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UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
8-1 · GBR
VS
Troy Mandaloniz
Troy Mandaloniz
3-1 · USA
February 21, 2009 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
168.0lb
Paul Kelly def. Troy Mandaloniz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kelly43/921/301:41
Mandaloniz18/351/111:17
R2
Kelly9/261/103:34
Mandaloniz8/141/100:38
R3
Kelly19/720/201:08
Mandaloniz12/332/200:50
Total
Kelly71/1902/606:23
Mandaloniz38/824/412:45

Scorecards

Kelly vs Mandaloniz

RdChris LeeHoward HughesPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-9-10-910-9
R210-9-10-910-9
R310-9-10-99.7-9.3
Total30-2730-2830-2729.7-27.3

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027 · 2 Kelly · 0 Mandaloniz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kelly-Mandaloniz.

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
KellyWin probabilityMandaloniz
66.0%34.0%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
25%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kelly66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%42%
Submission17%26%
Decision21%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 71
Takedowns1.4 (0.13.2)act 2
Mandaloniz34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%43%
Submission7%22%
Decision12%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 38
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 4
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R216%
R39%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Kelly
58.7%-147
Mandaloniz
+14739.9%
Most takedownstie 15.2%
Kelly
77.0%-993
Mandaloniz
+9937.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kelly
Expected: 44.2
44
Over 44
42.0%
+134
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-134
056111
Mandaloniz
Expected: 36.0
36
Over 36
41.6%
+136
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.6%
-136
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Kelly
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
52.6%
-111
Under 1.5
47.4%
+111
035
Mandaloniz
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
29.8%
Exactly 0
70.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 8.4 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
Kelly66.0%73.1%−7.1-325
Mandaloniz34.0%26.9%+7.1+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
60.8Striking80.5
Mandaloniz +19.7
46.9Grappling0.0
Kelly +46.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KellyMandaloniz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1517
1525
Divisional
1517
1494
Striking offense
1507
1498
Striking defense
1498
1503
Grappling offense
1499
1493
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.28
Strikes landed / min
6.92
37%
Strike accuracy
79%
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
4.62
53%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.69
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
0%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
441
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paul Kelly
  • LMarcus DavisSUB R2
    Close +2634mo before
  • WPaul TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close +1961y 1mo before
Troy Mandaloniz
  • WRichie HightowerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1131y 2mo before
Kelly — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Mandaloniz — win / loss by method
Record: 3-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kelly
Mandaloniz
2
UFC fights
1
22.3 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
4.3 min · 4.3 avg
21y 0m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kelly
Mandaloniz
22W–6L · 78.6%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
8W–2L · 80.0%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kelly
Mandaloniz
30W–32L · 48.4%
Overall
1W–1L · 50.0%
30W–32L · 48.4%
Wins
1W–1L · 50.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kelly
Mandaloniz
2.25
Landed / min
8.45
17.6%
Accuracy
68.2%
63.7%
Defense
68.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
3.46
32.0%
Time at distance
40.9%
Grappling & control
Kelly
Mandaloniz
2.69
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
85.5%
Control share
83.8%
Strike target map
Kelly
  • Head81%(59)div 64%
  • Body19%(14)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Mandaloniz
  • Head53%(16)div 64%
  • Body3%(1)div 21%
  • Legs43%(13)div 16%

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

Paul Kelly
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Troy Mandaloniz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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