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UFC 148: Silva vs Sonnen 2
Chad Mendes
Chad Mendes
11-1 · USA
VS
Cody McKenzie
Cody McKenzie
13-2 · USA
July 7, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Chad Mendes def. Cody McKenzie by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:31
Mendes8/80/010:03
McKenzie1/60/000:00
Total
Mendes8/80/010:03
McKenzie1/60/000:00

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
MendesWin probabilityMcKenzie
79.4%20.6%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
32%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mendes79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%26%
Submission19%24%
Decision40%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 8
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.6)act 0
McKenzie21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%20%
Submission13%60%
Decision4%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 1
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R215%
R36%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Mendes
57.8%-143
McKenzie
+14340.4%
Most takedownstie 26.2%
Mendes
63.4%-609
McKenzie
+60910.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.2%
+137
Under 33.5
57.8%
-137
04284
McKenzie
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.6%
+135
Under 27.5
57.4%
-135
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
47.2%
+112
Under 1.5
52.8%
-112
035
McKenzie
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.5%
Exactly 0
75.5%
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 9.3 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
Mendes79.4%85.4%−6.0-705
McKenzie20.6%14.6%+6.0+570

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
76.1Striking53.0
Mendes +23.1
62.9Grappling48.2
Mendes +14.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MendesMcKenzie
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1534
1550
Divisional
1536
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
27 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'6"
Height
6'0"
66"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.97
Strikes landed / min
1.36
48%
Strike accuracy
26%
1.26
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
78%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.86
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
41%
Takedown accuracy
30%
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
53
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chad Mendes
  • LJose AldoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2106mo before
  • WRani YahyaU-DEC R3
    Close -54011mo before
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -3651y 5mo before
Cody McKenzie
  • WMarcus LeVesseurSUB R1
    Close +17053d before
  • LVagner RochaSUB R2
    Close +17010mo before
  • LYves EdwardsSUB R2
    Close +2551y 5mo before
  • WAaron WilkinsonSUB R1
    Close -1101y 7mo before
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (22%)Submission() 0
5 (56%)Decision() 0
McKenzie — 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
92% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO() 0
10 (91%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
McKenzie
3
UFC fights
4
35.0 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
23.5 min · 5.9 avg
17y 10m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
McKenzie
48W–15L · 76.2%
Overall
72W–25L · 74.2%
28W–14L · 66.7%
Wins
27W–8L · 77.1%
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
45W–17L · 72.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
McKenzie
87W–35L · 71.3%
Overall
27W–33L · 45.0%
87W–35L · 71.3%
Wins
27W–33L · 45.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Mendes
McKenzie
3.30
Landed / min
3.10
40.8%
Accuracy
22.0%
80.6%
Defense
64.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
61.5%
Time at distance
32.9%
Grappling & control
Mendes
McKenzie
3.86
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
40.9%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.19
95.3%
Control share
28.7%
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head58%(60)div 62%
  • Body8%(8)div 20%
  • Legs35%(36)div 18%
McKenzie
  • Head72%(23)div 62%
  • Body13%(4)div 20%
  • Legs16%(5)div 18%

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

Chad Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody McKenzie
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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