The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields
Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson
12-2 · USA
VS
Mark Bocek
Mark Bocek
9-3 · CAN
April 30, 2011 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.5lbMissed +0.5
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Benson Henderson def. Mark Bocek by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Henderson14/430/001:05
Bocek5/171/401:31
R2
Henderson24/451/102:34
Bocek1/51/400:57
R3
Henderson18/382/301:52
Bocek5/122/301:59
Total
Henderson56/1263/405:31
Bocek11/344/1104:27

Scorecards

Henderson vs Bocek

RdClaude PaquetteDouglas CrosbySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.827.5 · 6 Henderson · 0 Bocek

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Henderson-Bocek.

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
HendersonWin probabilityBocek
69.5%30.5%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
11%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Henderson69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%22%
Submission6%9%
Decision48%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 56
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Bocek31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%13%
Submission5%15%
Decision22%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 11
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 4
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R213%
R32%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Henderson
69.6%-242
Bocek
+24228.7%
Most takedownstie 30.1%
Henderson
21.6%+224
Bocek
-22448.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
41.3%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.9%
-138
04590
Bocek
Expected: 22.4
22.5
Over 22.5
42.1%
+138
Under 22.5
57.9%
-138
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
035
Bocek
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.7%
-105
Exactly 1
20.7%
push
Under 1
38.6%
+105
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 12.1 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
Henderson69.5%59.0%+10.5-150
Bocek30.5%41.0%−10.5+140

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
HendersonBocek
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1550
1535
Divisional
1550
1500
Striking offense
1457
1533
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1528
1500
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.74
Strike accuracy
37%
Strikes absorbed / min
1.83
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
3.90
Takedown accuracy
42%
Takedown defense
40%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
63%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Benson Henderson
No prior UFC fights.
Mark Bocek
  • WDustin HazelettSUB R1
    Close -1505mo before
  • LJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +2901y 1mo before
  • WJoe BrammerSUB R1
    Close -4881y 5mo before
  • WDavid BielkhedenSUB R1
    opp missedClose -2702y before
  • WAlvin RobinsonSUB R3
    Close -1262y 5mo before
Henderson — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(50%) 1
Bocek — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (80%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Henderson
Bocek
0
UFC fights
8
Octagon time
73.1 min · 9.1 avg
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Henderson
Bocek
Overall
87W–22L · 79.8%
Wins
47W–16L · 74.6%
Losses
40W–6L · 87.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Henderson
Bocek
94W–30L · 75.8%
Overall
32W–19L · 62.7%
77W–25L · 75.5%
Wins
32W–19L · 62.7%
17W–5L · 77.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Henderson
Bocek
Landed / min
1.89
Accuracy
16.6%
Defense
67.4%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
18.8%
Grappling & control
Henderson
Bocek
Takedowns / 15 min
3.90
Takedown accuracy
42.2%
Takedown defense
40.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.05
Control share
79.9%
Strike target map
Henderson
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Bocek
  • Head66%(84)div 65%
  • Body26%(33)div 18%
  • Legs8%(10)div 17%

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

Benson Henderson

No UFC fights on record.

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

Mark Bocek
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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