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UFC 149: Faber vs Barao
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
17-7-2 · FRA
VS
Shawn Jordan
Shawn Jordan
13-3 · USA
July 21, 2012 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
231.0lb
Weigh-in
250.0lb
Cheick Kongo def. Shawn Jordan by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kongo10/190/001:00
Jordan5/90/202:18
R2
Kongo14/180/202:05
Jordan4/160/202:14
R3
Kongo14/190/002:58
Jordan6/160/101:25
Total
Kongo38/560/206:03
Jordan15/410/505:57

Scorecards

Kongo vs Jordan

RdJeff BlatnickPeter AdamcikRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-1010-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total30-2830-2730-2730-27.3

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.827.3 · 6 Kongo · 0 Jordan

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kongo-Jordan.

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
KongoWin probabilityJordan
49.9%50.1%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
14%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kongo50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%56%
Submission5%10%
Decision17%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 38
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Jordan50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%58%
Submission9%18%
Decision12%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 15
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~47 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R222%
R35%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Kongo
62.7%-178
Jordan
+17835.1%
Most takedownstie 45.9%
Kongo
21.0%+158
Jordan
-15833.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 26.9
27
Over 27
41.1%
+137
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.5%
-137
03468
Jordan
Expected: 19.7
19.5
Over 19.5
43.1%
+132
Under 19.5
56.9%
-132
02550
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+236
Under 0.5
70.2%
-236
035
Jordan
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.6%
+146
Under 0.5
59.4%
-146
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 7.7 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
Kongo49.9%54.4%−4.5-125
Jordan50.1%45.6%+4.5+115

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
77.4Striking80.5
Jordan +3.1
54.8Grappling25.0
Kongo +29.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoJordan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1544
1574
Divisional
1544
1533
Striking offense
1507
1543
Striking defense
1500
1526
Grappling offense
1496
1500
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
37 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
82"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.63
Strikes landed / min
7.20
58%
Strike accuracy
57%
1.48
Strikes absorbed / min
3.26
54%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
49%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
70%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
141
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • LMark HuntKO/TKO R1
    Close -2805mo before
  • WMatt MitrioneU-DEC R3
    Close +1189mo before
  • WPat BarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 1mo before
  • DTravis BrowneU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 9mo before
  • WPaul BuentelloKO/TKO R3
    Close -3452y 4mo before
Shawn Jordan
  • WOli ThompsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2205mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-2

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
65% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
12% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
10win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Jordan — 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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
69% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Jordan
16
UFC fights
1
146.4 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
8.9 min · 8.9 avg
25y 2m
Career length
17y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Jordan
164W–59L · 73.5%
Overall
9W–2L · 81.8%
108W–35L · 75.5%
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
56W–24L · 70.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Jordan
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
71W–58L · 55.0%
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
44W–46L · 48.9%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
27W–12L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Kongo
Jordan
4.97
Landed / min
7.86
38.9%
Accuracy
54.9%
67.7%
Defense
53.3%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.3%
Time at distance
80.2%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Jordan
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
49.1%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
54.3%
Control share
94.1%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head45%(240)div 67%
  • Body24%(130)div 17%
  • Legs30%(162)div 16%
Jordan
  • Head89%(57)div 67%
  • Body11%(7)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Cheick Kongo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shawn Jordan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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