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UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Le
Colby Covington
Colby Covington
5-0 · USA
VS
Anying Wang
Anying Wang
2-0 · MNG
August 23, 2014 · Macau, China
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Colby Covington def. Anying Wang by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:50
Covington11/172/203:51
Wang0/50/000:00
Total
Covington11/172/203:51
Wang0/50/000:00

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
CovingtonWin probabilityWang
79.2%20.8%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
52%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 7.0 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 Wang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Covington79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%25%
Submission42%54%
Decision17%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2864)act 11
Takedowns1.6 (0.23.6)act 2
Wang21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%38%
Submission10%48%
Decision3%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 0
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R24%
R318%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Covington
71.7%-266
Wang
+26627.0%
Most takedownstie 5.3%
Covington
93.7%-8745
Wang
+87451.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Covington
Expected: 49.0
49
Over 49
41.8%
+136
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
56.8%
-136
062123
Wang
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
41.9%
+138
Under 29.5
58.1%
-138
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Covington
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
59.7%
-148
Under 1.5
40.3%
+148
035
Wang
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
9.8%
Exactly 0
90.2%
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 7.0 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
Covington79.2%79.6%−0.4-430
Wang20.8%20.4%+0.4+380

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CovingtonWang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1517
1517
Divisional
1517
1482
Striking offense
1507
1500
Striking defense
1507
1561
Grappling offense
1494
1558
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
26 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.60
Strike accuracy
29%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.00
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Colby Covington
No prior UFC fights.
Anying Wang
  • WAlbert ChengKO/TKO R1
    Close -1356mo before
Covington — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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

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
100% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Covington
Wang
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
5.0 min · 5.0 avg
Career length
13y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Covington
Wang
Overall
2W–2L · 50.0%
Wins
2W–2L · 50.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Covington
Wang
24W–78L · 23.5%
Overall
1W–0L · 100.0%
24W–78L · 23.5%
Wins
1W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Covington
Wang
Landed / min
2.98
Accuracy
28.9%
Defense
58.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
87.3%
Grappling & control
Covington
Wang
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
84.2%
Strike target map
Covington
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Wang
  • Head77%(10)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs23%(3)div 16%

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

Colby Covington

No UFC fights on record.

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

Anying Wang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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