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UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben
Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy
19-6 · GBR
VS
Akihiro Gono
Akihiro Gono
29-12-7 · JPN
October 18, 2008 · Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Dan Hardy def. Akihiro Gono by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardy24/610/000:02
Gono15/290/000:07
R2
Hardy17/630/000:00
Gono19/361/200:20
R3
Hardy16/620/000:00
Gono22/422/200:39
Total
Hardy57/1860/000:02
Gono56/1073/401:06

Scorecards

Hardy vs Gono

RdAndy RobertsChris LeeTim VannattaCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---9.2-9.8
Total29-2829-2828-2928.2-28.8

Media (3 cards) · avg 3026.7 · 3 Hardy · 0 Gono

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hardy-Gono.

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
HardyWin probabilityGono
56.1%43.9%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
22%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hardy56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%38%
Submission10%17%
Decision25%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 57
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Gono44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%19%
Submission12%27%
Decision24%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 56
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 3
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R211%
R311%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Hardy
60.6%-160
Gono
+16037.8%
Most takedownstie 44.3%
Hardy
16.6%+236
Gono
-23639.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.9%
+133
Under 37.5
57.1%
-133
04895
Gono
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.1%
+137
Under 29.5
57.9%
-137
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+309
Under 0.5
75.6%
-309
035
Gono
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.1%
+117
Under 0.5
53.9%
-117
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 10.3 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
Hardy56.1%26.0%+30.1+276
Gono43.9%74.0%−30.1-311

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardyGono
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1559
1534
Divisional
1559
1500
Striking offense
1501
1500
Striking defense
1501
1500
Grappling offense
1507
1500
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'7"
74"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.25
Strike accuracy
61%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.73
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
100%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
336
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hardy
No prior UFC fights.
Akihiro Gono
  • WTamdan McCrorySUB R2
    Close -21311mo before
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0, 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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(33%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Gono — win / loss by method
Record: 29-12-7

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
24% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 4 losses
W
24% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 5 losses
W
48% of wins
L
42% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
28win12loss7draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (25%)KO/TKO(25%) 3
6 (21%)Submission(33%) 4
14 (50%)Decision(42%) 5
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hardy
Gono
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
8.3 min · 8.3 avg
Career length
32y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardy
Gono
Overall
9W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardy
Gono
195W–89L · 68.7%
Overall
356W–193L · 64.8%
149W–76L · 66.2%
Wins
254W–142L · 64.1%
46W–13L · 78.0%
Losses
102W–51L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Hardy
Gono
Landed / min
6.03
Accuracy
60.6%
Defense
48.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.80
Time at distance
39.9%
Grappling & control
Hardy
Gono
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.80
Control share
69.5%
Strike target map
Hardy
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.
Gono
  • Head15%(4)div 66%
  • Body33%(9)div 20%
  • Legs52%(14)div 14%

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

Dan Hardy

No UFC fights on record.

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

Akihiro Gono
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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