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UFC 120: Bisping vs Akiyama
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
15-6-1 · FRA
VS
Travis Browne
Travis Browne
10-0 · USA
October 16, 2010 · London, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
228.0lb
Weigh-in
251.0lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kongo9/270/000:14
Browne12/440/000:00
R2
Kongo35/520/002:21
Browne3/171/100:33
R3
Kongo14/300/201:52
Browne7/141/200:38
Total
Kongo58/1090/204:27
Browne22/752/301:11

Scorecards

Kongo vs Browne

RdChris LeeChris WattsDouglas CrosbyCommunity
R1---8.9-9.9
R2---9.9-9
R3---9-9.2
Total28-2828-2828-2827.8-28.1

Media (4 cards) · avg 2828.5 · 0 Kongo · 2 Browne · 2 draws

Point deductions: R31 Kongo (Grabbing Opponent's Shorts)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kongo-Browne. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
KongoWin probabilityBrowne
40.2%59.8%
KO / TKO
57%
Submission
9%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kongo40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%56%
Submission3%8%
Decision15%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 58
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Browne60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%58%
Submission5%9%
Decision20%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1332)act 22
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 2
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R222%
R36%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Kongo
67.2%-216
Browne
+21631.1%
Most takedownstie 54.6%
Kongo
25.4%-127
Browne
+12720.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.7%
+134
Under 36.5
57.3%
-134
04692
Browne
Expected: 24.3
24.5
Over 24.5
41.9%
+138
Under 24.5
58.1%
-138
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
035
Browne
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.0%
+300
Under 0.5
75.0%
-300
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 8.5 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
Kongo40.2%63.0%−22.8-190
Browne59.8%37.0%+22.8+160

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
77.3Striking71.1
Kongo +6.3
58.5Grappling25.0
Kongo +33.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoBrowne
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1547
1564
Divisional
1547
1536
Striking offense
1507
1547
Striking defense
1503
1532
Grappling offense
1503
1489
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
35 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'6"
82"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.72
Strikes landed / min
4.19
63%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
1.32
49%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
73%
Takedown accuracy
49%
Takedown defense
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
209
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • WPaul BuentelloKO/TKO R3
    Close -3457mo before
  • LFrank MirSUB R1
    Close +16410mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R3
    Close +1611y 4mo before
  • WAntoni HardonkKO/TKO R2
    Close -3101y 6mo before
  • WMostapha Al-TurkKO/TKO R1
    1y 10mo before
Travis Browne
  • WJames McSweeneyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1904mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-1

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Browne — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (11%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Browne
12
UFC fights
1
111.5 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
4.5 min · 4.5 avg
25y 2m
Career length
17y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Browne
146W–50L · 74.5%
Overall
4W–4L · 50.0%
97W–33L · 74.6%
Wins
4W–4L · 50.0%
49W–17L · 74.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Browne
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
37W–30L · 55.2%
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
37W–30L · 55.2%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kongo
Browne
6.68
Landed / min
1.36
42.5%
Accuracy
17.6%
69.8%
Defense
45.5%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.31
17.4%
Time at distance
48.5%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Browne
2.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
73.3%
Takedown accuracy
49.0%
Takedown defense
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.31
49.9%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head46%(191)div 67%
  • Body27%(114)div 17%
  • Legs27%(110)div 16%
Browne
  • Head95%(18)div 67%
  • Body5%(1)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Cheick Kongo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Travis Browne
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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