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UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
17-1 · USA
VS
Tom Breese
Tom Breese
10-0 · GBR
June 4, 2016 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Sean Strickland def. Tom Breese by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland15/500/000:00
Breese21/570/000:00
R2
Strickland29/810/000:00
Breese23/500/000:00
R3
Strickland29/760/200:18
Breese18/460/300:12
Total
Strickland73/2070/200:18
Breese62/1530/300:12

Scorecards

Strickland vs Breese

RdJeff MullenMichael BellWade VierraCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2828-2929-2828.5-28.5

Media (22 cards) · avg 29.128 · 21 Strickland · 0 Breese · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-Breese.

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
StricklandWin probabilityBreese
60.1%39.9%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
10%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Strickland60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%
Submission5%8%
Decision32%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (4194)act 73
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Breese40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%38%
Submission5%12%
Decision20%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 62
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~132 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R28%
R328%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Strickland
58.4%-143
Breese
+14340.8%
Most takedownstie 60.1%
Strickland
30.0%-302
Breese
+3029.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 72.1
72
Over 72
42.2%
+135
Exactly 72
0.9%
push
Under 72
56.9%
-135
091181
Breese
Expected: 59.7
59.5
Over 59.5
42.8%
+134
Under 59.5
57.2%
-134
075150
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.5%
+208
Under 0.5
67.5%
-208
035
Breese
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
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 12.3 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
Strickland60.1%50.0%+10.1-110
Breese39.9%50.0%−10.1-110

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
71.4Striking80.7
Breese +9.3
61.7Grappling26.1
Strickland +35.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandBreese
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1571
1568
Divisional
1571
1504
Striking offense
1501
1512
Striking defense
1516
1504
Grappling offense
1529
1521
Grappling defense
1540
Physical
25 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.17
Strikes landed / min
3.29
38%
Strike accuracy
60%
2.50
Strikes absorbed / min
1.30
69%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57%
Takedown accuracy
0%
67%
Takedown defense
67%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
104
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • WAlex GarciaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1153mo before
  • WIgor AraujoU-DEC R3
    Close -47011mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 3mo before
  • WLuke BarnattS-DEC R3
    Close +1452y before
  • WRobert McDanielSUB R1
    Close -1552y 3mo before
Tom Breese
  • WKeita NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close -11653mo before
  • WCathal PendredKO/TKO R1
    Close -2807mo before
  • WLuiz DutraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1551y before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-0

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
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Breese — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (86%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Breese
5
UFC fights
3
64.0 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
24.6 min · 8.2 avg
18y 4m
Career length
15y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Strickland
Breese
85W–18L · 82.5%
Overall
59W–12L · 83.1%
66W–16L · 80.5%
Wins
59W–12L · 83.1%
19W–2L · 90.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Breese
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
33W–12L · 73.3%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
33W–12L · 73.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Strickland
Breese
4.36
Landed / min
4.59
32.9%
Accuracy
53.1%
70.0%
Defense
69.8%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.22
67.7%
Time at distance
38.1%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Breese
1.88
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.61
71.4%
Control share
58.6%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head82%(219)div 63%
  • Body6%(15)div 21%
  • Legs12%(33)div 16%
Breese
  • Head70%(57)div 63%
  • Body22%(18)div 21%
  • Legs7%(6)div 16%

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tom Breese
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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