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UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre
Paulo Costa
Paulo Costa
10-0 · BRA
VS
Johny Hendricks
Johny Hendricks
18-7 · USA
November 4, 2017 · New York City, New York, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Paulo Costa def. Johny Hendricks by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:23
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Costa29/600/000:00
Hendricks22/420/200:00
R2 · 1:23
Costa20/300/010:01
Hendricks5/120/200:00
Total
Costa49/900/010:01
Hendricks27/540/400:00

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
CostaWin probabilityHendricks
77.5%22.5%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
26%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Costa77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%31%
Submission22%29%
Decision31%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3479)act 49
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Hendricks23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%18%
Submission3%15%
Decision16%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~108 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R27%
R317%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Costa
60.7%-158
Hendricks
+15838.3%
Most takedownstie 43.4%
Costa
9.8%+480
Hendricks
-48046.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Costa
Expected: 60.6
60.5
Over 60.5
42.6%
+135
Under 60.5
57.4%
-135
076152
Hendricks
Expected: 47.5
47.5
Over 47.5
42.5%
+135
Under 47.5
57.5%
-135
060119
Takedowns — over/under
Costa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.9%
Exactly 0
84.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hendricks
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.8%
-107
Under 0.5
48.2%
+107
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 10.3 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
Costa77.5%76.1%+1.4-365
Hendricks22.5%23.9%−1.4+305

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
70.9Striking62.3
Costa +8.6
18.5Grappling65.7
Hendricks +47.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CostaHendricks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1599
1558
Divisional
1522
1515
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1507
1503
Grappling offense
1519
1505
Grappling defense
1537
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
8.80
Strikes landed / min
3.53
58%
Strike accuracy
46%
5.28
Strikes absorbed / min
3.83
49%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.77
0%
Takedown accuracy
52%
67%
Takedown defense
68%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
65%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
20%
100%
Finish rate
38%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Costa
  • WOluwale BamgboseKO/TKO R2
    Close -2655mo before
  • WGarreth McLellanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3408mo before
Johny Hendricks
  • LTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    missedClose -1454mo before
  • WHector LombardU-DEC R3
    Close +1108mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    missedClose +17010mo before
  • LKelvin GastelumU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 4mo before
  • LStephen ThompsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2901y 9mo before
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
90% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Hendricks — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
13win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (62%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Costa
Hendricks
2
UFC fights
20
7.4 min · 3.7 avg
Octagon time
243.0 min · 12.1 avg
14y 5m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Costa
Hendricks
19W–7L · 73.1%
Overall
344W–92L · 78.9%
19W–7L · 73.1%
Wins
224W–58L · 79.4%
0W–0L
Losses
120W–34L · 77.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Costa
Hendricks
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
16W–9L · 64.0%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
16W–9L · 64.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Costa
Hendricks
7.55
Landed / min
4.88
50.8%
Accuracy
38.8%
57.9%
Defense
59.1%
2.03
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
55.6%
Time at distance
48.8%
Grappling & control
Costa
Hendricks
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.77
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
51.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
67.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
19.6%
Control share
78.9%
Strike target map
Costa
  • Head65%(42)div 63%
  • Body32%(21)div 19%
  • Legs3%(2)div 18%
Hendricks
  • Head67%(574)div 63%
  • Body9%(75)div 19%
  • Legs24%(209)div 18%

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

Paulo Costa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Johny Hendricks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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