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UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
14-1 · GBR
VS
Charles McCarthy
Charles McCarthy
10-4 · USA
April 19, 2008 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Michael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy by KO/TKO (Knees), R1 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Bisping39/900/011:12
McCarthy1/121/101:02
Total
Bisping39/900/011:12
McCarthy1/121/101:02

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
BispingWin probabilityMcCarthy
72.0%28.0%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
31%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Bisping72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%36%
Submission16%22%
Decision30%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3170)act 39
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
McCarthy28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%10%
Submission15%55%
Decision10%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 1
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R28%
R317%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Bisping
79.7%-414
McCarthy
+41419.2%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Bisping
6.1%+723
McCarthy
-72343.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 54.1
54
Over 54
42.0%
+135
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
56.8%
-135
068136
McCarthy
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.1%
+132
Under 25.5
56.9%
-132
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Bisping
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.6%
Exactly 0
90.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
McCarthy
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
46.5%
+115
Under 0.5
53.5%
-115
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 9.6 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
Bisping72.0%75.8%−3.8-353
McCarthy28.0%24.2%+3.8+303

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
72.6Striking43.5
Bisping +29.1
66.6Grappling60.3
Bisping +6.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BispingMcCarthy
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1515
1536
Divisional
1515
1520
Striking offense
1482
1510
Striking defense
1497
1512
Grappling offense
1508
1490
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.64
Strikes landed / min
0.17
43%
Strike accuracy
15%
1.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
62%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.52
78%
Takedown accuracy
50%
58%
Takedown defense
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
525
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Bisping
  • LRashad EvansS-DEC R3
    Close +2175mo before
  • WMatt HamillS-DEC R3
    Close -2657mo before
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R2
    Close -5251y before
  • WEric SchaferKO/TKO R1
    Close -5801y 4mo before
  • WJosh HaynesKO/TKO R2
    Close -5251y 10mo before
Charles McCarthy
  • WGideon RaySUB R1
    1y 5mo before
  • LDavid LoiseauKO/TKO R2
    2y 10mo before
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
McCarthy — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (100%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Bisping
McCarthy
5
UFC fights
2
50.3 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
11.9 min · 5.9 avg
22y 4m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Bisping
McCarthy
37W–15L · 71.2%
Overall
25W–8L · 75.8%
27W–15L · 64.3%
Wins
13W–4L · 76.5%
10W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Bisping
McCarthy
39W–23L · 62.9%
Overall
46W–43L · 51.7%
39W–23L · 62.9%
Wins
39W–34L · 53.4%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–9L · 43.8%
Distance striking
Bisping
McCarthy
4.76
Landed / min
0.18
33.1%
Accuracy
8.3%
64.7%
Defense
64.1%
0.60
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.7%
Time at distance
45.9%
Grappling & control
Bisping
McCarthy
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.52
77.8%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
58.3%
Takedown defense
1.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.52
41.5%
Control share
54.0%
Strike target map
Bisping
  • Head70%(128)div 63%
  • Body21%(39)div 20%
  • Legs9%(16)div 18%
McCarthy
  • Head50%(1)div 63%
  • Body50%(1)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Charles McCarthy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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