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UFC 127: Penn vs Fitch
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
20-3 · GBR
VS
Jorge Rivera
Jorge Rivera
19-7 · USA
February 26, 2011 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.2lb
Weigh-in
184.8lb
Michael Bisping def. Jorge Rivera by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bisping15/723/501:07
Rivera4/370/000:00
R2 · 1:54
Bisping35/510/310:10
Rivera4/160/000:00
Total
Bisping50/1233/811:17
Rivera8/530/000:00

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
BispingWin probabilityRivera
64.0%36.0%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
9%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bisping64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%42%
Submission6%9%
Decision31%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 50
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 3
Rivera36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%41%
Submission3%9%
Decision18%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 8
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~98 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R214%
R321%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Bisping
63.9%-183
Rivera
+18335.0%
Most takedownstie 61.4%
Bisping
10.3%+274
Rivera
-27428.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 57.0
57
Over 57
41.9%
+136
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
56.9%
-136
072143
Rivera
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.4%
+136
Under 41.5
57.6%
-136
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
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 11.4 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
Bisping64.0%72.8%−8.8-290
Rivera36.0%27.2%+8.8+260

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
72.4Striking75.3
Rivera +2.9
58.0Grappling49.3
Bisping +8.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BispingRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1560
1589
Divisional
1561
1536
Striking offense
1509
1515
Striking defense
1522
1490
Grappling offense
1508
1525
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
31 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.34
Strikes landed / min
3.89
38%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.48
Strikes absorbed / min
2.17
71%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.97
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
56%
Takedown accuracy
50%
59%
Takedown defense
69%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
77%
UFC win rate
58%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
332
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Bisping
  • WYoshihiro AkiyamaU-DEC R3
    Close -2104mo before
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1959mo before
  • LWanderlei SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1731y before
  • WDenis KangKO/TKO R2
    Close +1031y 3mo before
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1751y 8mo before
Jorge Rivera
  • WNate QuarryKO/TKO R2
    Close +19011mo before
  • WRob KimmonsKO/TKO R3
    Close +1431y 4mo before
  • WNissen OsterneckS-DEC R3
    Close -1631y 11mo before
  • LMartin KampmannSUB R1
    Close +2682y 9mo before
  • WKendall GroveKO/TKO R1
    Close +2483y 1mo before
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
70% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

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
13 wins, 4 losses
W
68% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(60%) 3
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Bisping
Rivera
13
UFC fights
12
136.7 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
87.2 min · 7.3 avg
22y 4m
Career length
25y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bisping
Rivera
192W–63L · 75.3%
Overall
191W–40L · 82.7%
127W–47L · 73.0%
Wins
129W–32L · 80.1%
65W–16L · 80.2%
Losses
62W–8L · 88.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bisping
Rivera
39W–23L · 62.9%
Overall
58W–27L · 68.2%
39W–23L · 62.9%
Wins
40W–19L · 67.8%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–8L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Bisping
Rivera
4.92
Landed / min
6.35
34.2%
Accuracy
40.4%
72.2%
Defense
70.9%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.38
63.5%
Time at distance
17.2%
Grappling & control
Bisping
Rivera
1.97
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
56.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
58.7%
Takedown defense
69.2%
0.55
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
42.5%
Control share
57.8%
Strike target map
Bisping
  • Head74%(442)div 63%
  • Body17%(99)div 20%
  • Legs9%(53)div 17%
Rivera
  • Head64%(216)div 63%
  • Body24%(80)div 20%
  • Legs13%(43)div 17%

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jorge Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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