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UFC 75: Champion vs Champion
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
10-3-1 · FRA
VS
Mirko Filipovic
Mirko Filipovic
22-5-2 · HRV
September 8, 2007 · London, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
231.0lb
Weigh-in
220.0lb
Cheick Kongo def. Mirko Filipovic by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kongo12/180/001:05
Filipovic8/171/101:52
R2
Kongo17/301/303:12
Filipovic2/40/000:13
R3
Kongo34/550/102:17
Filipovic5/120/000:00
Total
Kongo63/1031/406:34
Filipovic15/331/102:05

Scorecards

Kongo vs Filipovic

RdAndy RobertsCecil PeoplesJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---9.7-9.2
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.2

Media (1 card) · avg 2928 · 1 Kongo · 0 Filipovic

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kongo-Filipovic.

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
KongoWin probabilityFilipovic
66.2%33.8%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
13%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kongo66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%49%
Submission10%15%
Decision24%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 63
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Filipovic34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%63%
Submission3%9%
Decision10%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 15
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R220%
R37%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Kongo
79.5%-419
Filipovic
+41919.0%
Most takedownstie 53.5%
Kongo
25.1%-117
Filipovic
+11721.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.4%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.8%
-137
04793
Filipovic
Expected: 17.3
17.5
Over 17.5
41.7%
+140
Under 17.5
58.3%
-140
02244
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+225
Under 0.5
69.3%
-225
035
Filipovic
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.9%
+272
Under 0.5
73.1%
-272
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 8.4 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
Kongo66.2%23.3%+42.9+315
Filipovic33.8%76.7%−42.9-380

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
77.5Striking68.8
Kongo +8.7
45.8Grappling0.0
Kongo +45.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoFilipovic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1565
1538
Divisional
1565
1517
Striking offense
1500
1540
Striking defense
1525
1508
Grappling offense
1463
1479
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
82"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.32
Strikes landed / min
2.23
60%
Strike accuracy
50%
0.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.55
49%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33%
Takedown accuracy
48%
Takedown defense
0%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • WAssuerio SilvaM-DEC R3
    Close +1955mo before
  • LCarmelo MarreroS-DEC R3
    Close -55011mo before
  • WChristian WellischKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y before
  • WGilbert AldanaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1171y 2mo before
Mirko Filipovic
  • LGabriel GonzagaKO/TKO R1
    Close -5005mo before
  • WEddie SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close -14007mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Filipovic — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-2

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
18 wins, 2 losses
W
82% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
5% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win4loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
17 (81%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (5%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (14%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Filipovic
4
UFC fights
2
37.1 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
9.4 min · 4.7 avg
25y 2m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Filipovic
29W–8L · 78.4%
Overall
15W–1L · 93.8%
24W–8L · 75.0%
Wins
8W–0L · 100.0%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Filipovic
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
370W–119L · 75.7%
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
312W–108L · 74.3%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
58W–11L · 84.1%
Distance striking
Kongo
Filipovic
7.69
Landed / min
2.58
43.9%
Accuracy
44.8%
54.2%
Defense
90.9%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.60
18.9%
Time at distance
53.6%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Filipovic
0.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
48.3%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.21
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
27.5%
Control share
23.9%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head58%(71)div 67%
  • Body25%(31)div 16%
  • Legs17%(21)div 17%
Filipovic
  • Head76%(16)div 67%
  • Body19%(4)div 16%
  • Legs5%(1)div 17%

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

Cheick Kongo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mirko Filipovic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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