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UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
15-6-2 · FRA
VS
Pat Barry
Pat Barry
6-2 · USA
June 26, 2011 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
234.4lb
Weigh-in
243.0lb
Cheick Kongo def. Pat Barry by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:39
Kongo10/160/210:01
Barry8/160/120:09
Total
Kongo10/160/210:01
Barry8/160/120:09

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 probabilityBarry
70.6%29.4%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
16%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.0 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 Barry. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kongo71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%55%
Submission12%17%
Decision20%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Barry29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%54%
Submission4%15%
Decision9%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R224%
R36%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Kongo
73.8%-302
Barry
+30224.4%
Most takedownstie 46.5%
Kongo
47.4%-773
Barry
+7736.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Barry
Expected: 19.3
19.5
Over 19.5
41.7%
+140
Under 19.5
58.3%
-140
02549
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+172
Exactly 1
21.3%
push
Under 1
49.8%
-172
035
Barry
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.2%
Exactly 0
89.8%
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 8.0 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
Kongo70.6%65.5%+5.1-200
Barry29.4%34.5%−5.1+185

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
79.0Striking66.1
Kongo +13.0
55.9Grappling25.0
Kongo +30.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoBarry
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1527
1563
Divisional
1527
1534
Striking offense
1513
1551
Striking defense
1528
1530
Grappling offense
1478
1491
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
36 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'11"
82"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.74
Strikes landed / min
2.64
61%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.41
Strikes absorbed / min
3.05
53%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
69%
Takedown accuracy
48%
Takedown defense
91%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
0
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
253
Days since last fight
155
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • DTravis BrowneU-DEC R3
    Close -1908mo before
  • WPaul BuentelloKO/TKO R3
    Close -3451y 3mo before
  • LFrank MirSUB R1
    Close +1641y 6mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R3
    Close +1612y before
  • WAntoni HardonkKO/TKO R2
    Close -3102y 2mo before
Pat Barry
  • WJoey BeltranU-DEC R3
    Close -1745mo before
  • LMirko FilipovicSUB R3
    Close -1701y before
  • WAntoni HardonkKO/TKO R2
    Close +1321y 8mo before
  • LTim HagueSUB R1
    Close -3282y 1mo before
  • WDan EvensenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2852y 6mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-2

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% 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
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Barry — 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Barry
13
UFC fights
5
126.5 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
41.3 min · 8.3 avg
25y 2m
Career length
18y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Barry
146W–50L · 74.5%
Overall
65W–20L · 76.5%
97W–33L · 74.6%
Wins
30W–12L · 71.4%
49W–17L · 74.2%
Losses
35W–8L · 81.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Barry
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
39W–20L · 66.1%
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
39W–20L · 66.1%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kongo
Barry
6.00
Landed / min
4.03
42.1%
Accuracy
43.2%
72.0%
Defense
73.0%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.45
21.2%
Time at distance
61.2%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Barry
2.61
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
68.8%
Takedown accuracy
48.1%
Takedown defense
90.9%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.7%
Control share
21.2%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head44%(210)div 67%
  • Body26%(121)div 17%
  • Legs30%(142)div 16%
Barry
  • Head48%(52)div 67%
  • Body6%(6)div 17%
  • Legs47%(51)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.

Pat Barry
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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