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UFC 138: Leben vs Munoz
Che Mills
Che Mills
13-4 · GBR
VS
Chris Cope
Chris Cope
5-1 · USA
November 5, 2011 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Che Mills def. Chris Cope by KO/TKO (Knee), R1 0:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:40
Mills11/160/020:07
Cope1/100/100:00
Total
Mills11/160/020:07
Cope1/100/100:00

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
MillsWin probabilityCope
70.4%29.6%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
18%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mills70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission14%20%
Decision37%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 11
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.4)act 0
Cope30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%18%
Submission4%12%
Decision21%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 1
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R214%
R36%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Mills
56.5%-134
Cope
+13442.2%
Most takedownstie 38.3%
Mills
48.0%-350
Cope
+35013.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mills
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.1%
+134
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.4%
-134
057114
Cope
Expected: 38.7
38.5
Over 38.5
42.9%
+133
Under 38.5
57.1%
-133
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Mills
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.1%
+123
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
45.5%
-123
035
Cope
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.0%
+335
Under 0.5
77.0%
-335
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 11.0 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
Mills70.4%70.6%−0.2-255
Cope29.6%29.4%+0.2+235

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
MillsCope
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1525
1520
Divisional
1525
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1502
1500
Grappling offense
1493
1500
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.40
Strike accuracy
28%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.13
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Che Mills
No prior UFC fights.
Chris Cope
  • WChuck O'NeilU-DEC R3
    Close +1555mo before
Mills — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(75%) 3
3 (23%)Decision(25%) 1
Cope — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Mills
Cope
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mills
Cope
Overall
8W–3L · 72.7%
Wins
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mills
Cope
135W–59L · 69.6%
Overall
12W–4L · 75.0%
99W–45L · 68.8%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
36W–14L · 72.0%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Mills
Cope
Landed / min
4.70
Accuracy
25.0%
Defense
65.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
80.9%
Grappling & control
Mills
Cope
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
100.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
24.5%
Strike target map
Mills
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Cope
  • Head44%(29)div 63%
  • Body29%(19)div 22%
  • Legs27%(18)div 16%

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

Che Mills

No UFC fights on record.

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

Chris Cope
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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