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UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
24-6 · GBR
VS
Cung Le
Cung Le
9-2 · USA
August 23, 2014 · Macau, China
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Michael Bisping def. Cung Le by KO/TKO (Knee), R4 0:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bisping18/640/000:00
Le11/330/000:00
R2
Bisping21/830/000:00
Le11/330/000:00
R3
Bisping35/960/000:00
Le15/390/000:00
R4 · 0:57
Bisping18/270/010:03
Le1/50/000:00
Total
Bisping92/2700/010:03
Le38/1100/000:00

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 probabilityLe
64.8%35.2%
KO / TKO
61%
Submission
6%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 16.6 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 Le. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Bisping65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%59%
Submission4%6%
Decision23%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes101 (58131)act 92
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Le35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%66%
Submission2%4%
Decision10%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R212%
R321%
R412%
R58%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Bisping
73.7%-287
Le
+28725.7%
Most takedownstie 72.5%
Bisping
10.2%+169
Le
-16917.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 101.0
101
Over 101
42.1%
+136
Exactly 101
0.7%
push
Under 101
57.2%
-136
0127253
Le
Expected: 58.3
58.5
Over 58.5
42.3%
+136
Under 58.5
57.7%
-136
073146
Takedowns — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.7%
Exactly 0
88.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Le
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.7%
Exactly 0
81.3%
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 16.6 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
Bisping64.8%68.8%−4.0-235
Le35.2%31.2%+4.0+215

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
72.5Striking63.7
Bisping +8.8
50.6Grappling55.5
Le +5.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BispingLe
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1611
Pound-for-pound
1547
1589
Divisional
1546
1544
Striking offense
1506
1519
Striking defense
1512
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
35 yrs
Age
42 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.23
Strikes landed / min
3.51
39%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.44
Strikes absorbed / min
3.91
70%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.67
Takedowns / 15 min
1.11
46%
Takedown accuracy
67%
63%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
57%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
129
Days since last fight
651
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Bisping
  • LTim KennedyU-DEC R5
    Close -2004mo before
  • WAlan BelcherU-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 4mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R2
    Close +1111y 7mo before
  • WBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 11mo before
  • LChael SonnenU-DEC R3
    Close +3402y 7mo before
Cung Le
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    Close +4001y 9mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1852y 2mo before
  • LWanderlei SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2202y 9mo before
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 24-6-0

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
16 wins, 2 losses
W
67% 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
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (43%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Le — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
89% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bisping
Le
20
UFC fights
3
233.2 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
27.1 min · 9.0 avg
22y 4m
Career length
20y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bisping
Le
328W–113L · 74.4%
Overall
79W–23L · 77.5%
198W–72L · 73.3%
Wins
46W–13L · 78.0%
130W–41L · 76.0%
Losses
33W–10L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bisping
Le
39W–23L · 62.9%
Overall
110W–52L · 67.9%
39W–23L · 62.9%
Wins
94W–45L · 67.6%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–7L · 69.6%
Distance striking
Bisping
Le
5.12
Landed / min
3.88
35.1%
Accuracy
43.7%
72.5%
Defense
61.9%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
61.0%
Time at distance
81.7%
Grappling & control
Bisping
Le
1.67
Takedowns / 15 min
1.11
45.6%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
62.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
39.7%
Control share
47.2%
Strike target map
Bisping
  • Head75%(738)div 63%
  • Body14%(141)div 19%
  • Legs11%(108)div 18%
Le
  • Head46%(44)div 63%
  • Body38%(36)div 19%
  • Legs16%(15)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.

Cung Le
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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