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UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 2
Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards
39-15-1 · USA
VS
Cody McKenzie
Cody McKenzie
12-0 · USA
January 22, 2011 · Killeen, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Yves Edwards def. Cody McKenzie by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards18/420/000:59
McKenzie9/501/700:45
R2 · 4:33
Edwards15/330/001:01
McKenzie7/221/202:09
Total
Edwards33/750/002:00
McKenzie16/722/902:54

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
EdwardsWin probabilityMcKenzie
30.0%70.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
26%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edwards30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%35%
Submission5%15%
Decision15%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 33
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
McKenzie70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%19%
Submission22%31%
Decision35%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 16
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 2
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R214%
R35%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Edwards
48.7%+101
McKenzie
-10149.3%
Most takedownstie 41.0%
Edwards
15.2%+288
McKenzie
-28843.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 27.0
27
Over 27
41.3%
+136
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.3%
-136
03468
McKenzie
Expected: 27.2
27
Over 27
41.7%
+134
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
55.8%
-134
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+310
Under 0.5
75.6%
-310
035
McKenzie
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.0%
+154
Exactly 1
18.5%
push
Under 1
49.5%
-154
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 9.9 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
Edwards30.0%72.9%−42.9-310
McKenzie70.0%27.1%+42.9+255

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
72.7Striking50.0
Edwards +22.7
61.2Grappling75.0
McKenzie +13.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsMcKenzie
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1550
1577
Divisional
1550
1497
Striking offense
1500
1549
Striking defense
1500
1504
Grappling offense
1508
1492
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
34 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
73"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.20
Strikes landed / min
0.00
47%
Strike accuracy
0%
1.29
Strikes absorbed / min
0.00
65%
Strike defense
100%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
7.32
60%
Takedown accuracy
100%
72%
Takedown defense
0%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
14.6
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
57%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
129
Days since last fight
49
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yves Edwards
  • WJohn GundersonU-DEC R3
    Close +1054mo before
  • LJoe StevensonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2004y 7mo before
  • LMark HominickSUB R2
    Close -5504y 11mo before
  • WJosh ThomsonKO/TKO R1
    6y 5mo before
  • WHermes FrancaS-DEC R3
    Close +1006y 10mo before
Cody McKenzie
  • WAaron WilkinsonSUB R1
    Close -11049d before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 39-15-1

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
27% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 8 losses
W
23% of wins
L
53% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
32win11loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(18%) 2
14 (44%)Submission(27%) 3
6 (19%)Decision(55%) 6
McKenzie — win / loss by method
Record: 12-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
92% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO() 0
10 (91%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
McKenzie
11
UFC fights
1
119.1 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
2.0 min · 2.0 avg
28y 9m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
McKenzie
123W–36L · 77.4%
Overall
6W–3L · 66.7%
73W–19L · 79.3%
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
50W–17L · 74.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
McKenzie
384W–141L · 73.1%
Overall
27W–33L · 45.0%
298W–117L · 71.8%
Wins
27W–33L · 45.0%
86W–24L · 78.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Edwards
McKenzie
3.24
Landed / min
0.00
37.9%
Accuracy
0.0%
77.8%
Defense
100.0%
0.63
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
33.4%
Time at distance
4.1%
Grappling & control
Edwards
McKenzie
0.38
Takedowns / 15 min
7.32
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
72.5%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
14.63
46.7%
Control share
45.8%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head57%(149)div 65%
  • Body19%(51)div 18%
  • Legs24%(62)div 17%
McKenzie
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Yves Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cody McKenzie
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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