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UFC Fight Night - Fight for the Troops
Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck
11-3 · USA
VS
December 10, 2008 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Josh Koscheck def. Yoshiyuki Yoshida by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:15
Koscheck6/160/010:00
Yoshida6/170/000:00
Total
Koscheck6/160/010:00
Yoshida6/170/000:00

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
KoscheckWin probabilityYoshida
56.1%43.9%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
26%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Koscheck56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%16%
Submission13%24%
Decision34%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 6
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Yoshida44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%23%
Submission12%28%
Decision22%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R26%
R35%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Koscheck
59.5%-155
Yoshida
+15538.3%
Most takedownstie 33.7%
Koscheck
41.4%-166
Yoshida
+16624.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.1%
+137
Under 27.5
57.9%
-137
03569
Yoshida
Expected: 21.6
21.5
Over 21.5
42.7%
+134
Under 21.5
57.3%
-134
02754
Takedowns — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.6%
+136
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
45.7%
-136
035
Yoshida
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.0%
+150
Under 0.5
60.0%
-150
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 10.2 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
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Koscheck56.1%70.2%−14.1-278
Yoshida43.9%29.8%+14.1+220

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
67.6Striking57.8
Koscheck +9.8
62.6Grappling75.0
Yoshida +12.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KoscheckYoshida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1592
Pound-for-pound
1537
1581
Divisional
1537
1469
Striking offense
1485
1523
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.93
Strikes landed / min
1.07
41%
Strike accuracy
33%
1.65
Strikes absorbed / min
1.07
65%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
16.07
56%
Takedown accuracy
100%
50%
Takedown defense
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
16.1
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
56%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
46
Days since last fight
200
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Josh Koscheck
  • LThiago AlvesU-DEC R3
    Close -12546d before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close -3185mo before
  • WDustin HazelettKO/TKO R2
    Close -4189mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 4mo before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 8mo before
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
  • WWar MachineSUB R1
    Close -1667mo before
Koscheck — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (44%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Yoshida — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(100%) 2
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Koscheck
Yoshida
12
UFC fights
1
124.8 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
0.9 min · 0.9 avg
22y 7m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Koscheck
Yoshida
194W–59L · 76.7%
Overall
5W–1L · 83.3%
138W–49L · 73.8%
Wins
5W–1L · 83.3%
56W–10L · 84.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Koscheck
Yoshida
10W–8L · 55.6%
Overall
106W–22L · 82.8%
10W–8L · 55.6%
Wins
95W–22L · 81.2%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Koscheck
Yoshida
2.08
Landed / min
3.33
26.6%
Accuracy
33.3%
68.8%
Defense
50.0%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.2%
Time at distance
32.1%
Grappling & control
Koscheck
Yoshida
3.25
Takedowns / 15 min
16.07
56.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
16.07
84.7%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Koscheck
  • Head77%(185)div 65%
  • Body15%(37)div 20%
  • Legs8%(19)div 15%
Yoshida
  • Head100%(1)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%

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

Josh Koscheck
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yoshiyuki Yoshida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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