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UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou
Luke Rockhold
Luke Rockhold
10-2 · USA
VS
January 15, 2014 · Duluth, Georgia, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Luke Rockhold def. Constantinos Philippou by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 2:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:31
Rockhold12/190/010:15
Philippou4/190/000:00
Total
Rockhold12/190/010:15
Philippou4/190/000:00

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
RockholdWin probabilityPhilippou
76.6%23.4%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
15%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 16.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rockhold77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO37%48%
Submission13%17%
Decision27%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 12
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Philippou23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%50%
Submission1%6%
Decision10%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3477)act 4
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~128 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R27%
R316%
R49%
R57%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Rockhold
56.2%-131
Philippou
+13143.0%
Most takedownstie 52.8%
Rockhold
32.5%-220
Philippou
+22014.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 68.4
68.5
Over 68.5
42.4%
+136
Under 68.5
57.6%
-136
086172
Philippou
Expected: 59.4
59.5
Over 59.5
42.4%
+136
Under 59.5
57.6%
-136
075149
Takedowns — over/under
Rockhold
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
25.9%
+246
Exactly 1
10.4%
push
Under 1
63.7%
-246
035
Philippou
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.7%
+407
Under 0.5
80.3%
-407
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 16.0 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
Rockhold76.6%78.7%−2.1-405
Philippou23.4%21.3%+2.1+360

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
57.1Striking61.9
Philippou +4.8
0.0Grappling49.5
Philippou +49.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RockholdPhilippou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1570
1525
Divisional
1583
1484
Striking offense
1507
1493
Striking defense
1514
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
77"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.37
Strikes landed / min
2.39
40%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.55
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
55%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
0%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
73%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
242
Days since last fight
116
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luke Rockhold
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -1058mo before
Constantinos Philippou
  • LFrancis CarmontU-DEC R3
    Close -1454mo before
  • WTim BoetschKO/TKO R3
    Close +1351y 1mo before
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 6mo before
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 10mo before
  • WJared HammanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1662y 1mo before
Rockhold — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Philippou — 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Rockhold
Philippou
1
UFC fights
7
2.5 min · 2.5 avg
Octagon time
90.4 min · 12.9 avg
19y 0m
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rockhold
Philippou
22W–10L · 68.8%
Overall
109W–29L · 79.0%
0W–0L
Wins
80W–21L · 79.2%
22W–10L · 68.8%
Losses
29W–8L · 78.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rockhold
Philippou
98W–33L · 74.8%
Overall
37W–13L · 74.0%
97W–32L · 75.2%
Wins
33W–13L · 71.7%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Rockhold
Philippou
2.59
Landed / min
3.41
40.0%
Accuracy
31.7%
71.4%
Defense
65.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.66
91.4%
Time at distance
49.7%
Grappling & control
Rockhold
Philippou
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
72.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
0.0%
Control share
22.5%
Strike target map
Rockhold
  • Head33%(2)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs67%(4)div 18%
Philippou
  • Head85%(183)div 63%
  • Body12%(25)div 19%
  • Legs4%(8)div 18%

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

Luke Rockhold
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Constantinos Philippou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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