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Cody Donovan
Cody Donovan
7-2 · USA
VS
Nick Penner
Nick Penner
11-2 · CAN
December 14, 2012 · Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Cody Donovan def. Nick Penner by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:35
Donovan19/271/110:59
Penner7/180/011:48
Total
Donovan19/271/110:59
Penner7/180/011:48

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
DonovanWin probabilityPenner
43.6%56.4%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
25%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 8.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Donovan44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%43%
Submission11%25%
Decision14%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 19
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 1
Penner56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%44%
Submission14%24%
Decision18%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 7
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R216%
R310%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Donovan
47.9%+106
Penner
-10650.8%
Most takedownstie 18.0%
Donovan
74.7%-1034
Penner
+10347.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Donovan
Expected: 41.3
41.5
Over 41.5
42.2%
+137
Under 41.5
57.8%
-137
052104
Penner
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.6%
+135
Under 42.5
57.4%
-135
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Donovan
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
45.9%
-330
Exactly 1
40.2%
push
Under 1
13.9%
+330
035
Penner
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.1%
Exactly 0
77.9%
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 8.3 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
Donovan43.6%42.7%+0.9+130
Penner56.4%57.3%−0.9-140

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DonovanPenner
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1513
1512
Divisional
1515
1500
Striking offense
1493
1500
Striking defense
1521
1500
Grappling offense
1494
1500
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.00
Strike accuracy
23%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.02
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
50%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
287
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cody Donovan
No prior UFC fights.
Nick Penner
  • LAnthony PeroshKO/TKO R1
    Close -1459mo before
Donovan — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Penner — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Donovan
Penner
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
5.0 min · 5.0 avg
Career length
18y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Donovan
Penner
Overall
12W–6L · 66.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
12W–6L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Donovan
Penner
33W–14L · 70.2%
Overall
50W–24L · 67.6%
23W–13L · 63.9%
Wins
39W–15L · 72.2%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
11W–9L · 55.0%
Distance striking
Donovan
Penner
Landed / min
1.46
Accuracy
15.8%
Defense
77.8%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
41.3%
Grappling & control
Donovan
Penner
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
50.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
6.3%
Strike target map
Donovan
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Penner
  • Head80%(4)div 64%
  • Body20%(1)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Cody Donovan

No UFC fights on record.

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

Nick Penner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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