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UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Kennedy
Tim Kennedy
Tim Kennedy
17-4 · USA
VS
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
24-5 · GBR
April 16, 2014 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Tim Kennedy def. Michael Bisping by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kennedy9/182/204:42
Bisping0/40/000:00
R2
Kennedy11/220/300:30
Bisping17/490/000:03
R3
Kennedy5/91/104:18
Bisping1/80/000:00
R4
Kennedy13/320/200:44
Bisping14/320/000:00
R5
Kennedy13/252/301:47
Bisping8/440/000:00
Total
Kennedy51/1065/11012:01
Bisping40/1370/000:03

Scorecards

Kennedy vs Bisping

RdDavid TherienRichard BertrandSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-99-109-109.1-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.6-9.5
R510-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total50-4549-4649-4648.5-46.6

Media (13 cards) · avg 48.746.3 · 13 Kennedy · 0 Bisping

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kennedy-Bisping.

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
KennedyWin probabilityBisping
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
5%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 17.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kennedy63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%37%
Submission4%6%
Decision36%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 51
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 5
Bisping37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%43%
Submission1%2%
Decision20%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (47108)act 40
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~149 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R213%
R35%
R43%
R52%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Kennedy
39.5%+152
Bisping
-15259.8%
Most takedownstie 57.3%
Kennedy
35.5%-493
Bisping
+4937.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kennedy
Expected: 66.6
66.5
Over 66.5
42.6%
+135
Under 66.5
57.4%
-135
084167
Bisping
Expected: 82.8
83
Over 83
41.9%
+137
Exactly 83
0.8%
push
Under 83
57.3%
-137
0104207
Takedowns — over/under
Kennedy
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
37.6%
+166
Under 0.5
62.4%
-166
035
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.0%
Exactly 0
90.0%
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 17.3 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
Kennedy63.2%34.5%+28.7+185
Bisping36.8%65.5%−28.7-200

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
78.9Striking73.7
Kennedy +5.2
47.0Grappling52.4
Bisping +5.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KennedyBisping
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1629
1568
Divisional
1607
1508
Striking offense
1547
1510
Striking defense
1517
1502
Grappling offense
1480
1500
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
4.55
54%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.27
Strikes absorbed / min
2.49
61%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.87
50%
Takedown accuracy
46%
60%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
74%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
354
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Kennedy
  • WRafael NatalKO/TKO R1
    Close -3805mo before
  • WRoger GracieU-DEC R3
    Close -1559mo before
Michael Bisping
  • WAlan BelcherU-DEC R3
    Close -1751y before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R2
    Close +1111y 3mo before
  • WBrian StannU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 7mo before
  • LChael SonnenU-DEC R3
    Close +3402y 3mo before
  • WJason MillerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1922y 4mo before
Kennedy — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (13%)Decision(75%) 3
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 24-5-0

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
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (43%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kennedy
Bisping
2
UFC fights
19
19.7 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
208.2 min · 11.0 avg
24y 11m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kennedy
Bisping
23W–5L · 82.1%
Overall
311W–109L · 74.0%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Wins
198W–72L · 73.3%
0W–0L
Losses
113W–37L · 75.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kennedy
Bisping
195W–62L · 75.9%
Overall
39W–23L · 62.9%
156W–54L · 74.3%
Wins
39W–23L · 62.9%
39W–8L · 83.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kennedy
Bisping
3.89
Landed / min
5.31
41.5%
Accuracy
35.6%
68.4%
Defense
73.4%
0.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
44.5%
Time at distance
62.4%
Grappling & control
Kennedy
Bisping
1.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.87
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.6%
60.0%
Takedown defense
64.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.36
64.4%
Control share
46.9%
Strike target map
Kennedy
  • Head42%(28)div 63%
  • Body16%(11)div 19%
  • Legs42%(28)div 18%
Bisping
  • Head74%(703)div 63%
  • Body14%(137)div 19%
  • Legs11%(107)div 18%

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

Tim Kennedy
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.