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UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
John Phillips
John Phillips
21-9 · GBR
VS
Alen Amedovski
Alen Amedovski
8-1 · MKD
September 28, 2019 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Middleweight · 3 rounds
John Phillips def. Alen Amedovski by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:17
Phillips5/80/010:02
Amedovski2/110/000:00
Total
Phillips5/80/010:02
Amedovski2/110/000:00

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
PhillipsWin probabilityAmedovski
52.8%47.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
19%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Phillips53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%33%
Submission11%21%
Decision24%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 5
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Amedovski47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%23%
Submission8%16%
Decision28%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 2
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R216%
R39%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Phillips
49.3%-101
Amedovski
+10149.1%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Phillips
14.0%+271
Amedovski
-27137.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
42.0%
+138
Under 34.5
58.0%
-138
04386
Amedovski
Expected: 34.2
34
Over 34
41.8%
+134
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.2%
-134
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Phillips
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.0%
+399
Under 0.5
80.0%
-399
035
Amedovski
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.0%
+199
Exactly 1
13.4%
push
Under 1
57.6%
-199
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 10.8 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
Phillips52.8%45.7%+7.1+110
Amedovski47.2%54.3%−7.1-130

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
48.0Striking43.8
Phillips +4.2
4.0Grappling0.0
Phillips +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PhillipsAmedovski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1483
Pound-for-pound
1515
1483
Divisional
1515
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.51
Strikes landed / min
0.40
33%
Strike accuracy
35%
4.99
Strikes absorbed / min
2.87
53%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
14%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Phillips
  • LJack MarshmanS-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
  • LKevin HollandSUB R3
    Close +44510mo before
  • LCharles ByrdSUB R1
    Close -1151y 6mo before
Alen Amedovski
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close +1905mo before
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 21-9-0, 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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
90% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
22% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(67%) 2
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
21win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
19 (90%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
2 (10%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1
Amedovski — 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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Phillips
Amedovski
3
UFC fights
1
33.0 min · 11.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
21y 0m
Career length
13y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Phillips
Amedovski
44W–16L · 73.3%
Overall
19W–4L · 82.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
19W–4L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Phillips
Amedovski
217W–109L · 66.6%
Overall
16W–7L · 69.6%
141W–83L · 62.9%
Wins
16W–7L · 69.6%
76W–26L · 74.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Phillips
Amedovski
3.10
Landed / min
0.58
32.3%
Accuracy
25.0%
58.4%
Defense
68.0%
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
70.2%
Time at distance
34.4%
Grappling & control
Phillips
Amedovski
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
16.3%
Control share
2.2%
Strike target map
Phillips
  • Head43%(36)div 63%
  • Body29%(24)div 19%
  • Legs28%(23)div 17%
Amedovski
  • Head100%(6)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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

John Phillips
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alen Amedovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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