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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Luiz Cane
Luiz Cane
9-1 · BRA
VS
October 18, 2008 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Luiz Cane def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 4:15
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cane10/260/000:00
Thierry Sokoudjou21/590/100:00
R2 · 4:15
Cane31/520/010:13
Thierry Sokoudjou7/230/000:00
Total
Cane41/780/010:13
Thierry Sokoudjou28/820/100:00

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
CaneWin probabilityThierry Sokoudjou
48.6%51.4%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
13%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cane49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%54%
Submission6%12%
Decision17%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 41
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Thierry Sokoudjou51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%43%
Submission7%13%
Decision22%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R314%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Cane
51.6%-110
Thierry Sokoudjou
+11046.8%
Most takedownstie 51.2%
Cane
20.5%+138
Thierry Sokoudjou
-13828.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cane
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.2%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
57.0%
-138
04692
Thierry Sokoudjou
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
41.4%
+137
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.7%
-137
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Cane
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.4%
+278
Under 0.5
73.6%
-278
035
Thierry Sokoudjou
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.9%
+195
Under 0.5
66.1%
-195
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 9.6 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
Cane48.6%47.5%+1.1+106
Thierry Sokoudjou51.4%52.5%−1.1-116

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
80.4Striking68.6
Cane +11.8
68.9Grappling58.2
Cane +10.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CaneThierry Sokoudjou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1515
1529
Divisional
1515
1510
Striking offense
1487
1503
Striking defense
1506
1508
Grappling offense
1548
1517
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
27 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'10"
77"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.05
Strikes landed / min
2.23
50%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.28
Strikes absorbed / min
1.88
69%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
100%
Takedown accuracy
50%
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luiz Cane
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R1
    Close +1234mo before
  • LJames IrvinDQ R1
    Close -17310mo before
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
  • WKazuhiro NakamuraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2415mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -11610mo before
Cane — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Thierry Sokoudjou — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cane
Thierry Sokoudjou
2
UFC fights
2
4.0 min · 2.0 avg
Octagon time
14.3 min · 7.2 avg
20y 9m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cane
Thierry Sokoudjou
35W–11L · 76.1%
Overall
22W–7L · 75.9%
23W–7L · 76.7%
Wins
11W–7L · 61.1%
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cane
Thierry Sokoudjou
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
34W–8L · 81.0%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
30W–6L · 83.3%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Cane
Thierry Sokoudjou
7.58
Landed / min
3.08
48.6%
Accuracy
40.0%
76.3%
Defense
60.0%
11.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.05
59.9%
Time at distance
54.3%
Grappling & control
Cane
Thierry Sokoudjou
3.78
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.09
81.5%
Control share
7.0%
Strike target map
Cane
  • Head83%(20)div 66%
  • Body8%(2)div 16%
  • Legs8%(2)div 18%
Thierry Sokoudjou
  • Head34%(11)div 66%
  • Body19%(6)div 16%
  • Legs47%(15)div 18%

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

Luiz Cane
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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