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UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch
BJ Penn
BJ Penn
16-7-1 · USA
VS
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
24-3 · USA
February 26, 2011 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
167.2lb
Weigh-in
169.8lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Penn6/101/202:27
Fitch7/160/502:25
R2
Penn5/161/101:09
Fitch14/211/303:33
R3
Penn1/30/000:00
Fitch26/353/304:45
Total
Penn12/292/303:36
Fitch47/724/11010:43

Scorecards

Penn vs Fitch

RdBarry FoleyChris LeeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.4-9.7
R39-108-108-108.4-10
Total28-2928-2828-2827.8-28.8

Media (7 cards) · avg 2829 · 0 Penn · 6 Fitch · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Penn-Fitch.

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
PennWin probabilityFitch
28.8%71.2%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
9%
Decision
76%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Penn29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%26%
Submission4%14%
Decision17%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 12
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 2
Fitch71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%11%
Submission5%7%
Decision58%82%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 47
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.5)act 4
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R29%
R35%
Distance76%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Penn
15.9%+523
Fitch
-52383.2%
Most takedownstie 29.2%
Penn
9.8%+622
Fitch
-62261.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Penn
Expected: 24.4
24.5
Over 24.5
42.2%
+137
Under 24.5
57.8%
-137
03162
Fitch
Expected: 57.5
57.5
Over 57.5
42.6%
+135
Under 57.5
57.4%
-135
072144
Takedowns — over/under
Penn
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.0%
Exactly 0
79.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Fitch
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.8%
+123
Under 1.5
55.2%
-123
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 13.0 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
Penn28.8%37.0%−8.2+160
Fitch71.2%63.0%+8.2-190

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
71.8Striking69.4
Penn +2.4
61.8Grappling70.4
Fitch +8.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PennFitch
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1613
Pound-for-pound
1685
1511
Divisional
1675
1502
Striking offense
1491
1540
Striking defense
1551
1526
Grappling offense
1550
1554
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.84
Strikes landed / min
2.55
51%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.18
Strikes absorbed / min
1.68
62%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
3.72
64%
Takedown accuracy
56%
80%
Takedown defense
58%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
93%
+1
Win/loss streak
+5
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
92%
Finish rate
31%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
BJ Penn
  • WMatt HughesKO/TKO R1
    Close -2153mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -2706mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -78011mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R5
    Close -2681y 2mo before
  • WKenny FlorianSUB R4
    Close -2551y 7mo before
Jon Fitch
  • WThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1167mo before
  • WBen SaundersU-DEC R3
    Close -32511mo before
  • WMike PierceU-DEC R3
    Close -5081y 2mo before
  • WPaulo ThiagoU-DEC R3
    Close -5251y 8mo before
  • WAkihiro GonoU-DEC R3
    Close -6652y 1mo before
Penn — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-1

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
12win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 24-3-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (69%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Penn
Fitch
19
UFC fights
14
258.9 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
193.8 min · 13.8 avg
25y 3m
Career length
24y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Penn
Fitch
334W–47L · 87.7%
Overall
194W–42L · 82.2%
230W–37L · 86.1%
Wins
178W–40L · 81.7%
104W–10L · 91.2%
Losses
16W–2L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Penn
Fitch
43W–8L · 84.3%
Overall
68W–26L · 72.3%
38W–8L · 82.6%
Wins
66W–25L · 72.5%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Penn
Fitch
3.61
Landed / min
4.34
40.9%
Accuracy
33.7%
69.4%
Defense
66.6%
0.35
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
44.3%
Time at distance
20.3%
Grappling & control
Penn
Fitch
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
3.72
63.9%
Takedown accuracy
55.8%
79.7%
Takedown defense
58.3%
0.64
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.85
39.5%
Control share
75.3%
Strike target map
Penn
  • Head76%(557)div 63%
  • Body17%(126)div 21%
  • Legs7%(51)div 16%
Fitch
  • Head63%(313)div 63%
  • Body22%(109)div 21%
  • Legs15%(73)div 16%

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

BJ Penn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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