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UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs Kennedy
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
15-3 · USA
VS
Akira Corassani
Akira Corassani
12-3 · SWE
April 16, 2014 · Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Dustin Poirier def. Akira Corassani by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Poirier31/710/100:42
Corassani21/600/100:11
R2 · 0:42
Poirier14/180/010:02
Corassani3/60/000:00
Total
Poirier45/890/110:44
Corassani24/660/100:11

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
PoirierWin probabilityCorassani
90.5%9.5%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
55%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 5.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Poirier91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%35%
Submission50%55%
Decision9%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2763)act 45
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Corassani9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%26%
Submission5%54%
Decision2%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 24
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R165%
R212%
R312%
Distance11%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Poirier
79.7%-416
Corassani
+41619.2%
Most takedownstie 58.7%
Poirier
29.9%-262
Corassani
+26211.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 48.8
49
Over 49
41.5%
+137
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
57.1%
-137
061122
Corassani
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
41.5%
+134
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
55.7%
-134
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
33.3%
+201
Under 0.5
66.7%
-201
035
Corassani
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.5%
Exactly 0
84.5%
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 5.7 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
Poirier90.5%89.7%+0.8-1050
Corassani9.5%10.3%−0.8+850

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
71.6Striking61.4
Poirier +10.2
53.0Grappling43.9
Poirier +9.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoirierCorassani
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1560
1593
Divisional
1560
1513
Striking offense
1499
1506
Striking defense
1503
1521
Grappling offense
1487
1502
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.51
Strikes landed / min
3.09
48%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
4.08
58%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
32%
Takedown accuracy
33%
57%
Takedown defense
86%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
57%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
109
Days since last fight
137
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dustin Poirier
  • WDiego BrandaoKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -2404mo before
  • WErik KochU-DEC R3
    Close +1857mo before
  • LCub SwansonU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 2mo before
  • WJonathan BrookinsSUB R1
    Close -2701y 4mo before
  • LChan Sung JungSUB R4
    Close -3501y 11mo before
Akira Corassani
  • WMaximo BlancoDQ R1
    Close +1775mo before
  • WRobert PeraltaU-DEC R3
    Close +4201y before
  • WAndy OgleS-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 7mo before
Poirier — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Corassani — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0, 1 NC

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, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
1 (33%)DQ / other() 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Poirier
Corassani
9
UFC fights
3
95.2 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
30.4 min · 10.1 avg
17y 2m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Poirier
Corassani
111W–28L · 79.9%
Overall
33W–8L · 80.5%
81W–20L · 80.2%
Wins
33W–8L · 80.5%
30W–8L · 78.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Poirier
Corassani
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
96W–55L · 63.6%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
66W–41L · 61.7%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
30W–14L · 68.2%
Distance striking
Poirier
Corassani
7.32
Landed / min
5.26
44.5%
Accuracy
49.4%
62.7%
Defense
65.6%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.7%
Time at distance
50.0%
Grappling & control
Poirier
Corassani
1.73
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
32.4%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
57.1%
Takedown defense
85.7%
1.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
68.1%
Control share
35.5%
Strike target map
Poirier
  • Head71%(303)div 63%
  • Body10%(42)div 19%
  • Legs20%(84)div 17%
Corassani
  • Head51%(48)div 63%
  • Body22%(21)div 19%
  • Legs27%(25)div 17%

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

Dustin Poirier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Akira Corassani
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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