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UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008
Antoni Hardonk
Antoni Hardonk
7-4 · NLD
VS
Mike Wessel
Mike Wessel
8-1 · USA
December 27, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Antoni Hardonk def. Mike Wessel by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardonk21/310/000:23
Wessel12/202/503:12
R2 · 2:09
Hardonk25/280/001:12
Wessel1/31/100:46
Total
Hardonk46/590/001:35
Wessel13/233/603:58

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
HardonkWin probabilityWessel
53.6%46.4%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
16%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 8.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hardonk54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%56%
Submission9%17%
Decision15%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 46
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Wessel46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%43%
Submission6%14%
Decision20%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 13
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 3
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R219%
R34%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hardonk
57.1%-138
Wessel
+13841.5%
Most takedownstie 33.6%
Hardonk
23.5%+182
Wessel
-18242.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardonk
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.8%
+133
Under 41.5
57.2%
-133
053105
Wessel
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
41.9%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Hardonk
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
44.0%
+127
Under 0.5
56.0%
-127
035
Wessel
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
58.0%
-138
Under 0.5
42.0%
+138
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 8.2 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardonkWessel
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1522
Pound-for-pound
1521
1522
Divisional
1521
1512
Striking offense
1500
1516
Striking defense
1500
1475
Grappling offense
1500
1479
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.10
Strikes landed / min
68%
Strike accuracy
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
50%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
36%
Takedown defense
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Antoni Hardonk
  • WEddie SanchezKO/TKO R2
    Close -2057mo before
  • WColin RobinsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -33311mo before
  • LFrank MirSUB R1
    Close +1401y 4mo before
  • LJustin McCullyU-DEC R3
    Close -4251y 9mo before
  • WSherman PendergarstKO/TKO R1
    2y 1mo before
Mike Wessel
No prior UFC fights.
Hardonk — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

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
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Wessel — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hardonk
Wessel
5
UFC fights
0
29.1 min · 5.8 avg
Octagon time
25y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardonk
Wessel
44W–14L · 75.9%
Overall
27W–8L · 77.1%
Wins
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardonk
Wessel
28W–15L · 65.1%
Overall
29W–21L · 58.0%
24W–15L · 61.5%
Wins
29W–20L · 59.2%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–1L · 0.0%
Distance striking
Hardonk
Wessel
11.66
Landed / min
61.9%
Accuracy
61.4%
Defense
1.55
Knockdowns / 15 min
11.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Hardonk
Wessel
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
Takedown defense
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Hardonk
  • Head54%(49)div 65%
  • Body28%(25)div 18%
  • Legs18%(16)div 17%
Wessel
  • 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.

Antoni Hardonk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Wessel

No UFC fights on record.

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