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Colby Covington
Colby Covington
7-0 · USA
VS
Mike Pyle
Mike Pyle
26-10-1 · USA
May 23, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Colby Covington def. Mike Pyle by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington3/131/504:03
Pyle3/70/000:00
R2
Covington13/221/403:29
Pyle6/90/000:00
R3
Covington10/160/103:50
Pyle7/100/000:41
Total
Covington26/512/10011:22
Pyle16/260/000:41

Scorecards

Covington vs Pyle

RdAdalaide ByrdJunichiro KamijoMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-99-1010-99.5-9.5
Total30-2729-2830-2729.4-27.6

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 15 Covington · 0 Pyle

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Covington-Pyle.

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
CovingtonWin probabilityPyle
94.0%6.0%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
25%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Covington94%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%45%
Submission23%24%
Decision29%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 26
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.2)act 2
Pyle6%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%39%
Submission2%34%
Decision2%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 16
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R215%
R321%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Covington
80.8%-444
Pyle
+44418.2%
Most takedownstie 28.4%
Covington
67.7%-1734
Pyle
+17343.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 56.8
57
Over 57
41.7%
+137
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
57.1%
-137
072143
Pyle
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.6%
+134
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.9%
-134
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
51.2%
-105
Under 1.5
48.8%
+105
036
Pyle
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.7%
Exactly 0
90.3%
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 9.2 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
Covington94.0%73.6%+20.4-325
Pyle6.0%26.4%−20.4+265

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
71.4Striking64.1
Covington +7.3
58.0Grappling68.1
Pyle +10.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonPyle
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1584
1548
Divisional
1585
1490
Striking offense
1503
1510
Striking defense
1494
1559
Grappling offense
1503
1558
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
27 yrs
Age
39 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.86
Strikes landed / min
2.59
43%
Strike accuracy
46%
0.88
Strikes absorbed / min
2.90
75%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
50%
Takedown accuracy
38%
Takedown defense
76%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
64%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • WWagner SilvaSUB R3
    Close -5006mo before
  • WAnying WangKO/TKO R1
    Close -4309mo before
Mike Pyle
  • LJordan MeinKO/TKO R1
    Close +2459mo before
  • WTJ WaldburgerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1651y 3mo before
  • LMatt BrownKO/TKO R1
    Close +1151y 9mo before
  • WRick StoryS-DEC R3
    Close +1502y before
  • WJames HeadKO/TKO R1
    Close -1302y 5mo before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Pyle — win / loss by method
Record: 26-10-1

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
6 wins, 5 losses
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
62% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
2 (22%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
14 (82%)Submission(60%) 3
1 (6%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Pyle
2
UFC fights
14
18.3 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
108.3 min · 7.7 avg
14y 6m
Career length
26y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Pyle
5W–2L · 71.4%
Overall
243W–69L · 77.9%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Wins
138W–41L · 77.1%
0W–0L
Losses
105W–28L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Pyle
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
218W–85L · 71.9%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
157W–66L · 70.4%
0W–0L
Losses
61W–19L · 76.3%
Distance striking
Covington
Pyle
2.66
Landed / min
3.41
30.6%
Accuracy
34.2%
78.7%
Defense
65.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
30.9%
Time at distance
40.9%
Grappling & control
Covington
Pyle
5.75
Takedowns / 15 min
2.08
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
Takedown defense
76.3%
0.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.52
99.7%
Control share
44.9%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head65%(22)div 63%
  • Body26%(9)div 21%
  • Legs9%(3)div 16%
Pyle
  • Head67%(189)div 63%
  • Body17%(47)div 21%
  • Legs16%(45)div 16%

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

Colby Covington
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Pyle
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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