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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping
Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
12-4 · AUS
VS
Clint Hester
Clint Hester
11-3 · USA
November 7, 2014 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Robert Whittaker def. Clint Hester by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 2:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Whittaker26/561/112:15
Hester8/240/200:18
R2 · 2:43
Whittaker23/480/110:03
Hester20/370/100:27
Total
Whittaker49/1041/222:18
Hester28/610/300:45

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
WhittakerWin probabilityHester
81.0%19.0%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
28%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%41%
Submission25%31%
Decision23%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3275)act 49
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Hester19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%54%
Submission3%14%
Decision6%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 28
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R29%
R331%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Whittaker
67.9%-219
Hester
+21931.0%
Most takedownstie 59.0%
Whittaker
27.6%-206
Hester
+20613.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 57.4
57.5
Over 57.5
42.4%
+136
Under 57.5
57.6%
-136
072144
Hester
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.5%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.7%
-137
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
035
Hester
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 9.7 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
Whittaker81.0%36.3%+44.7+170
Hester19.0%63.7%−44.7-185

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
64.1Striking73.3
Hester +9.2
52.5Grappling48.2
Whittaker +4.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WhittakerHester
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1568
1516
Divisional
1568
1508
Striking offense
1518
1502
Striking defense
1524
1477
Grappling offense
1495
1530
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
23 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.53
Strikes landed / min
3.80
36%
Strike accuracy
43%
4.39
Strikes absorbed / min
2.21
67%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.11
100%
Takedown accuracy
67%
90%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
132
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert Whittaker
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close -2504mo before
  • LStephen ThompsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1208mo before
  • LCourt McGeeS-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 2mo before
  • WColton SmithKO/TKO R3
    Close +1301y 5mo before
  • WBrad ScottU-DEC R3
    Close -2551y 11mo before
Clint Hester
  • WAntonio Braga NetoS-DEC R3
    Close +1404mo before
  • WAndy EnzU-DEC R3
    Close -2009mo before
  • WDylan AndrewsKO/TKO R2
    Close +13011mo before
  • WBristol MarundeKO/TKO R3
    Close -1401y 7mo before
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Hester — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Hester
5
UFC fights
4
59.4 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
53.9 min · 13.5 avg
17y 4m
Career length
17y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Whittaker
Hester
40W–8L · 83.3%
Overall
48W–13L · 78.7%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Wins
48W–13L · 78.7%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Hester
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
53W–28L · 65.4%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
27W–19L · 58.7%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
26W–9L · 74.3%
Distance striking
Whittaker
Hester
4.82
Landed / min
5.31
33.5%
Accuracy
38.7%
70.0%
Defense
70.0%
0.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.84
79.2%
Time at distance
56.3%
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Hester
0.51
Takedowns / 15 min
1.11
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
90.5%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
34.6%
Control share
41.6%
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head85%(228)div 62%
  • Body9%(25)div 20%
  • Legs6%(16)div 18%
Hester
  • Head72%(147)div 62%
  • Body18%(36)div 20%
  • Legs11%(22)div 18%

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Clint Hester
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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