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UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
27-7 · GBR
VS
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
33-6 · BRA
February 27, 2016 · London, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Michael Bisping def. Anderson Silva by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bisping17/500/000:00
Silva8/160/000:00
R2
Bisping24/660/010:36
Silva11/250/000:00
R3
Bisping21/620/000:00
Silva18/320/010:05
R4
Bisping28/800/000:00
Silva19/270/000:00
R5
Bisping18/580/100:08
Silva19/350/000:00
Total
Bisping108/3160/110:44
Silva75/1350/010:05

Scorecards

Bisping vs Silva

RdAndy RobertsBen CartlidgeJeff MullenCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-108.9-10
R410-910-910-99.7-9.3
R59-109-109-109-10
Total48-4748-4748-4747.6-47.3

Media (22 cards) · avg 4847 · 21 Bisping · 0 Silva · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Bisping-Silva.

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
BispingWin probabilitySilva
57.9%42.1%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
2%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 19.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bisping58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%40%
Submission1%1%
Decision34%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes98 (56127)act 108
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Silva42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%52%
Submission1%3%
Decision19%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes86 (49112)act 75
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~184 sig strikes~0.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R210%
R316%
R49%
R56%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Bisping
55.8%-128
Silva
+12843.6%
Most takedownstie 79.5%
Bisping
8.8%+133
Silva
-13311.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 97.7
97.5
Over 97.5
42.6%
+134
Under 97.5
57.4%
-134
0123245
Silva
Expected: 85.8
86
Over 86
42.0%
+136
Exactly 86
0.8%
push
Under 86
57.2%
-136
0108215
Takedowns — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.6%
Exactly 0
90.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Silva
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.5%
Exactly 0
87.5%
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 19.5 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
Bisping57.9%28.9%+29.0+235
Silva42.1%71.1%−29.0-275

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
72.2Striking78.7
Silva +6.5
47.7Grappling54.5
Silva +6.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BispingSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1636
Pound-for-pound
1701
1618
Divisional
1673
1546
Striking offense
1555
1523
Striking defense
1549
1458
Grappling offense
1493
1542
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
36 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.35
Strikes landed / min
3.37
39%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.55
Strikes absorbed / min
2.01
68%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
44%
Takedown accuracy
75%
64%
Takedown defense
79%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
84%
+2
Win/loss streak
-3
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
53%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
392
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Bisping
  • WThales LeitesS-DEC R5
    Close -1357mo before
  • WCB DollawayU-DEC R3
    Close -14510mo before
  • LLuke RockholdSUB R2
    Close +4501y 4mo before
  • WCung LeKO/TKO R4
    Close -2351y 6mo before
  • LTim KennedyU-DEC R5
    Close -2001y 10mo before
Anderson Silva
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1752y 2mo before
  • LChris WeidmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -2302y 8mo before
  • WStephan BonnarKO/TKO R1
    Close -10003y 4mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R2
    Close -2803y 8mo before
  • WYushin OkamiKO/TKO R2
    Close -6004y 6mo before
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 27-7-0

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
17 wins, 2 losses
W
63% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
17win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(14%) 1
8 (47%)Decision(57%) 4
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 33-6-0, 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
22 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
16win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (69%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (19%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Bisping
Silva
24
UFC fights
19
295.1 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
179.7 min · 9.5 avg
22y 4m
Career length
29y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bisping
Silva
389W–127L · 75.4%
Overall
318W–76L · 80.7%
247W–84L · 74.6%
Wins
299W–76L · 79.7%
142W–43L · 76.8%
Losses
19W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bisping
Silva
39W–23L · 62.9%
Overall
200W–78L · 71.9%
39W–23L · 62.9%
Wins
174W–64L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–14L · 65.0%
Distance striking
Bisping
Silva
5.06
Landed / min
3.55
35.2%
Accuracy
55.4%
70.3%
Defense
71.5%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.42
67.5%
Time at distance
57.8%
Grappling & control
Bisping
Silva
1.32
Takedowns / 15 min
0.25
44.1%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
64.4%
Takedown defense
79.0%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
39.4%
Control share
20.0%
Strike target map
Bisping
  • Head74%(945)div 63%
  • Body13%(168)div 19%
  • Legs13%(172)div 18%
Silva
  • Head55%(332)div 63%
  • Body20%(120)div 19%
  • Legs25%(153)div 18%

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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