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UFC 96: Jackson vs Jardine
Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove
9-5 · USA
VS
Jason Day
Jason Day
18-8 · CAN
March 7, 2009 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Kendall Grove def. Jason Day by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:32
Grove10/250/010:03
Day6/250/000:00
Total
Grove10/250/010:03
Day6/250/000:00

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
GroveWin probabilityDay
61.3%38.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
30%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Grove61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission18%30%
Decision27%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 10
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Day39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%39%
Submission12%30%
Decision12%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R212%
R39%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Grove
55.3%-129
Day
+12942.9%
Most takedownstie 46.1%
Grove
29.8%-124
Day
+12424.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grove
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
42.5%
+135
Under 31.5
57.5%
-135
04079
Day
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.5%
+136
Under 27.5
57.5%
-136
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Grove
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.4%
+167
Under 0.5
62.6%
-167
035
Day
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.6%
+216
Under 0.5
68.4%
-216
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 8.9 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
Grove61.3%64.4%−3.1-196
Day38.7%35.6%+3.1+173

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
64.9Striking70.2
Day +5.2
70.9Grappling0.0
Grove +70.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GroveDay
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1520
1532
Divisional
1518
1501
Striking offense
1509
1507
Striking defense
1498
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'6"
Height
6'0"
79"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.01
Strikes landed / min
4.70
57%
Strike accuracy
65%
2.43
Strikes absorbed / min
3.65
38%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
64%
Takedown defense
0%
3.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kendall Grove
  • WEvan TannerS-DEC R3
    Close +1339mo before
  • LJorge RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close -3681y 2mo before
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R1
    Close -2881y 6mo before
  • WAlan BelcherSUB R2
    Close -1651y 11mo before
  • WChris PriceKO/TKO R1
    Close -5202y 5mo before
Jason Day
  • LMichael BispingKO/TKO R1
    Close +3119mo before
  • WAlan BelcherKO/TKO R1
    Close +30111mo before
Grove — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0, 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
2 wins, 4 losses
W
22% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (80%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Day — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (41%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
8 (47%)Submission(57%) 4
2 (12%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Grove
Day
6
UFC fights
2
49.8 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
7.7 min · 3.8 avg
23y 0m
Career length
24y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Grove
Day
89W–23L · 79.5%
Overall
27W–5L · 84.4%
64W–13L · 83.1%
Wins
12W–4L · 75.0%
25W–10L · 71.4%
Losses
15W–1L · 93.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grove
Day
34W–14L · 70.8%
Overall
147W–72L · 67.1%
9W–7L · 56.3%
Wins
105W–60L · 63.6%
25W–7L · 78.1%
Losses
42W–12L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Grove
Day
5.94
Landed / min
10.71
37.3%
Accuracy
57.6%
53.2%
Defense
66.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
14.9%
Time at distance
23.1%
Grappling & control
Grove
Day
0.60
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
64.3%
Takedown defense
0.0%
3.01
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
32.8%
Control share
1.0%
Strike target map
Grove
  • Head66%(99)div 63%
  • Body25%(38)div 20%
  • Legs9%(13)div 17%
Day
  • Head75%(27)div 63%
  • Body11%(4)div 20%
  • Legs14%(5)div 17%

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

Kendall Grove
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Day
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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