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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
21-3 · GBR
VS
Jason Miller
Jason Miller
22-7 · USA
December 3, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Michael Bisping def. Jason Miller by KO/TKO (Knees), R3 3:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bisping11/350/000:37
Miller17/471/202:02
R2
Bisping51/910/000:50
Miller6/480/700:27
R3 · 3:34
Bisping40/660/001:45
Miller4/240/200:00
Total
Bisping102/1920/003:12
Miller27/1191/1102:29

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
BispingWin probabilityMiller
41.2%58.8%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
8%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 16.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bisping41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%65%
Submission0%2%
Decision14%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes140 (81182)act 102
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 0
Miller59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%51%
Submission8%13%
Decision21%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (45102)act 27
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~218 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R217%
R316%
R49%
R57%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Bisping
75.1%-307
Miller
+30724.4%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Bisping
55.4%-441
Miller
+44112.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 140.0
140
Over 140
42.3%
+135
Exactly 140
0.5%
push
Under 140
57.2%
-135
0176351
Miller
Expected: 78.3
78.5
Over 78.5
42.3%
+136
Under 78.5
57.7%
-136
098196
Takedowns — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
66.1%
-195
Under 0.5
33.9%
+195
035
Miller
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.6%
Exactly 0
75.4%
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 16.1 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
Bisping41.2%64.6%−23.4-192
Miller58.8%35.4%+23.4+177

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
73.3Striking39.9
Bisping +33.4
57.7Grappling12.6
Bisping +45.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BispingMiller
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1629
Pound-for-pound
1499
1604
Divisional
1514
1543
Striking offense
1483
1521
Striking defense
1501
1495
Grappling offense
1547
1526
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
32 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.48
Strikes landed / min
1.07
39%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.42
Strikes absorbed / min
4.27
71%
Strike defense
32%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
53%
Takedown accuracy
17%
59%
Takedown defense
0%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
0%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
0%
64%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
2422
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Bisping
  • WJorge RiveraKO/TKO R2
    Close -2909mo before
  • WYoshihiro AkiyamaU-DEC R3
    Close -2101y 2mo before
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1951y 6mo before
  • LWanderlei SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1731y 9mo before
  • WDenis KangKO/TKO R2
    Close +1032y 1mo before
Jason Miller
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R3
    Close +1156y 8mo before
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 21-3-0

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0, 1 NC

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
23% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
14% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
22win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (23%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
14 (64%)Submission(17%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(67%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Bisping
Miller
14
UFC fights
1
143.6 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 4m
Career length
24y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bisping
Miller
211W–70L · 75.1%
Overall
8W–1L · 88.9%
146W–54L · 73.0%
Wins
0W–0L
65W–16L · 80.2%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bisping
Miller
39W–23L · 62.9%
Overall
242W–115L · 67.8%
39W–23L · 62.9%
Wins
189W–97L · 66.1%
0W–0L
Losses
53W–18L · 74.6%
Distance striking
Bisping
Miller
4.96
Landed / min
3.46
34.1%
Accuracy
32.4%
72.8%
Defense
50.0%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
63.8%
Time at distance
21.2%
Grappling & control
Bisping
Miller
2.19
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
52.5%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
58.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
44.3%
Control share
14.3%
Strike target map
Bisping
  • Head75%(482)div 63%
  • Body16%(104)div 20%
  • Legs9%(58)div 17%
Miller
  • Head38%(6)div 63%
  • Body56%(9)div 20%
  • Legs6%(1)div 17%

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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