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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold
12-2 · USA
VS
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
25-6 · GBR
November 7, 2014 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Luke Rockhold def. Michael Bisping by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 0:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rockhold12/300/000:14
Bisping14/600/200:01
R2 · 0:57
Rockhold8/110/010:03
Bisping2/50/000:10
Total
Rockhold20/410/010:17
Bisping16/650/200:11

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
RockholdWin probabilityBisping
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
5%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rockhold73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%47%
Submission5%7%
Decision34%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4398)act 20
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Bisping27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%56%
Submission0%1%
Decision12%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes92 (53119)act 16
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~167 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R212%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Rockhold
40.6%+145
Bisping
-14558.7%
Most takedownstie 65.4%
Rockhold
27.9%-411
Bisping
+4116.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 75.5
75.5
Over 75.5
42.5%
+135
Under 75.5
57.5%
-135
095189
Bisping
Expected: 91.6
91.5
Over 91.5
42.6%
+135
Under 91.5
57.4%
-135
0115230
Takedowns — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.2%
+242
Under 0.5
70.8%
-242
035
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.7%
Exactly 0
91.3%
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 16.9 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
Rockhold72.5%82.2%−9.7-525
Bisping27.5%17.8%+9.7+450

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
77.8Striking72.6
Rockhold +5.1
50.0Grappling49.8
Rockhold +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RockholdBisping
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1624
1561
Divisional
1603
1496
Striking offense
1551
1499
Striking defense
1522
1529
Grappling offense
1474
1540
Grappling defense
1538
Physical
30 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.06
Strikes landed / min
4.33
58%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
66%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
0%
Takedown accuracy
46%
100%
Takedown defense
63%
4.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
71%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
195
Days since last fight
76
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luke Rockhold
  • WTim BoetschSUB R1
    Close -10006mo before
  • WConstantinos PhilippouKO/TKO R1
    Close -40510mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -1051y 6mo before
Michael Bisping
  • WCung LeKO/TKO R4
    Close -2352mo before
  • LTim KennedyU-DEC R5
    Close -2007mo before
  • WAlan BelcherU-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 6mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R2
    Close +1111y 10mo before
  • WBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 1mo before
Rockhold — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 25-6-0

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
68% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (40%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rockhold
Bisping
3
UFC fights
21
7.2 min · 2.4 avg
Octagon time
249.1 min · 11.9 avg
19y 0m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rockhold
Bisping
51W–19L · 72.9%
Overall
337W–115L · 74.6%
29W–9L · 76.3%
Wins
207W–74L · 73.7%
22W–10L · 68.8%
Losses
130W–41L · 76.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rockhold
Bisping
98W–33L · 74.8%
Overall
39W–23L · 62.9%
97W–32L · 75.2%
Wins
39W–23L · 62.9%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rockhold
Bisping
3.11
Landed / min
5.16
48.4%
Accuracy
34.9%
76.5%
Defense
72.1%
2.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
67.1%
Time at distance
63.5%
Grappling & control
Rockhold
Bisping
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
62.8%
4.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
86.6%
Control share
39.8%
Strike target map
Rockhold
  • Head27%(6)div 62%
  • Body50%(11)div 20%
  • Legs23%(5)div 18%
Bisping
  • Head75%(806)div 62%
  • Body15%(157)div 20%
  • Legs11%(116)div 18%

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

Luke Rockhold
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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