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UFC 137: Penn vs Diaz
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
16-6-2 · FRA
VS
Matt Mitrione
Matt Mitrione
5-0 · USA
October 29, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
234.0lb
Weigh-in
255.0lb
Cheick Kongo def. Matt Mitrione by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kongo7/230/001:00
Mitrione3/100/000:00
R2
Kongo19/720/000:00
Mitrione17/390/000:01
R3
Kongo18/312/204:30
Mitrione1/60/000:00
Total
Kongo44/1262/205:30
Mitrione21/550/000:01

Scorecards

Kongo vs Mitrione

RdDave HagenGlenn TrowbridgePatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R110-910-1010-99.4-9.8
R29-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2830-2728.6-28.6

Media (7 cards) · avg 29.328.3 · 4 Kongo · 0 Mitrione · 3 draws

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

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 probabilityMitrione
46.3%53.7%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
12%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.8 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 Mitrione. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kongo46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%60%
Submission6%14%
Decision12%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 44
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Mitrione54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%61%
Submission6%11%
Decision15%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 21
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.1)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R226%
R36%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Kongo
58.7%-150
Mitrione
+15039.2%
Most takedownstie 49.3%
Kongo
44.1%-668
Mitrione
+6686.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 28.8
29
Over 29
40.8%
+139
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.9%
-139
03672
Mitrione
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
41.5%
+134
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
55.7%
-134
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
47.0%
+113
Under 0.5
53.0%
-113
035
Mitrione
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.5%
Exactly 0
89.5%
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 7.8 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
Kongo46.3%45.0%+1.3+118
Mitrione53.7%55.0%−1.3-128

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
78.8Striking80.8
Mitrione +2.0
55.8Grappling33.3
Kongo +22.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoMitrione
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1577
1578
Divisional
1576
1541
Striking offense
1532
1547
Striking defense
1515
1526
Grappling offense
1493
1489
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
36 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
82"
Reach
82"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.74
Strikes landed / min
4.45
61%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.44
Strikes absorbed / min
2.07
53%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
65%
Takedown accuracy
49%
Takedown defense
56%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+5
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
78%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
125
Days since last fight
125
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • WPat BarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -2004mo before
  • DTravis BrowneU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y before
  • WPaul BuentelloKO/TKO R3
    Close -3451y 7mo before
  • LFrank MirSUB R1
    Close +1641y 11mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R3
    Close +1612y 5mo before
Matt Mitrione
  • WChristian MorecraftKO/TKO R2
    Close -2554mo before
  • WTim HagueKO/TKO R1
    Close -2509mo before
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -1741y 1mo before
  • WKevin FergusonKO/TKO R2
    Close -1071y 6mo before
  • WMarcus JonesKO/TKO R2
    Close +2601y 11mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-2

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, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Mitrione — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
80% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Mitrione
14
UFC fights
5
129.2 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
42.0 min · 8.4 avg
25y 2m
Career length
16y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Mitrione
152W–52L · 74.5%
Overall
39W–10L · 79.6%
103W–35L · 74.6%
Wins
39W–10L · 79.6%
49W–17L · 74.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Mitrione
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
Distance striking
Kongo
Mitrione
5.76
Landed / min
6.58
42.7%
Accuracy
48.8%
71.1%
Defense
77.6%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.14
22.7%
Time at distance
50.3%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Mitrione
2.55
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
64.7%
Takedown accuracy
49.1%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.43
51.6%
Control share
28.6%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head45%(215)div 67%
  • Body25%(121)div 17%
  • Legs30%(147)div 16%
Mitrione
  • Head70%(131)div 67%
  • Body9%(17)div 17%
  • Legs21%(39)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.

Matt Mitrione
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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