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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Keith Jardine
Keith Jardine
14-4-1 · USA
VS
Brandon Vera
Brandon Vera
9-2 · USA
October 18, 2008 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Keith Jardine def. Brandon Vera by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jardine20/412/213:03
Vera13/180/010:09
R2
Jardine12/360/100:00
Vera18/321/100:29
R3
Jardine18/540/100:37
Vera17/360/000:00
Total
Jardine50/1312/413:40
Vera48/861/110:38

Scorecards

Jardine vs Vera

RdChris LeeChris WattsTim VannattaCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.1-9.9
R3---9.9-9.1
Total28-2929-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (4 cards) · avg 2928 · 4 Jardine · 0 Vera

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jardine-Vera.

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
JardineWin probabilityVera
39.7%60.3%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
11%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jardine40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%41%
Submission4%10%
Decision20%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Vera60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%49%
Submission7%12%
Decision24%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 48
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R222%
R38%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Jardine
45.3%+117
Vera
-11753.2%
Most takedownstie 65.8%
Jardine
15.1%+127
Vera
-12719.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jardine
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
41.8%
+135
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.3%
-135
04488
Vera
Expected: 38.3
38.5
Over 38.5
42.1%
+138
Under 38.5
57.9%
-138
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Jardine
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.7%
Exactly 0
82.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Vera
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.6%
+363
Under 0.5
78.4%
-363
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 9.9 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
Jardine39.7%36.8%+2.9+163
Vera60.3%63.2%−2.9-188

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
74.3Striking70.6
Jardine +3.7
42.3Grappling48.4
Vera +6.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JardineVera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1553
Pound-for-pound
1559
1541
Divisional
1531
1518
Striking offense
1509
1519
Striking defense
1514
1482
Grappling offense
1514
1509
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.57
Strikes landed / min
3.50
42%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.58
Strikes absorbed / min
2.86
67%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
50%
Takedown accuracy
50%
67%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Keith Jardine
  • LWanderlei SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1485mo before
  • WChuck LiddellS-DEC R3
    Close +2901y 1mo before
  • LHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close -6001y 5mo before
  • WForrest GriffinKO/TKO R1
    Close +2801y 10mo before
  • WWilson GouveiaU-DEC R3
    Close -4752y 4mo before
Brandon Vera
  • WReese AndyU-DEC R3
    Close -4613mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R1
    Close -1834mo before
  • LTim SylviaU-DEC R3
    Close -1431y before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close -3651y 11mo before
  • WAssuerio SilvaSUB R1
    Close -2402y 5mo before
Jardine — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-1

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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Vera — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Jardine
Vera
8
UFC fights
7
74.5 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
48.3 min · 6.9 avg
24y 11m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jardine
Vera
113W–31L · 78.5%
Overall
74W–18L · 80.4%
67W–21L · 76.1%
Wins
41W–12L · 77.4%
46W–10L · 82.1%
Losses
33W–6L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jardine
Vera
50W–31L · 61.7%
Overall
10W–6L · 62.5%
48W–31L · 60.8%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Jardine
Vera
5.07
Landed / min
4.52
39.8%
Accuracy
43.3%
71.1%
Defense
65.9%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.93
78.3%
Time at distance
28.0%
Grappling & control
Jardine
Vera
0.20
Takedowns / 15 min
0.93
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
10.3%
Control share
40.7%
Strike target map
Jardine
  • Head58%(199)div 66%
  • Body13%(45)div 16%
  • Legs28%(97)div 18%
Vera
  • Head37%(62)div 66%
  • Body28%(48)div 16%
  • Legs35%(59)div 18%

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

Keith Jardine
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Vera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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