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Vagner Rocha
Vagner Rocha
6-2 · BRA
VS
Cody McKenzie
Cody McKenzie
12-1 · USA
September 17, 2011 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Vagner Rocha def. Cody McKenzie by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 3:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rocha7/301/102:21
McKenzie12/360/000:31
R2 · 3:49
Rocha11/181/103:17
McKenzie3/70/000:01
Total
Rocha18/482/205:38
McKenzie15/430/000:32

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
RochaWin probabilityMcKenzie
39.1%60.9%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
31%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rocha39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%19%
Submission9%23%
Decision23%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 18
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 2
McKenzie61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%17%
Submission23%37%
Decision28%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 15
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R214%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Rocha
37.8%+160
McKenzie
-16060.4%
Most takedownstie 37.5%
Rocha
30.9%+103
McKenzie
-10331.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rocha
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.8%
+133
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.7%
-133
03366
McKenzie
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.8%
+133
Under 33.5
57.2%
-133
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Rocha
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
26.9%
+215
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
57.7%
-215
035
McKenzie
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.4%
+208
Exactly 1
15.8%
push
Under 1
56.9%
-208
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 10.2 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
Rocha39.1%63.7%−24.6-185
McKenzie60.9%36.3%+24.6+170

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
46.6Striking49.2
McKenzie +2.6
36.5Grappling58.0
McKenzie +21.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RochaMcKenzie
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1503
Pound-for-pound
1535
1503
Divisional
1535
1483
Striking offense
1498
1498
Striking defense
1498
1547
Grappling offense
1508
1553
Grappling defense
1487
Physical
29 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
1.38
43%
Strike accuracy
22%
5.73
Strikes absorbed / min
2.84
41%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
14%
Takedown accuracy
30%
100%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.6
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vagner Rocha
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +3253mo before
Cody McKenzie
  • LYves EdwardsSUB R2
    Close +2558mo before
  • WAaron WilkinsonSUB R1
    Close -1109mo before
Rocha — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(100%) 1
McKenzie — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
92% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO() 0
10 (91%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rocha
McKenzie
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
11.6 min · 5.8 avg
17y 5m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rocha
McKenzie
14W–3L · 82.4%
Overall
45W–18L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
39W–15L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rocha
McKenzie
27W–12L · 69.2%
Overall
27W–33L · 45.0%
22W–11L · 66.7%
Wins
27W–33L · 45.0%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rocha
McKenzie
3.33
Landed / min
2.54
43.1%
Accuracy
17.7%
40.7%
Defense
59.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
88.2%
Time at distance
37.4%
Grappling & control
Rocha
McKenzie
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
14.3%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.59
58.3%
Control share
55.3%
Strike target map
Rocha
  • Head67%(31)div 64%
  • Body11%(5)div 19%
  • Legs22%(10)div 17%
McKenzie
  • Head75%(12)div 64%
  • Body13%(2)div 19%
  • Legs13%(2)div 17%

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

Vagner Rocha
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.