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UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2
Kevin Holland
Kevin Holland
13-4 · USA
VS
John Phillips
John Phillips
21-7 · GBR
November 24, 2018 · Beijing, China
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Kevin Holland def. John Phillips by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holland60/901/100:03
Phillips12/440/000:03
R2
Holland49/790/100:00
Phillips38/1020/000:23
R3 · 4:05
Holland14/184/403:18
Phillips1/80/000:23
Total
Holland123/1875/603:21
Phillips51/1540/000:49

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 probabilityPhillips
90.9%9.1%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
39%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holland91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%32%
Submission36%40%
Decision26%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 123
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 5
Phillips9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%52%
Submission2%28%
Decision2%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 51
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R215%
R311%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Holland
77.7%-372
Phillips
+37220.9%
Most takedownstie 57.8%
Holland
30.9%-274
Phillips
+27411.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holland
Expected: 41.1
41
Over 41
41.8%
+135
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.6%
-135
052103
Phillips
Expected: 20.5
20.5
Over 20.5
42.6%
+135
Under 20.5
57.4%
-135
02652
Takedowns — over/under
Holland
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.0%
+194
Under 0.5
66.0%
-194
035
Phillips
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.2%
Exactly 0
84.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.8 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
Holland90.9%82.3%+8.6-590
Phillips9.1%17.7%−8.6+445

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
58.4Striking21.7
Holland +36.7
28.4Grappling0.0
Holland +28.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollandPhillips
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1514
1515
Divisional
1514
1501
Striking offense
1485
1500
Striking defense
1500
1498
Grappling offense
1545
1495
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
81"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.07
Strikes landed / min
0.00
56%
Strike accuracy
0%
4.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
55%
Strike defense
21%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
0%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kevin Holland
  • LThiago SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +2804mo before
John Phillips
  • LCharles ByrdSUB R1
    Close -1158mo before
Holland — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (31%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 2
Phillips — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0, 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
43% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
19 (90%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
2 (10%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Holland
Phillips
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
4.0 min · 4.0 avg
11y 4m
Career length
21y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holland
Phillips
17W–6L · 73.9%
Overall
9W–4L · 69.2%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holland
Phillips
115W–47L · 71.0%
Overall
217W–109L · 66.6%
101W–43L · 70.1%
Wins
141W–83L · 62.9%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
76W–26L · 74.5%
Distance striking
Holland
Phillips
4.36
Landed / min
0.00
43.6%
Accuracy
0.0%
54.5%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
26.0%
Time at distance
1.7%
Grappling & control
Holland
Phillips
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
10.8%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Holland
  • Head65%(20)div 63%
  • Body19%(6)div 19%
  • Legs16%(5)div 18%
Phillips
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

John Phillips
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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