R53%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Adesanya
47.6%+109
Whittaker
-10951.9%
Most takedownstie 71.3%
Adesanya
7.1%+305
Whittaker
-30521.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 108.8
109
Over 109
42.1%
+136
Exactly 109
0.6%
push
Under 109
57.3%
-136
0136272
Whittaker
Expected: 113.9
114
Over 114
42.1%
+136
Exactly 114
0.6%
push
Under 114
57.3%
-136
0143285
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.5%
Exactly 0
91.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Whittaker
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.7%
+340
Under 0.5
77.3%
-340
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 19.9 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
Adesanya56.7%54.3%+2.4-130
Whittaker43.3%45.7%−2.4+110

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
78.2Striking69.0
Adesanya +9.2
29.8Grappling50.2
Whittaker +20.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaWhittaker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1638
Pound-for-pound
1666
1636
Divisional
1654
1519
Striking offense
1539
1524
Striking defense
1514
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
80"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.44
Strikes landed / min
4.82
52%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.49
Strikes absorbed / min
3.65
66%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.37
0%
Takedown accuracy
57%
86%
Takedown defense
84%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
85%
+6
Win/loss streak
+9
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
45%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
483
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • WKelvin GastelumU-DEC R5
    Close -1706mo before
  • WAnderson SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -5158mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -29011mo before
  • WBrad TavaresU-DEC R5
    Close -1151y 3mo before
  • WMarvin VettoriS-DEC R3
    Close -2451y 6mo before
Robert Whittaker
  • WYoel RomeroS-DEC R5
    Close -2751y 4mo before
  • WYoel RomeroU-DEC R5
    Close -1302y 3mo before
  • WJacare SouzaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2252y 6mo before
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 10mo before
  • WRafael NatalU-DEC R3
    Close -3253y 5mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 17-0-0

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
76% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Whittaker
6
UFC fights
13
93.5 min · 15.6 avg
Octagon time
160.4 min · 12.3 avg
14y 4m
Career length
17y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Whittaker
108W–25L · 81.2%
Overall
162W–35L · 82.2%
108W–25L · 81.2%
Wins
139W–31L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–4L · 85.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Whittaker
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
64W–29L · 68.8%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
39W–13L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
25W–16L · 61.0%
Distance striking
Adesanya
Whittaker
4.82
Landed / min
5.27
48.8%
Accuracy
37.9%
67.7%
Defense
65.4%
1.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
79.4%
Time at distance
74.9%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Whittaker
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.37
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
85.7%
Takedown defense
84.1%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
17.5%
Control share
40.5%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head56%(233)div 63%
  • Body18%(73)div 19%
  • Legs26%(109)div 17%
Whittaker
  • Head70%(542)div 63%
  • Body13%(101)div 19%
  • Legs17%(131)div 17%

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

Israel Adesanya
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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