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Kyle Kingsbury
Kyle Kingsbury
10-2 · USA
VS
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado
18-3 · BRA
June 4, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Kyle Kingsbury def. Fabio Maldonado by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kingsbury42/882/300:57
Maldonado31/540/000:04
R2
Kingsbury29/532/601:08
Maldonado13/400/000:36
R3
Kingsbury24/501/500:31
Maldonado34/502/200:55
Total
Kingsbury95/1915/1402:36
Maldonado78/1442/201:35

Scorecards

Kingsbury vs Maldonado

RdAdalaide ByrdJunichiro KamijoPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.8-9.3
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.6

Media (7 cards) · avg 29.128 · 6 Kingsbury · 0 Maldonado · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kingsbury-Maldonado.

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
KingsburyWin probabilityMaldonado
59.5%40.5%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
12%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kingsbury60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%49%
Submission9%15%
Decision21%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 95
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 5
Maldonado40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%70%
Submission3%9%
Decision9%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 78
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 2
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R219%
R37%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Kingsbury
48.7%+102
Maldonado
-10249.5%
Most takedownstie 56.9%
Kingsbury
29.1%-207
Maldonado
+20714.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kingsbury
Expected: 30.7
30.5
Over 30.5
43.0%
+133
Under 30.5
57.0%
-133
03977
Maldonado
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+137
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-137
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Kingsbury
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.6%
+207
Under 0.5
67.4%
-207
035
Maldonado
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.2%
Exactly 0
81.8%
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 7.9 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
Kingsbury59.5%63.5%−4.0-190
Maldonado40.5%36.5%+4.0+165

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
61.1Striking75.5
Maldonado +14.4
62.1Grappling50.0
Kingsbury +12.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KingsburyMaldonado
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1550
1551
Divisional
1550
1493
Striking offense
1507
1507
Striking defense
1526
1508
Grappling offense
1484
1499
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
79"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.71
Strikes landed / min
8.24
35%
Strike accuracy
72%
2.95
Strikes absorbed / min
4.54
61%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
58%
Takedown accuracy
0%
68%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kyle Kingsbury
  • WRicardo RomeroKO/TKO R1
    Close +1154mo before
  • WJared HammanU-DEC R3
    Close +1609mo before
  • WRazak Al-HassanS-DEC R3
    Close -1281y 7mo before
  • LTom LawlorU-DEC R3
    Close -1242y 6mo before
Fabio Maldonado
  • WJames McSweeneyKO/TKO R3
    Close -2408mo before
Kingsbury — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0, 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Maldonado — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kingsbury
Maldonado
4
UFC fights
1
45.4 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
10.8 min · 10.8 avg
20y 2m
Career length
25y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kingsbury
Maldonado
34W–5L · 87.2%
Overall
4W–5L · 44.4%
30W–4L · 88.2%
Wins
4W–5L · 44.4%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kingsbury
Maldonado
31W–49L · 38.8%
Overall
71W–40L · 64.0%
30W–48L · 38.5%
Wins
58W–35L · 62.4%
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Kingsbury
Maldonado
6.15
Landed / min
12.02
30.5%
Accuracy
67.7%
62.5%
Defense
53.1%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.39
33.0%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Kingsbury
Maldonado
3.64
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
68.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.78
45.2%
Control share
74.6%
Strike target map
Kingsbury
  • Head54%(67)div 65%
  • Body18%(22)div 17%
  • Legs28%(34)div 18%
Maldonado
  • Head56%(50)div 65%
  • Body44%(39)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Kyle Kingsbury
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabio Maldonado
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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