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UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs Saint Preux
Colby Covington
Colby Covington
6-0 · USA
VS
Wagner Silva
Wagner Silva
3-2 · BRA
November 8, 2014 · Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Colby Covington def. Wagner Silva by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 3:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Covington12/332/401:52
Silva8/310/000:02
R2
Covington8/222/703:19
Silva6/200/000:00
R3 · 3:26
Covington3/71/103:10
Silva2/80/000:00
Total
Covington23/625/1208:21
Silva16/590/000:02

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 probabilitySilva
88.1%11.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
56%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 6.6 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 Silva. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Covington88%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%26%
Submission49%55%
Decision16%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 23
Takedowns1.7 (0.23.7)act 5
Silva12%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%18%
Submission8%65%
Decision2%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 16
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R160%
R26%
R315%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Covington
72.1%-271
Silva
+27126.6%
Most takedownstie 4.4%
Covington
94.8%-12315
Silva
+123150.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 48.6
48.5
Over 48.5
42.6%
+135
Under 48.5
57.4%
-135
061122
Silva
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
43.0%
+133
Under 28.5
57.0%
-133
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
60.9%
-156
Under 1.5
39.1%
+156
036
Silva
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
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 6.6 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
Covington88.1%81.7%+6.4-500
Silva11.9%18.3%−6.4+435

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
83.8Striking51.8
Covington +32.0
50.0Grappling0.0
Covington +50.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1488
1533
Divisional
1504
1492
Striking offense
1499
1507
Striking defense
1497
1557
Grappling offense
1493
1561
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.28
Strikes landed / min
2.79
65%
Strike accuracy
33%
0.00
Strikes absorbed / min
5.41
100%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.21
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
  • WAnying WangKO/TKO R1
    Close -4303mo before
Wagner Silva
  • LRicardo AbreuSUB R2
    Close +2905mo before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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
33% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Silva
1
UFC fights
1
4.8 min · 4.8 avg
Octagon time
6.1 min · 6.1 avg
14y 6m
Career length
14y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Silva
2W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
4W–0L · 100.0%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Silva
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
31W–22L · 58.5%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
29W–21L · 58.0%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Covington
Silva
2.03
Landed / min
3.60
100.0%
Accuracy
32.7%
100.0%
Defense
75.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
20.3%
Time at distance
77.5%
Grappling & control
Covington
Silva
6.21
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head82%(9)div 62%
  • Body18%(2)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Silva
  • Head35%(6)div 62%
  • Body12%(2)div 21%
  • Legs53%(9)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.

Wagner Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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