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UFC 88: Breakthrough
Dan Henderson
Dan Henderson
21-7 · USA
VS
September 6, 2008 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Dan Henderson def. Rousimar Palhares by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Henderson11/250/010:21
Palhares8/221/600:35
R2
Henderson12/210/001:49
Palhares6/131/500:53
R3
Henderson19/360/000:17
Palhares13/280/500:00
Total
Henderson42/820/012:27
Palhares27/632/1601:28

Scorecards

Henderson vs Palhares

RdChris LeeDouglas CrosbyTony MullinaxCommunity
R1-10-910-910-9
R2-10-910-99.8-9.2
R3-10-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2730-2729.7-27.3

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 5 Henderson · 0 Palhares

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Henderson-Palhares.

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
HendersonWin probabilityPalhares
24.1%75.9%
KO / TKO
11%
Submission
11%
Decision
78%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Henderson24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%23%
Submission0%2%
Decision18%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 42
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Palhares76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%7%
Submission11%14%
Decision60%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 27
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 2
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R25%
R36%
Distance78%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Henderson
38.1%+159
Palhares
-15960.5%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Henderson
7.7%+717
Palhares
-71755.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.1%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.8%
-138
04080
Palhares
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
42.9%
+133
Under 40.5
57.1%
-133
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Palhares
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
42.4%
+136
Under 1.5
57.6%
-136
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 13.1 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
Henderson24.1%64.4%−40.3-196
Palhares75.9%35.6%+40.3+173

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
57.9Striking23.4
Henderson +34.5
54.3Grappling75.0
Palhares +20.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HendersonPalhares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1528
1524
Divisional
1528
1465
Striking offense
1485
1508
Striking defense
1500
1521
Grappling offense
1559
1525
Grappling defense
1557
Physical
38 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.14
Strikes landed / min
0.00
60%
Strike accuracy
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
0.38
29%
Strike defense
0%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
5.77
53%
Takedown accuracy
100%
33%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
17.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Henderson
  • LAnderson SilvaSUB R2
    Close +1236mo before
  • LQuinton JacksonU-DEC R5
    Close -1051y before
  • WAllan GoesU-DEC R2
    10y 4mo before
  • WCarlos NewtonS-DEC R2
    10y 4mo before
Rousimar Palhares
  • WIvan SalaverrySUB R1
    Close +1083mo before
Henderson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
48% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (53%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (5%)Submission(40%) 2
8 (42%)Decision(60%) 3
Palhares — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Henderson
Palhares
4
UFC fights
1
64.9 min · 16.2 avg
Octagon time
2.6 min · 2.6 avg
29y 1m
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Henderson
Palhares
55W–11L · 83.3%
Overall
13W–6L · 68.4%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
13W–6L · 68.4%
49W–10L · 83.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Henderson
Palhares
288W–83L · 77.6%
Overall
50W–18L · 73.5%
225W–71L · 76.0%
Wins
46W–17L · 73.0%
63W–12L · 84.0%
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Henderson
Palhares
0.97
Landed / min
0.00
34.2%
Accuracy
35.8%
Defense
0.0%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.2%
Time at distance
12.2%
Grappling & control
Henderson
Palhares
1.85
Takedowns / 15 min
5.77
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
0.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
17.31
51.3%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Henderson
  • Head58%(80)div 62%
  • Body22%(30)div 20%
  • Legs21%(29)div 17%
Palhares
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Dan Henderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rousimar Palhares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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