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UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
Zhu Rongzhu
Zhu Rongzhu
22-6 · CHN
VS
Kody Steele
Kody Steele
7-0 · USA
February 8, 2025 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Zhu Rongzhu def. Kody Steele by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rongzhu33/750/000:08
Steele27/861/300:06
R2
Rongzhu32/640/010:10
Steele9/360/100:00
R3
Rongzhu60/1020/000:00
Steele23/870/000:00
Total
Rongzhu125/2410/010:18
Steele59/2091/400:06

Scorecards

Rongzhu vs Steele

RdClemens WernerEvan FieldSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 11 Rongzhu · 0 Steele

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rongzhu-Steele.

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
RongzhuWin probabilitySteele
48.1%51.9%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
17%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rongzhu48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%15%
Submission9%20%4%
Decision22%45%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1858)act 125
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Steele52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%24%
Submission7%13%22%
Decision34%65%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1858)act 59
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.9)act 1
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R214%
R37%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Rongzhu
49.2%+101
Steele
-10149.7%
Most takedownstie 21.8%
Rongzhu
18.7%+317
Steele
-31759.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rongzhu
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
39.7%
+152
Under 42.5
60.3%
-152
054107
Steele
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
39.7%
+152
Under 42.5
60.3%
-152
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Rongzhu
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.1%
+162
Under 0.5
61.9%
-162
035
Steele
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.2%
+129
Exactly 2
17.1%
push
Under 2
46.6%
-129
036

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 10.8 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
Rongzhu48.1%26.3%+21.8+263
Steele51.9%73.7%−21.8-340
By method
Rongzhu by KO/TKO13.5%15.3%−1.8+448
Rongzhu by submission8.0%4.3%+3.7+1845
Rongzhu by decision26.7%9.9%+16.8+748
Steele by KO/TKO14.5%24.5%−10.0+242
Steele by submission8.6%21.9%−13.3+282
Steele by decision28.7%24.2%+4.5+246
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.1%61.5%+14.6-190
Over 2.5 rds62.1%41.6%+20.5+125
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.4%35.3%+20.1+166

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
RongzhuSteele
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1525
1509
Divisional
1525
1506
Striking offense
1482
1482
Striking defense
1500
1492
Grappling offense
1561
1515
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
49%
Strike accuracy
6.56
Strikes absorbed / min
43%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
63%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
25%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Zhu Rongzhu
  • LChris PadillaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2585mo before
  • LIgnacio BahamondesSUB R3
    Close +1832y 11mo before
  • WBrandon JenkinsKO/TKO R3
    missedClose -2503y 5mo before
  • LKazula VargasU-DEC R3
    Close -2103y 10mo before
Kody Steele
No prior UFC fights.
Rongzhu — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
17% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
21win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (62%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (24%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Steele — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rongzhu
Steele
4
UFC fights
0
50.5 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
10y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Rongzhu
Steele
52W–21L · 71.2%
Overall
15W–7L · 68.2%
Wins
37W–14L · 72.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rongzhu
Steele
165W–83L · 66.5%
Overall
44W–23L · 65.7%
142W–69L · 67.3%
Wins
44W–23L · 65.7%
23W–14L · 62.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rongzhu
Steele
5.03
Landed / min
45.1%
Accuracy
43.6%
Defense
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
67.7%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Rongzhu
Steele
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
83.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Rongzhu
  • Head76%(171)div 63%
  • Body14%(31)div 21%
  • Legs10%(23)div 16%
Steele
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Zhu Rongzhu
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kody Steele

No UFC fights on record.

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