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UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar
1-1 · USA
VS
Heath Herring
Heath Herring
28-13 · USA
August 9, 2008 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.0lb
Weigh-in
250.0lb
Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lesnar18/221/113:44
Herring1/20/001:02
R2
Lesnar12/152/303:30
Herring3/70/000:35
R3
Lesnar15/152/204:19
Herring5/120/000:18
Total
Lesnar45/525/6111:33
Herring9/210/001:55

Scorecards

Lesnar vs Herring

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---10-8.2
R2---9.9-8.7
R3---10-8.8
Total30-2630-2630-2629.9-25.7

Media (6 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 6 Lesnar · 0 Herring

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lesnar-Herring.

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
LesnarWin probabilityHerring
67.0%33.0%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
31%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lesnar67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%37%
Submission18%27%
Decision24%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 45
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 5
Herring33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission12%38%
Decision10%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~42 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R149%
R29%
R39%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.6%
Lesnar
49.7%-104
Herring
+10447.8%
Most takedownstie 32.7%
Lesnar
56.1%-500
Herring
+50011.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lesnar
Expected: 21.1
21
Over 21
41.4%
+134
Exactly 21
3.1%
push
Under 21
55.6%
-134
02753
Herring
Expected: 20.7
20.5
Over 20.5
43.0%
+132
Under 20.5
57.0%
-132
02652
Takedowns — over/under
Lesnar
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.8%
+134
Under 1.5
57.2%
-134
035
Herring
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.4%
+366
Under 0.5
78.6%
-366
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 8.0 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
Lesnar67.0%65.4%+1.6-208
Herring33.0%34.6%−1.6+180

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
82.3Striking63.5
Lesnar +18.7
50.0Grappling39.9
Lesnar +10.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LesnarHerring
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1489
Pound-for-pound
1538
1489
Divisional
1538
1478
Striking offense
1505
1500
Striking defense
1511
1560
Grappling offense
1501
1542
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
81"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
10.67
Strikes landed / min
2.72
67%
Strike accuracy
42%
1.33
Strikes absorbed / min
2.20
33%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
10.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.25
100%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
20%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brock Lesnar
  • LFrank MirSUB R1
    Close -1636mo before
Heath Herring
  • WCheick KongoS-DEC R3
    Close +1505mo before
  • LAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close +4501y 1mo before
  • WBrad ImesU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 4mo before
  • LJake O'BrienU-DEC R3
    Close -4501y 6mo before
Lesnar — win / loss by method
Record: 1-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Herring — win / loss by method
Record: 28-13-0, 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
10 wins, 5 losses
W
36% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 7 losses
W
14% of wins
L
54% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
26win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (38%)KO/TKO(45%) 5
13 (50%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (8%)Decision(45%) 5
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lesnar
Herring
1
UFC fights
4
1.5 min · 1.5 avg
Octagon time
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
19y 2m
Career length
29y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lesnar
Herring
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
52W–9L · 85.2%
0W–0L
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lesnar
Herring
2W–5L · 28.6%
Overall
333W–117L · 74.0%
2W–5L · 28.6%
Wins
207W–93L · 69.0%
0W–0L
Losses
126W–24L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Lesnar
Herring
2.61
Landed / min
3.15
100.0%
Accuracy
24.0%
33.3%
Defense
64.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.25
25.6%
Time at distance
28.6%
Grappling & control
Lesnar
Herring
10.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.25
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
20.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.25
100.0%
Control share
42.9%
Strike target map
Lesnar
  • Head100%(16)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Herring
  • Head55%(90)div 66%
  • Body36%(58)div 17%
  • Legs9%(15)div 17%

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

Brock Lesnar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Heath Herring
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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