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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
14-4 · USA
VS
Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
8-0 · GBR
October 18, 2008 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Marcus Davis def. Paul Kelly by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 2:16
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Davis18/441/100:46
Kelly2/340/000:00
R2 · 2:16
Davis7/190/000:00
Kelly1/221/100:23
Total
Davis25/631/100:46
Kelly3/561/100:23

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
DavisWin probabilityKelly
26.4%73.6%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
20%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Davis26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission8%30%
Decision12%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 25
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 1
Kelly74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%28%
Submission12%16%
Decision41%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 3
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R214%
R37%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Davis
41.3%+138
Kelly
-13857.1%
Most takedownstie 38.0%
Davis
27.7%+123
Kelly
-12334.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Davis
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
42.3%
+137
Under 30.5
57.7%
-137
03876
Kelly
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
41.8%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.3%
-135
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Davis
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
035
Kelly
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.1%
+190
Exactly 1
15.6%
push
Under 1
55.3%
-190
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 10.5 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
Davis26.4%73.3%−46.9-313
Kelly73.6%26.7%+46.9+263

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
73.7Striking70.0
Davis +3.7
58.3Grappling40.0
Davis +18.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DavisKelly
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1541
1561
Divisional
1541
1504
Striking offense
1504
1509
Striking defense
1497
1516
Grappling offense
1505
1510
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
35 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
4.67
54%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.02
Strikes absorbed / min
2.87
61%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
57%
Takedown accuracy
100%
0%
Takedown defense
0%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus Davis
  • LMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +1044mo before
  • WJess LiaudinKO/TKO R1
    Close -3339mo before
  • WPaul TaylorSUB R1
    Close -1881y 1mo before
  • WJason TanKO/TKO R1
    Close -3881y 4mo before
  • WPete SprattSUB R2
    Close -3301y 6mo before
Paul Kelly
  • WPaul TaylorU-DEC R3
    Close +1969mo before
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Kelly — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Davis
Kelly
8
UFC fights
1
57.4 min · 7.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 11m
Career length
21y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Davis
Kelly
125W–43L · 74.4%
Overall
8W–2L · 80.0%
96W–37L · 72.2%
Wins
8W–2L · 80.0%
29W–6L · 82.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Davis
Kelly
22W–49L · 31.0%
Overall
30W–32L · 48.4%
14W–38L · 26.9%
Wins
30W–32L · 48.4%
8W–11L · 42.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Davis
Kelly
4.06
Landed / min
12.22
42.8%
Accuracy
36.1%
67.5%
Defense
67.5%
0.78
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.6%
Time at distance
7.1%
Grappling & control
Davis
Kelly
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
51.7%
Control share
90.0%
Strike target map
Davis
  • Head72%(119)div 66%
  • Body13%(21)div 20%
  • Legs15%(25)div 14%
Kelly
  • Head81%(57)div 66%
  • Body19%(13)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%

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

Marcus Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Paul Kelly
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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