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UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson
Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa
15-2 · GBR
VS
October 8, 2016 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Jimi Manuwa def. Ovince Saint Preux by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Manuwa15/200/300:30
Saint Preux7/172/203:14
R2 · 2:38
Manuwa17/270/010:01
Saint Preux6/210/100:13
Total
Manuwa32/470/310:31
Saint Preux13/382/303:27

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
ManuwaWin probabilitySaint Preux
45.3%54.7%
KO / TKO
67%
Submission
8%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 7.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Manuwa45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%76%
Submission2%5%
Decision9%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1844)act 32
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Saint Preux55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%60%
Submission6%10%
Decision16%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 2
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R143%
R226%
R36%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Manuwa
55.7%-131
Saint Preux
+13142.6%
Most takedownstie 70.0%
Manuwa
11.7%+155
Saint Preux
-15518.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Manuwa
Expected: 33.5
33.5
Over 33.5
42.4%
+136
Under 33.5
57.6%
-136
04284
Saint Preux
Expected: 29.0
29
Over 29
41.4%
+136
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.4%
-136
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Manuwa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.7%
Exactly 0
86.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.0%
+401
Under 0.5
80.0%
-401
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 7.5 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
Manuwa45.3%42.9%+2.4+125
Saint Preux54.7%57.1%−2.4-145

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
67.5Striking58.3
Manuwa +9.2
42.3Grappling43.2
Saint Preux +0.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ManuwaSaint Preux
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1584
1567
Divisional
1583
1520
Striking offense
1513
1497
Striking defense
1532
1490
Grappling offense
1502
1504
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
36 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
79"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.56
Strikes landed / min
2.45
58%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.17
Strikes absorbed / min
2.50
46%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.86
33%
Takedown accuracy
40%
69%
Takedown defense
62%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
70%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
399
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jimi Manuwa
  • LAnthony JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +5251y 1mo before
  • WJan BlachowiczU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 6mo before
  • LAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R2
    Close +4502y 7mo before
  • WRyan JimmoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1502y 11mo before
  • WCyrille DiabateKO/TKO R1
    Close -2003y 8mo before
Ovince Saint Preux
  • LJon JonesU-DEC R5
    Close +5106mo before
  • WRafael CavalcanteU-DEC R3
    Close -3858mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R3
    Close -1401y 2mo before
  • WPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1051y 6mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1501y 11mo before
Manuwa — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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, 2 losses
W
87% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (91%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 19-8-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Manuwa
Saint Preux
6
UFC fights
10
51.5 min · 8.6 avg
Octagon time
105.0 min · 10.5 avg
18y 0m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Manuwa
Saint Preux
100W–24L · 80.6%
Overall
154W–36L · 81.1%
66W–17L · 79.5%
Wins
94W–27L · 77.7%
34W–7L · 82.9%
Losses
60W–9L · 87.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Manuwa
Saint Preux
51W–32L · 61.4%
Overall
151W–55L · 73.3%
51W–32L · 61.4%
Wins
105W–47L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–8L · 85.2%
Distance striking
Manuwa
Saint Preux
6.22
Landed / min
3.04
49.6%
Accuracy
37.2%
57.9%
Defense
49.8%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
35.0%
Time at distance
54.3%
Grappling & control
Manuwa
Saint Preux
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.86
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
68.8%
Takedown defense
61.7%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
41.9%
Control share
33.8%
Strike target map
Manuwa
  • Head38%(70)div 65%
  • Body22%(41)div 19%
  • Legs39%(72)div 16%
Saint Preux
  • Head68%(174)div 65%
  • Body20%(51)div 19%
  • Legs12%(32)div 16%

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

Jimi Manuwa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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