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UFC 164: Henderson vs Pettis 2
Dustin Poirier
Dustin Poirier
13-3 · USA
VS
Erik Koch
Erik Koch
13-2 · USA
August 31, 2013 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Dustin Poirier def. Erik Koch by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Poirier27/441/123:28
Koch8/150/000:14
R2
Poirier19/391/202:47
Koch9/350/000:00
R3
Poirier8/90/301:16
Koch15/240/003:15
Total
Poirier54/922/627:31
Koch32/740/003:29

Scorecards

Poirier vs Koch

RdChris LeeOtto TorrieroSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-910-810-8.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2729-2829-2729-27.5

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.6 · 14 Poirier · 0 Koch

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Poirier-Koch.

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 probabilityKoch
64.0%36.0%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
39%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 6.8 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 Koch. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Poirier64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%43%
Submission25%39%
Decision11%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 54
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Koch36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%43%
Submission13%38%
Decision7%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R223%
R38%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Poirier
69.3%-237
Koch
+23729.2%
Most takedownstie 52.8%
Poirier
22.7%+108
Koch
-10824.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 43.0
43
Over 43
41.7%
+136
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.8%
-136
054108
Koch
Expected: 27.2
27
Over 27
41.8%
+134
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
55.8%
-134
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Poirier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.6%
+249
Under 0.5
71.4%
-249
035
Koch
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.9%
+224
Under 0.5
69.1%
-224
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 6.8 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
Poirier64.0%34.5%+29.5+185
Koch36.0%65.5%−29.5-200

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
69.4Striking57.5
Poirier +11.9
52.1Grappling24.8
Poirier +27.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PoirierKoch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1551
1563
Divisional
1550
1503
Striking offense
1503
1502
Striking defense
1504
1520
Grappling offense
1503
1502
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
24 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.40
Strikes landed / min
2.31
47%
Strike accuracy
34%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
2.55
58%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
32%
Takedown accuracy
58%
Takedown defense
89%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
60%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dustin Poirier
  • LCub SwansonU-DEC R3
    Close -1106mo before
  • WJonathan BrookinsSUB R1
    Close -2709mo before
  • LChan Sung JungSUB R4
    Close -3501y 4mo before
  • WMax HollowaySUB R1
    Close -5151y 7mo before
  • WPablo GarzaSUB R2
    Close -2251y 10mo before
Erik Koch
  • LRicardo LamasKO/TKO R2
    Close -2257mo before
  • WJonathan BrookinsU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 11mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1652y 5mo before
Poirier — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Koch — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Poirier
Koch
7
UFC fights
3
75.3 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
25.1 min · 8.4 avg
17y 2m
Career length
19y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Poirier
Koch
80W–18L · 81.6%
Overall
40W–8L · 83.3%
50W–10L · 83.3%
Wins
28W–6L · 82.4%
30W–8L · 78.9%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Poirier
Koch
40W–12L · 76.9%
Overall
112W–40L · 73.7%
32W–9L · 78.0%
Wins
107W–40L · 72.8%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Poirier
Koch
7.48
Landed / min
3.97
45.2%
Accuracy
27.4%
61.0%
Defense
71.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.60
41.8%
Time at distance
40.2%
Grappling & control
Poirier
Koch
1.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
32.1%
Takedown accuracy
57.9%
Takedown defense
89.3%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
68.0%
Control share
7.2%
Strike target map
Poirier
  • Head71%(236)div 64%
  • Body8%(26)div 19%
  • Legs21%(69)div 17%
Koch
  • Head59%(34)div 64%
  • Body16%(9)div 19%
  • Legs26%(15)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.

Erik Koch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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