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UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian
9-3 · USA
VS
Roger Huerta
Roger Huerta
20-1-1 · USA
August 9, 2008 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Florian14/211/100:59
Huerta13/340/100:33
R2
Florian18/331/300:23
Huerta12/350/300:34
R3
Florian19/453/301:05
Huerta8/340/100:11
Total
Florian51/995/702:27
Huerta33/1030/501:18

Scorecards

Florian vs Huerta

RdCecil PeoplesDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Florian · 0 Huerta

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Florian-Huerta.

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
FlorianWin probabilityHuerta
34.3%65.7%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
17%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Florian34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%18%
Submission9%26%
Decision19%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 51
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 5
Huerta66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%22%
Submission8%13%
Decision43%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 33
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R26%
R35%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Florian
49.0%+100
Huerta
-10049.0%
Most takedownstie 31.5%
Florian
36.7%-115
Huerta
+11531.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Florian
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.0%
+138
Under 27.5
58.0%
-138
03569
Huerta
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.0%
+138
Under 27.5
58.0%
-138
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Florian
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.3%
+152
Exactly 1
23.7%
push
Under 1
46.0%
-152
035
Huerta
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
48.9%
+105
Under 0.5
51.1%
-105
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 11.1 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
Florian34.3%58.9%−24.6-149
Huerta65.7%41.1%+24.6+139

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
73.0Striking70.1
Florian +2.9
75.1Grappling66.2
Florian +8.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FlorianHuerta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1586
Pound-for-pound
1620
1570
Divisional
1620
1504
Striking offense
1520
1547
Striking defense
1499
1530
Grappling offense
1529
1500
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
32 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.66
Strikes landed / min
4.23
53%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.61
Strikes absorbed / min
2.26
58%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.62
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
52%
Takedown accuracy
57%
57%
Takedown defense
58%
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
+6
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
129
Days since last fight
245
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kenny Florian
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2034mo before
  • WDin ThomasSUB R1
    Close -15511mo before
  • WAlvin RobinsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2331y 1mo before
  • WDokonjonosuke MishimaSUB R3
    1y 4mo before
  • LSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close +2951y 10mo before
Roger Huerta
  • WClay GuidaSUB R3
    Close +1098mo before
  • WAlberto CraneKO/TKO R3
    Close -47511mo before
  • WDoug EvansKO/TKO R2
    1y 2mo before
  • WLeonard GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -6101y 4mo before
  • WJohn HalversonKO/TKO R1
    Close -7501y 6mo before
Florian — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
44% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Huerta — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-1, 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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (21%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (7%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Florian
Huerta
9
UFC fights
6
74.5 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
61.5 min · 10.3 avg
23y 6m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Florian
Huerta
123W–20L · 86.0%
Overall
72W–19L · 79.1%
80W–18L · 81.6%
Wins
72W–19L · 79.1%
43W–2L · 95.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Florian
Huerta
22W–3L · 88.0%
Overall
86W–62L · 58.1%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
79W–60L · 56.8%
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Distance striking
Florian
Huerta
3.06
Landed / min
6.85
43.3%
Accuracy
28.8%
79.1%
Defense
61.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
25.4%
Time at distance
22.3%
Grappling & control
Florian
Huerta
2.62
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
52.0%
Takedown accuracy
56.5%
56.7%
Takedown defense
58.3%
1.81
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.73
44.5%
Control share
69.4%
Strike target map
Florian
  • Head66%(130)div 68%
  • Body24%(48)div 18%
  • Legs10%(20)div 14%
Huerta
  • Head83%(217)div 68%
  • Body14%(36)div 18%
  • Legs3%(7)div 14%

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

Kenny Florian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Roger Huerta
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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