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Cody Donovan
Cody Donovan
8-2 · USA
August 17, 2013 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.5lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Ovince Saint Preux def. Cody Donovan by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:07
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:07
Saint Preux6/110/000:10
Donovan10/150/301:12
Total
Saint Preux6/110/000:10
Donovan10/150/301:12

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
Saint PreuxWin probabilityDonovan
67.0%33.0%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
50%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 5.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saint Preux67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%35%
Submission31%46%
Decision13%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 6
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Donovan33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission19%57%
Decision3%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~48 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R169%
R25%
R310%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Saint Preux
52.6%-117
Donovan
+11745.1%
Most takedownstie 66.3%
Saint Preux
18.7%-125
Donovan
+12515.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 24.9
25
Over 25
40.9%
+138
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.5%
-138
03263
Donovan
Expected: 22.9
23
Over 23
40.9%
+138
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.3%
-138
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.2%
Exactly 0
78.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Donovan
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.7%
Exactly 0
82.3%
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 5.8 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
Saint Preux67.0%78.6%−11.6-440
Donovan33.0%21.4%+11.6+350

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
71.3Striking83.1
Donovan +11.8
25.0Grappling41.4
Donovan +16.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Saint PreuxDonovan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1528
1537
Divisional
1528
1501
Striking offense
1507
1502
Striking defense
1498
1497
Grappling offense
1502
1505
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
80"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.45
Strikes landed / min
4.15
56%
Strike accuracy
70%
2.65
Strikes absorbed / min
1.53
44%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
246
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ovince Saint Preux
  • WGian VillanteM-DEC R3
    Close -1454mo before
Cody Donovan
  • WNick PennerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1308mo before
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4
Donovan — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saint Preux
Donovan
1
UFC fights
1
10.6 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
4.6 min · 4.6 avg
17y 10m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saint Preux
Donovan
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
11W–2L · 84.6%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
11W–2L · 84.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saint Preux
Donovan
151W–55L · 73.3%
Overall
33W–14L · 70.2%
105W–47L · 69.1%
Wins
23W–13L · 63.9%
46W–8L · 85.2%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Distance striking
Saint Preux
Donovan
5.44
Landed / min
5.07
54.9%
Accuracy
54.5%
45.7%
Defense
58.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.27
78.4%
Time at distance
25.8%
Grappling & control
Saint Preux
Donovan
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.27
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.8%
Control share
35.3%
Strike target map
Saint Preux
  • Head70%(33)div 64%
  • Body11%(5)div 18%
  • Legs19%(9)div 17%
Donovan
  • Head47%(9)div 64%
  • Body47%(9)div 18%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%

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

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody Donovan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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